The Chermette 2010 Beaujolais Rose - labeled outside the U.S. as Cuvee Griottes - leads with scents of red currant and gooseberry as well as a greenhouse-like amalgam of leafy and flowering things. Buoyant and infectiously juicy, it finishes with a hint of chalk to accompany its berry skin tartness. Plan to enjoy it over the next 6 months. Pierre Chermette - for more about whom, consult in particular my report in issue 184 - didn't start picking his 2010s until September 23rd, with Moulin-a-Vent and Fleurie Les Garants; and completed his harvest of the estate's majority Appellation Beaujolais vineyards on October 5. "Really, the quality was comparable to that of 2009," he asserts, "just at a full degree less alcohol and with higher acidity. Vinification was easy." Yields, he adds, were comparable, and only a slightly more stringent selection of fruit was required than in 2009.Importer: Weygandt-Metzler, Unionville, PA; tel. (610) 486-0800
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