“The 2021 Saint-Amour Les Champs-Grillés has also turned out nicely, offering up aromas of cherries, raspberries, rose petals and licorice. Medium to full-bodied, fleshy and charming, with lively acids, powdery tannins and a seamless, nicely integrated profile, it's already drinking well.” - Wine Advocate
"Aromas of various red fruits as well as perfumes of flowers such as violet. A pure and sound wine that is well balanced in both perfume and tannin. The granitic soil with shales gives it a beautiful body with silky tannins. The fruit reveals itself with abundant notes of red fruits including cherry, raspberry, blackberry and strawberry" - Pierre-Marie Chermette
"The newest star in the Chermette firmament, Pierre-Marie’s Saint-Amour is drawn from a tiny parcel of 50-year-old vines from the Champs-Grillés climat (which covers a total of just three hectares). The parcel was offered to Chermette by an old friend who could no longer manage the steep aspect on the Bessay Mountain.
Saint-Amour’s soils include areas of granite and varying quantities of clay and limestone—a mix said to produce lighter, more delicate wines. Chermette’s vines however are all rooted in the classic decomposed granite. Along with the old vines, low yields and high, southeast-facing aspect, this begets a surprisingly intense wine, which combines the dark fruits and structure of this grower’s Moulin-à-Vent with the weight of the Fleurie.
A touch more closed on the nose than Chermette’s other Crus, this is nevertheless packed with a load of red berry fruit, a whisper of spice and a gravelly undertone. The palate is compact and vibrant, strewn with vivid red fruit flavour, while the refreshing acidity and piquant tannins provide the tension. It’s going to make a lot of drinkers happy." - Bibendum
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