2022 Pierre-Marie Chermette Moulin-a-Vent Les Trois Roches [JG94]

Producer: Pierre-Marie Chermette  
Region: Moulin-A-Vent, Beaujolais, Burgundy, France  
Varietal: Gamay 
Year: 2022 

John Gilman, 94 Points 

"The Chermette family’s Moulin-à-Vent “les Trois Roches” is a brilliant young wine in 2022. As I have mentioned before, the wine is made from a blend of fruit from three different lieux à dits in the appellation of Moulin-à-Vent: les Rochegrès, la Roche Noire and la Rochelle. The 2022 version offers up a pure and very deep bouquet of black cherries, sweet black currants, bonfire, spit-roasted gamebird, coffee bean, a complex base of granitic minerality, just a whisper of fresh thyme and a floral topnote redolent of violets and peonies. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and seamlessly balanced, with a sappy core of black fruit, beautiful soil signature and grip, ripe, fine-grained tannins and superb focus on the long and complex finish. This is a proper bottle of Moulin-à-Vent and deserves some hibernation time in the cellar before broaching. (Drink between 2028-2075)" 

Winemaker Notes: 

"Deep ruby with purple highlights.  Intense, aromas of red fruits, floral touches and mineral, smoky, spicy notes.  Fine and racy, with a full, round, and fleshy attack. Soft tannins with smoothness and a velvety texture. Good aromatic complexity. Aromas of cherry, strawberry, and blackcurrant syrup. Vanilla finish." 

Alcohol: 13.5% 

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