Saint-Amour - Les Champs-Grillés - Pierre-Marie Chermette

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Les Crus du Beaujolais Saint-Amour Les Champs-Grillés

The Saint-Amour is the most northern of the Beaujolais, located in the village of Saint-Amour 12km South of Mâcon. It dominates the valley of the Saône and the Bresse. Very flowery on the nose. A balanced wine with a beautiful body and complex aromas of red fruits. It is the wine of the lovers’ day, Valentine’s Day !

Vines & terroirs

Grape Variety: Gamay
Color: Red
Vintage: 2024
Age of vines: 65 years
Terroir: Siliceous granites, notably pink in color, with friable schists
Type of culture: Sustainable agriculture with HVE3 Certification
Pruning: Gobelet
Type of harvest: Manual harvest
Density feet/ha: 10 000
Surface: 2 ha
Yield: 50 hL/Ha
Number of bottles: 10 000
% vol alcohol: 13 %

Vinification & Aging

Vinification: Traditional vinification of Beaujolais with whole bunch : half carbonic maceration with two pumping per day, maceration from 10 to 12 days in concrete tanks with indigenous yeasts

Aging: 5 months in old oak tuns “foudres”

Cellaring: 1 to 10 years. Peak between 1 to 5 years

Tasting notes

Eye: ruby color with purple highlights, shiny appearance

Nose: aromas of various red fruit as well as perfumes of flowers such as violets

Palate: a pure and straight wine that is very well balanced in both perfume and tannin. The schistose granite gives it a beautiful material with silky tannins. The fruit reveals itself with abundant notes of red fruits The finish is lingering

Matching it with food

The balance of this wine allows it to ally with many dishes. All red and white meats as well as cheeses

Serving temperature: 15°C

Eye:

ruby color with purple highlights, shiny appearance

Nose:

aromas of various red fruit as well as perfumes of flowers such as violets

Palate:

a pure and straight wine that is very well balanced in both perfume and tannin. The schistose granite gives it a beautiful material with silky tannins. The fruit reveals itself with abundant notes of red fruits The finish is lingering

Aging:

5 months in old oak tuns “foudres”

Cellaring:

1 to 10 years. Peak between 1 to 5 years

Serving temperature:

15°C

Les Crus du Beaujolais Saint-Amour Les Champs-Grillés Pierre-Marie Chermette