2021Pierre-MarieChermetteDomaineduVissouxBrouillyPierreuxBeaujolais,France

<p>Grape variety: Gamay – Cordon de Royat pruning – 5,000 vines / hectare. Southern exposure.</p><p>The soil consists of granite scree following the erosion of Mont Brouilly and gives a mineral side to this wine. The name Pierreux certainly comes from the word “pierres” (stones), illustrating the make-up of the soil.</p><p>Sustainable agriculture, manual harvest at full maturity.</p><p>Vinification: traditional for Beaujolais: half-carbonic maceration with two pump-overs per day, 10 to 12 days of maceration in concrete tanks, no chaptalization neither yeasting, minimal of SO2.</p>