Domaine du Vissoux (Pierre-Marie Chermette), Beaujolais Coeur de Vendages, 2016 SPCOUNT0125 The plateau site has limestone-dominated

The plateau site has limestone-dominated soil with loess-loam and marl clay

and grounded in place

but it will hold and deepen over the next several years

and remarkable freshness

Domaine du Vissoux (Pierre-Marie Chermette), Beaujolais Coeur de Vendages, 2016 SPCOUNT0125 The plateau site has limestone-dominatedPierre Marie Chermette is a fifth generation Beaujolais grower who still does things the old way, no chaptalization, no added yeast, just traditional vinification that lets the terroir speak. Coeur de Vendanges is his Beaujolais bottling drawn from the heart of the harvest, and this 2016 has a decade of bottle age, giving a Gamay that has softened and gained savory depth. A back vintage Beaujolais that shows even the regional wines from a serious