2019 Pierre-Marie Chermette Beaujolais Griottes

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 90 points

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  5/26/2022 - sid_loves_wine Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Just sooooo delicious and fun. I'd give it maybe a 93 for $20 but it seems to be pretty widely available for less, sometimes closer to $15, so I'll bump up the score a bit. That is, good for $20, truly amazing for $15. Small but important difference. Hard to ask for more in a $15 wine, if you're looking for something fresh and fun with a touch of hidden complexity.
  
  Nose that's exactly like you'd expect, super bright and fresh red cherries, high toned but with enough ripeness there to feel well-rounded. Kind of one of those rhubarb juice Beaujolais cuvees. Gently minerally on the nose too.
  
  The palate had plenty of that fresh cherry also, maybe a little closer to sour cherry, a little sharper than the nose suggested, but not in a bad way. There's a little twinge of gamey funk on the palate that I just loved, and again some wet stone minerality toward the finish. Once you get closer to the $25 range you can find similar with a little more depth and balance, but this was still well ahead of many others that feel too austere for me. Pure delight in a glass!

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  9/26/2021 - StewartWent wrote: 89 Points

  I thought this was looking very very good. Well fruited early but some nice furry tannin and firmness kicks in on the back palate. Combines very nicely. Lot be liked about Beaujolais from 2019.

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  12/8/2019 - isaacjamesbaker wrote: 90 Points

  Pure deliciousness and enjoyment herein. Vibrant purple color. Nose pops with juicy blueberry, raspberry and strawberry, along with all sorts of flowers. Crisp, juicy, fleshy, accessible, but showing complexity, too. The fruit is delightful, and the floral notes mix together so well. Crushable but complex - great pairing.

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  11/30/2019 - Zoltán Németi Likes this wine: 88 Points

  No red competes good primeur Beajolais when it comes to sheer drinkabilty, but this one is far more than a simple quaffer. It’s both crisp and ripe, with violet and black cherry aromas, which become even more intense on the palate. Silky smooth and savoury, it’s an unmistakably cool climate wine, even if it’s riper and fuller this vintage (13.5%). It’s fresh and easy going but also substantial, in other words. For a bistro red, outstanding flavor intensity in the finish, there is real length here. So damn delicious and serious at the same time.
  
  Blog post: https://screwcapped.com/pure-deliciousness-pierre-marie-chermette-griottes-beaujolais-primeur-2019/

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