Vissoux (Chermette) Fleurie Les Garants 2019

93 points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): “The les Garants bottling from Pierre-Marie and Jean-Etienne Chermette is given ten percent new oak for its cask aging each year, whereas the Poncié bottling is always aged in older wood. The 2019 les Grants is a beautiful young wine, offering up a bright and nascently complex bouquet of cherries, cranberries, gamebird, fresh thyme, a lovely base of soil tones, some youthful stem tones and just a touch of gentle oakiness. On the palate the wine is deep, fullbodied, focused and sappy at the core, with tangy acids, excellent structure and grip and a long, moderately tannic and complex finish. This is a serious glass of Fleurie in the making and built for the long haul, so tuck a box away in the cellar and give it at least a couple of years of aging before opening that first bottle! 2023-2045+. (Jul/Aug 2021)”