It’s Beaujolais Nouveau Time, and that means Thanksgiving is just a week away! The new, 2025 harvest wines from Martine and Pierre-Marie Chermette will arrive at the shop on Thursday, November 20th, and these will be gone in no time.
Martine and Pierre-Marie Chermette run one of the top estates in Beaujolais. They farm without chemicals, they work with old vines, they ferment with native yeasts, and their 2 Beaujolais Nouveaux always represent the best your money can buy.
I'll get to the wines, but I'd be remiss not to mention one of the key reasons these are cut above most other Beaujolais Nouveaux. The Chermettes are one of just a few producers who do not chaptalize their wines. This practice, which is legal in Beaujolais, allows less quality-minded producers to add sugar to their fermenting wines to help boost the alcohol to the level that is legally required.
The Chermettes do not use this "shortcut practice," they only pick their grapes when they are ripe and possess the natural sugar levels necessary. Our customers always comment on how much great these wines are, and I totally agree with them, these are charming, fresh, and delicious wines made by a truly artisanal estate.
We have 2 different bottlings this year, and we took the maximum allowed -- 84 bottles of each. It's first come, first served on these, and standard discounting applies (10% off in your mixed or solid six-pack, 20% off in your mixed or solid case).
Up first, the Chermette's Les Griottes Beaujolais Nouveau is $21.99/bottle. It comes from the family's own 25-45-year-old Gamay vines. It is the epitome of Beaujolais Nouveau -- supple, juicy, and easy-to-drink, it exhibits lovely aromas and flavors of cherry, cranberry, fruit skin, and spice. It is classic, delicious, and joy-inducing..
That is not the only Nouveau the Chermettes make, they also make an old vine bottling that packs a bit more punch. Their Origines Vieilles Vignes Beaujolais Nouveau comes to you at $23.99/bottle, and it includes fruit from 35-100-year-old vines. A bit darker, richer, and more complex than the Griottes, this flows with ripe dark cherry, plum, violet, and mineral notes.
I am always impressed with these wines, and you will be too. Either one of them would be fantastic with your Thanksgiving dinner this year, but like I said, we have just 7 cases (84 bottles) of each, and it's first come, first served.
My Team and and I are wishing you and yours a wonderful Thanksgiving 2025. Eat well, drink well, and be thankful for all of the blessings that life brings your way.
Josh Spurling
Owner, Operator, Wine Monger
Table Wine Asheville
