Tasting Notes
Les Garants represents Fleurie's yang to the Poncié yin. It's altogether darker, more masculine and visceral than the more feminine charms of Poncié. Here we taste denser, more opulent fruit buttressed by powdery tannins. Perhaps this shouldn't be a surprise; Les Garants used to be part of Moulin-à-Vent, a Cru famed for its regal fruit and tannic depths. The Chermettes farm 2.7 hectares of 35 year old vines, south-west facing, on pink granitic soil rich in mica and quartz. The step up in register here is confirmed by the change in elevage where a small percentage of this wine (approximately 10%) seeing small format barrels.
Domaines Chermette, rooted in southern Beaujolais, is a visionary family estate led by Pierre-Marie Chermette, alongside his wife Martine and their son Jean-Étienne. Since 1982, Pierre-Marie has transformed the family’s small holdings and shepherded them into some of the region’s most expressive and terroir-driven wines.
The estate now spans multiple appellations—Fleurie, Moulin-à-Vent, Brouilly, Saint-Amour—focusing on Gamay from old vines planted on rare dark granite soils. The winemaking is traditional and natural: hand-harvested grapes, native yeast ferments, minimal sulfur, no chaptalization, and aging in old barrels that honour the purity of fruit and minerality of each site.
Domaines Chermette’s wines are celebrated for their structural depth, silky texture, and authentic sense of place—from joyful, floral Beaujolais to serious, layered cru expressions. With Jean-Étienne taking an increasingly active role, the estate is both honoring its legacy and evolving toward a more refined, age-worthy style.
| Product Type | Wine Red Gamay & Beaujolais |
| Volume | 750ml |
| Country | France |
| Region | Beaujolais |
| Sub Region | Fleurie |
| Winemaking Practices | Minimal Intervention |
| Vineyard Practices | Organic/Biodynamic |