Beaujolais-Villages Sermezy

Baptiste Bertrand

Type

Red Wine

Appellation

Beaujolais Villages

Variety

Gamay

'Sermezy' is another high-octane Gamay from Baptiste Bertrand. This one comes from old vines in the Sermezy parcel, dating back to 1921. Vinification is exactly the same: bare bones cold carbonic style that makes for maximum enjoyment for anyone ready to pull the cork.

Viticulture

Vineyard name

Sermezy

Soil type

Clay-limestone

Vines planted in1950s and earlier. Oldest vines were planted in 1921.

PruningGoblet

Vinification

Semi-carbonic cold fermentation with native years in concrete tanks. Grapes are refrigerated and left to macerate in concrete tanks. After press, the juice is cooled to 12-15ºC.

ElevageUsed barrels and fiberglass tanks

Harvest typeHand Harvested

Additional info

UPC Code Bottle046139084641

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More about
the producer

Baptiste Bertrand

Founded in 2017

4.5 hectares

It says Baptiste Bertrand on the label, but everyone calls him Bart. Located in Beaujolais, Baptiste farms 4.5 hectares of vines on clay-limestone soils around Charentay, a small commune that makes up part of a swath of Beaujolais-Villages vineyards between Mont Brouilly to the south and Morgon to the north. Baptiste originally studied ecology, with a specialization in environmental management and cartography. After working for organizations and nonprofits for a decade around France, he found himself back home in Beaujolais, where he spent three years managing a local project related to local vineyards. When that project came to an end, a friend suggested that he takes over some vines from a retiring winemaker.

Baptiste is the first producer in Charentay to be certified ...