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About This Wine
This small-batch, organic cassis liqueur is drawn from estate-grown, Noir de Bourgogne blackcurrants. This local variety of blackcurrant is particular to the Burgundy region and is much smaller and more intensely-flavoured than the common blackcurrant. Vissoux's Crème de Cassis is handmade made from the extract of the blackcurrants that have been macerated in alcohol. It is made without preservatives or colouring and with a limited addition of sugar dissolved directly into the alcoholic juice of the blackcurrant berries at low temperature.
Due to the intensity of the aromatics, the deep colour and concentrated flavour, you can serve this in very small quantities. Considered by some in France to be this country's finest example, if there is a better crème de cassis, we have not tasted it.
Type | Spirits |
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Varietal(s) | Noir de Bourgogne |
Country | France |
Region | Beaujolais |
Brand | Pierre-Marie Chermette |
Vintage | NV |
Wines from Beaujolais
The Beaujolais region is in the southern part of Burgundy or the central-right part of France near the Swiss city of Geneva. While administratively considered part of the Burgundy wine region, the climate is closer to Rhône and the wine is sufficiently individual in character to be considered separate from Burgundy and Rhône.
Beaujolais is synonymous with the Gamay grape, as that is almost all of what they make there. Gamay is a red grape with thin skins and so produces red wine with low tannins. Gamay from the region also tends to be very light-bodied for a red wine and relatively high in acidity.
The region is also renowned internationally for it’s use of carbonic maceration. This is a winemaking technique where whole grapes are fermented in a carbon dioxide rich environment prior to crushing. Normally, wines are crushed to free the pulp and juice which is then fermented with yeast to convert the sugars into alcohol. Wines that are made by carbonic maceration are fruity and are very low in tannins as they haven’t had as much skin contact. Wines are also ready to drink quickly but lack the structure for long-term aging.