Domaine du Vissoux (Pierre-Marie Chermette), Moulin-a-Vent Trois Roches, 2014 SO021326 Dutraive Bual is the middle child

Bual is the middle child of Madeira styles—not as dry as Sercial

30 hectares total

Founded in 1821 in Chambéry

it also retained freshness and lift

Domaine du Vissoux (Pierre-Marie Chermette), Moulin-a-Vent Trois Roches, 2014 SO021326 Dutraive Bual is the middle childCru Beaujolais that drinks like serious Burgundy's fun cousin. Pierre Marie Chermette's Domaine du Vissoux is a longtime Flatiron favorite, and Les Trois Roches is his flagship Moulin a Vent, sourced from roughly 50 year old Gamay vines across three granite and manganese parcels (Rochegres, La Rochelle, Roche Noire) that lend finesse, power, and lively fruit in turn. Traditional semi carbonic vinification with native yeasts, then aging in old foudres