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Domaine des Ardoisières - IGP Vin des Allobroges Améthyste 2022

Savoie

Red

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To keep

93/100

RVF

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"A Savoy wine appreciated by connoisseurs and amateurs alike.

"Améthyste is a blend of Persian with 30% Mondeuse. The nose offers finely smoky notes with a strong spicy character, pepper and juniper berry. The palate is greedy, fine and slender, with a beautiful complexity". (Le Guide RVF 2025). A wine to be forgotten for a few years in the cellar.

Features

Estate

Domaine des Ardoisières

Cuvée

Améthyste

Vintage

2022

Designation

IGP Vin des Allobroges - Coteau de Cevins

Region

Savoie

Grape varieties

60% Persan, 40% Mondeuse Noire

Terroirs

Schistose mica, poor, shallow clay soil, terraced vineyards facing south

Viticulture

Certified organic and biodynamic

Harvest

Manual

Winemaking

Whole bunch, fermented with indigenous yeasts

Breeding

12 months in barrels

Alcohol content

12%

Organic

Yes

Tasting & pairing

Eye

Bright ruby colour

Nose

Fruity with black berries and a peppery nuance

Mouth

Dense and full-bodied, with fine tannins, a delicately liquorice wine.

Serve

AT 16-18°C

Open

Decant and aerate for 1 hour or more.

Drink from

2025

Drink before

2032+

Food and wine pairing

Food and wine pairing

Enjoy with cold meats, red meats or cheese...

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Expert opinion

Bettane & Desseauve

Bettane & Desseauve

Domaine rated (guide 2024) 3*Stars (High-quality production that can serve as a benchmark in its sector)

About the domain :

Launched in 1998 under the impetus of Michel Grisard, this estate has brought two hillsides back into production. The crazy project involved 450 parcels and 250 families. All were organic and produced under the IGP vin-des-Allobroges label, failing to gain the support of the Savoie appellation. Today, the 18 hectares managed by Brice Omont, who has just taken over a further six hectares in Saint-Jean-de-la-Porte and Apremont, constitute a benchmark estate for the region. The wines are among the most expensive.

RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France

RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France

Rated wine (guide 2025 ) 93/100

Domaine rated (guide 2024) 2*Stars (These great estates, often endowed with fabulous terroirs, are must-haves which, thanks to their consistency and the excellence of their production, must be included in the cellars of discerning wine lovers).

About the wine:

Améthyste is a blend of Persan with 30% Mondeuse. The nose offers finely smoky notes with a strong spicy character, pepper and juniper berry. The palate is greedy, fine and slender, with a beautiful complexity.

About the domain :

The domaine was born of Michel Grisard's 1998 replanting of the Cevins hillside, 6 hectares of terraced micaschist between Albertville and Moutiers. Brice Omont, an agricultural engineer from the Champagne region, arrived in 2003 to assist Michel Grisard, and since 2008 has been at the helm of the 16-hectare estate. Here, biodynamic viticulture is heroic (the slope can reach 70%), yields are very low, and the wines are mainly made from grape varieties that have been combined and blended. The results are often admirable: the wines show great finesse and originality, and become even more distinctive with age. It's important to be aware that ageing sometimes has a major impact on the expression of young wines when they are first opened, as aeration frees up their expression. Améthyste complements Persian with Mondeuse; the Argile cuvées (from the Saint-Pierre-de-Soucy hillside) combine Jacquère, Chardonnay and Mondeuse blanche in the white, and Gamay, Mondeuse and Persian in the red; Schiste is composed of Jacquère, Mondeuse blanche, Roussanne and Pinot Gris. Only Quartz is a single varietal, made from altesse. If ever there was a domain emblematic of Savoie's qualitative revival and its ambition, this is it.

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