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Domaine partagé Gilles Berlioz - Roussette de Savoie El-hem 2020

Savoie

White

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16,5/20

RVF

(2018 vintage notes)
altesse
complex
rich

What a superb contrast between this wine's exuberant nose of almost exotic richness and its slender palate. Its depth and complexity astonish us. Pure fruit, perfectly defined on the palate, this Altesse works wonders. A flagship cuvée!

Features

Estate

Domaine partagé Gilles Berlioz

Cuvée

El-hem

Vintage

2020

Designation

Roussette de Savoie

Region

Savoie

Grape varieties

100% Altesse

Terroirs

Limestone soils in the localities of Les Crays and Les Frettes, south-east exposure, 15-year-old vines.

Viticulture

Certified organic and biodynamic practices

Harvest

Manual

Winemaking

In fiberglass tanks, very little intervention required

Breeding

Approximately 6 months in horizontal ovoid tanks to promote continuous vortexing

Alcohol content

12%

Organic

Yes

Tasting & pairing

Eye

Assertive color, pale gold hue, mother-of-pearl sheen

Nose

Waxy in presentation, the nose reveals a tonic expression where the freshness of the fruit is reinforced by contact with green notes of a spicy, country nature: beeswax, acacia, fresh pear, redcurrant and lime, aniseed and fenugreek...

Mouth

Has a precise energy that engages the honeyed, piquant composition of the aromatics, the saline definition of the grain and the delicacy of the material.

Serve

AT 10-12°C

Open

1/2 hour in advance

Drink before

2027

Guard

6 years

Food and wine pairing

Food and wine pairing

Enjoy with Beaufort cheese, smoked eel, chicken with crayfish, or nothing at all!

Gilles Berlioz shared domain

Roussette de Savoie

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Expert opinion

Bettane & Desseauve

Bettane & Desseauve

Domaine rated (guide 2021) 2*Stars (A serious and recommendable production, but a little more regular and homogeneous than the previous one)

About the domain :

Settled on the steep slopes of Chignin, between limestone, silt and clay, Gilles Berlioz swapped his landscaping clothes for those of a winegrower almost 30 years ago, and not without success. His 4.5-hectare vineyard is on a human scale, allowing him to cultivate his vines like a garden, biodynamically since 2007. At the dawn of the 2000s, he was one of the first to opt for organic farming, because "wine is made first and foremost to be drunk", and thanks to low yields, he can obtain concentrated, ripe wines without high degrees. As of 2016, the estate is called Domaine Partagé, and operates according to a cooperative and solidarity-based model. The wines, vinified according to the principle of "one terroir, one cuvée", without chaptalization, in a low-interventionist approach, are pure, digestible and age well. The 2016 and 2017 vintages were very successful in a shortened range. In 2018, a vintage of volume and quality, the young whites lose in finesse what Mondeuse gains in complexity and juice.

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 (2020 guide) 16.5/20 (Vintage 2018) (Very good wine)

Domaine rated (guide 2021) 2*Stars (These great estates, often blessed with fabulous terroirs, are must-haves which, because of their consistency and the excellence of their production, must be included in the cellars of discerning connoisseurs).

About the domain :

The son of a factory worker, Gilles Berlioz is a happy, self-taught winegrower. Trained as a landscaper, he started out in 1990 with 0.8 hectares in the Chignin area, helped by his partner Christine. Today, he has 4.5 hectares, ploughed with the help of a horse, and converted to organic farming in 2005, followed by biodynamic farming (not certified). From the simple Chignin to the Mondeuse, not forgetting the exceptional Chignin-Bergon vinified in parcel selections, all the wines offer healthy, serene expressions of great depth of flavor. Savvy connoisseurs are snapping up these goldsmith's wines, which are very limited in volume. The welcome at the domaine is warm and passionate. An indispensable address.

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