Domaine partagé Gilles Berlioz - Chignin Bergeron Les Christine 2018
Savoie
White
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18/20 Coup de Coeur
RVF
"It stands out for its great richness, organic, toasty, spicy notes. Remarkable freshness and bitterness in relief." (Le Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France 2020 - RVF) The estate's masterful cuvée signs here a precise, profound, sublime 2018. A complex, bewitching expression of Roussanne just for us. A grandiose Berlioz.
Features
Estate
Domaine partagé Gilles Berlioz
Cuvée
Les Christine
Vintage
2018
Designation
Savoie Chignin Bergeron
Region
Savoie
Grape varieties
100% Roussanne
Terroirs
South-facing clay-limestone soils, lieu-dit les Châteaux: selection of the plot for the cuvée "Les Filles", 22-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
13.5%
Residual sugars
1.7 g/l
Organic
Yes
Tasting & pairing
Eye
Intense color, golden hue, green and amber highlights
Nose
Honeyed in presentation, the nose reveals the heady intensity of a full-bodied expression where the candied richness of the fruit blends with floral, spicy and empyreumatic notes: honeycomb, meadowsweet, dried apricot, candied orange and toasted almond, cardamom, turmeric and flint.
Mouth
Confronts warm density with energetic tension in a powerful balance offering a beautiful bitter vitality of aromatics.
Serve
AT 12-14°C
Open
1/2 h before
Drink before
2028
Guard
10 years
Food and wine pairing
Pair with fine cheeses, scallops, pike or poultry quenelles.
Gilles Berlioz shared domain
Savoie
Expert opinion
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
Wine rated (2020 guide) 18/20 Coup de Coeur
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 wine:
Distinguished by its rich, organic, toasty, spicy notes. Remarkable freshness and bitterness.
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.
Customer reviews
Customer rating
4.3/5
out of 3 reviews
Note and review by M. EDOUARD D. Published on 14/05/2023
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Note and review by M. MATHIEU D. Published on 14/03/2022
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Note and review by M. PHILIPPE N. Published on 10/10/2021
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