Domaine partagé Gilles Berlioz - Chignin Bergeron Les Christine 2018
18/20 Coup de Coeur
RVF
“It stands out for its great richness and its organic, toasty, and spicy notes. Remarkable freshness and pronounced bitterness. ” (The Guide to the Best Wines of France 2020 - RVF) The estate’s flagship cuvée delivers a precise, deep, and sublime 2018. A complex and captivating expression of Roussanne crafted just for our pleasure. A magnificent Berlioz.
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Eye
Intense color, golden hue, with green and amber highlights
Nose
With a honeyed opening, the nose reveals the heady intensity of a fully-developed expression where the rich, candied fruit blends with floral, spicy, and smoky notes: honeycomb, meadowsweet, dried apricot, candied orange, and toasted almond, cardamom, turmeric, and flint
Palate
It contrasts warm richness with energetic intensity in a powerful balance that offers a beautifully bitter vitality in the aroma
Serve
At 12-14°C
Open
Half an hour before
Drink before
2028
Guard
10 years
Food and wine pairings
Pairs well with fine cheeses, scallops, or pike or chicken quenelles
Bettane & Desseauve
Rated estate (2026 guide): 3 stars (High-quality production, setting the standard in its sector)
About the estate:
Gilles and Christine founded their winery in 1990. It gradually expanded throughout the 1990s and was certified organic in 2002. As a disciple of Michel Grisard, Gilles adopted biodynamic farming practices, earning Demeter certification in 2018. The estate operates like a cooperative where everyone is dedicated to doing good work and making good wine. Four principles: no subsidies, soil worked with animal power, everything is done by hand, and everyone is well paid. Natural-style wines, more ethereal than ostentatious, with vintages featuring iconic labels.
RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France
Wine rated (2020 guide) 18/20 Top Pick
Rated estate (2026 guide) 3*Stars (These represent the pinnacle of French winemaking. The finest terroirs cultivated by the greatest winemakers. Tasting their wine is always a magical experience)
About the wine:
It stands out for its rich body and its organic, toasty, and spicy notes. It has remarkable freshness and a distinct bitterness.
About the estate:
The son of a factory worker, Gilles Berlioz is a self-taught and contented winemaker. Trained as a landscape architect, he started out in 1990 with 0.8 hectares in the Chignin area, with the help of his partner Christine. Today he has 6.5 hectares, plowed by horse, which were converted to organic farming in 2005 and then to biodynamic farming in 2020. Anthroposophy is at the heart of the estate. Gilles Berlioz must be the only winemaker in our guide who makes decisions in the vineyard or in the cellar alongside his employees and who shares his workforce with two other estates… Hence the rather unique term “shared estate.” Of the three children, it is Jeanne, the youngest, who is set to take the reins. From the simple Chignin to the Mondeuse, including the exceptional Chignin-Bergeron wines made from single-vineyard selections, all the wines offer expressions of striking depth of flavor. The aging process is of biblical simplicity, with no oak. Discerning wine lovers snap up these masterfully crafted wines, which are produced in very limited quantities. The welcome at the estate is warm. An essential destination that has paved the way for an entire region and an entire generation.