Domaine partagé Gilles Berlioz - Chignin Bergeron Les Fripons 2018
16,5/20
RVF
15,5/20
Bettane & Desseauve
This mineral and vibrant Bergeron displays rare intensity, with a finish featuring slightly iodine-tinged bitter notes. Infused notes of pepper and spices. A perfectly ripe, deep Roussanne that combines a saline quality with a wonderfully spicy and fruity structure. A succulent harmony!
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Eye
Intense color, golden hue, with green and amber highlights
Nose
With an empyreumatic character and a hint of reduction, it releases the heady richness of a fully realized expression where candied fruit blends with floral, balsamic, and honeyed notes: flint, burnt garlic and matches, arnica, dried apricot and candied orange, curry
Palate
Round and full-bodied, it offers a rich, indulgent texture enhanced by its bold aromatics and smooth mouthfeel, while its pleasant freshness lingers, supported by a subtle minerality.
Serve
At 12-14°C
Open
Half an hour before
Drink before
2024
Guard
6 years
Food and wine pairings
It pairs very well with appetizers, as well as frogs' legs with parsley, caillettes with spinach or Swiss chard, and trout
Bettane & Desseauve
Wine rated (2019 guide) 15.5/20 (2017 vintage) (Very good wine)
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 (2019 guide) 16.5/20 (2017 vintage) (Very good wine)
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 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.