Domaine partagé Gilles Berlioz - Chignin Bergeron Les Fripons 2018
16,5/20
RVF
15,5/20
Bettane & Desseauve
This mineral and vibrant Bergeron has a rare intensity, lingering with slightly salty notes. Infused with hints of pepper and spices. A perfectly ripe, deep Roussanne that combines a salty dimension with a delightfully spicy and fruity structure. A succulent harmony!
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Eye
Intense color, golden hue, green and amber highlights
Nose
Empyreumatic and slightly reduced, releasing the heady richness of a mature expression where candied fruit mingles with balsamic and honeyed floral notes: flint, burnt garlic and matches, arnica, dried apricot and candied orange, curry.
Mouth
Round and full-bodied, it offers a rich texture enhanced by spicy aromas and smoothness, while leaving a pleasant freshness on the palate, supported by subtle minerality.
Serve
At 12-14°C
Open
Half an hour before
Drink before
2024
Guard
6 years
Food and wine pairings
Pairs well with appetizers such as parsley-crusted frogs, spinach or Swiss chard caillettes, trout
Bettane & Desseauve
Wine rating (2019 guide) 15.5/20 (2017 vintage) (Very good wine)
Rated estate (2026 guide) 3 stars (High-quality production, serving as a benchmark in its sector)
About the estate:
Gilles and Christine established their estate in 1990. It gradually expanded during the 1990s and was certified organic in 2002. As a disciple of Michel Grisard, Gilles introduced biodynamic farming, obtaining Demeter certification in 2018. The estate operates like a cooperative, where everyone is committed to doing a good job and making good wine. Four principles: no subsidies, soil worked with animal traction, everything is done by hand, everyone is well paid. Natural wines, more ethereal than ostentatious, with cuvées bearing emblematic labels.
RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France
Wine rating (2019 guide) 16.5/20 (2017 vintage) (Very good wine)
Rated estate (2026 guide) 3 stars (These represent the excellence of French vineyards. The best terroirs cultivated by the greatest winemakers. Tasting their wine is always a magical moment.)
About the estate:
The son of a laborer, Gilles Berlioz is a self-taught and happy winemaker. 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 6.5 hectares, plowed by horse, 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 cellar with his employees and who shares his workforce with two other properties... Hence the rather unique term "shared estate." Of the three children, it is Jeanne, the youngest, who is set to take over the reins. From simple Chignin to Mondeuse, via the exceptional Chignin-Bergeron wines vinified from selected plots, all the wines offer expressions of striking depth of flavor. The wines are aged with biblical simplicity, without wood. Discerning wine lovers snap up these masterfully crafted wines, which are available in very limited quantities. The welcome at the estate is warm. This is an essential destination that has shown the way for an entire region and an entire generation.
Customer rating
4.3/5
based on 3 reviews
Review and opinion by Ms. CHRISTINE L. Published on 07/13/2023
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Review and opinion by Mr. PASCAL P. Published on 11/19/2021
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Review and opinion by Mr. LAURENT F. Published on 08/15/2021
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