Domaine partagé Gilles Berlioz - Chignin Le Jaja 2020
16/20
RVF
An intense Jacquère, grown on loamy soils, with floral, honeyed, and blackberry notes, and a hint of oxidation. Smooth yet crisp, with great balance. One of the estate’s signature wines, whose complexity and purity will leave you with an unforgettable impression!
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Eye
Yellow dress with green highlights
Nose
Evokes a sense of tension, minerality, and notes of white flowers and candied citrus
Palate
It has a lovely intensity and finishes with a subtle, appetizing bitterness
Serve
At 12-14°C
Open
Half an hour before
Drink before
2027
Guard
6 years
Food and Wine Pairings
It pairs beautifully with a Jerusalem artichoke mousse with roasted hazelnuts and a medley of scallops with kaffir lime, a crab ravioli with kaffir lime, and lobster with a citrus emulsion
Bettane & Desseauve
Rated estate (2026 guide): 3*Stars (High-quality production that serves as a benchmark 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 and earned Demeter certification in 2018. The estate operates like a cooperative where everyone is committed to doing good work and making good wine. Four principles: no subsidies, soil worked with animal-drawn implements, everything done by hand, and everyone paid a fair wage. The wines are naturally expressive—more ethereal than ostentatious—with cuvées featuring iconic labels.
RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France
Wine rated 16/20 (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 happy 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 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 vinified from single-vineyard selections, all the wines offer expressions of striking depth of flavor. The aging process is remarkably simple, 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.