Domaine Partagé - Gilles Berlioz - Chignin Cricri 2024
91/100
Bettane & Desseauve
90/100
RVF
"A soft, light touch"
“Cricri brings the essence of summer to life with its aromas of a fruit basket. A fresh, delicate Jacquère with a light structure.” (Le Guide RVF 2026). This cuvée combines roundness and lightness in a delicate profile that features a subtle, refreshing minty brightness, a smooth mouthfeel, and a refined minerality.
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Eye
Light straw color, with green and pearlescent highlights
Nose
Reveals the rustic subtlety of a full-bodied yet delicate profile, where stewed thiols blend with esters and notes of dried fruit and the countryside: flint, civet, toasted almond and brown butter, acacia, lychee, peach pits and citrus zest, peppermint, and wild thyme.
Palate
Combines roundness with lightness in a delicate profile that highlights the aromatic’s subtle, menthol-like brightness, its smooth texture, and its refined minerality
Bettane & Desseauve
Wine rated (2026 guide) 91/100
Rated estate (2026 guide): 3* Stars (A 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 obtained Demeter certification in 2018. The winery 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 well. The wines are naturally styled—more ethereal than ostentatious—with cuvées featuring iconic labels.
RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France
Wine rated (2026 guide) 90/100
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:
Cricri brings the essence of summer to life with its aromas of a fruit basket. A fresh, delicate Jacquère with a light body.
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 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 produced from single-vineyard selections, all the wines offer expressions of striking depth of flavor. The aging process is remarkably simple—no oak is used. 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.
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