Domaine Partagé ‘Cri Cri’ Chignin Blanc 2023
Location: France, Savoie, Chignin
Winemaker: Gilles Berlioz
Grapes: Jacquére
Soil: Clay, limestone
Winemaking: Organic and Biodynamic farming. Grapes are harvested by hand. After a long pressing, fermentation begins in fiberglass tanks using native yeasts only. Wine ages in fiberglass tanks and eggs sur lie for six months before being bottled unfined and unfiltered according to the lunar cycle. Minimal SO2.
From the Importer Jeffrey Alpert Selections: Gilles’s entry to winemaking began as a child, when he would travel to Chignin from Chambéry to help his father farm his 0.8ha of vines. As an adult, Gilles worked as a builder and landscapist for a number of years while slowly adding to his leased-holdings until he reached 7 hectares. Gilles was very unhappy with the wines that he was producing early on using conventional farming methods, chemical treatments, a tractor—and he set out in the late 1990s to reduce his yield greatly, and adopt organic and biodynamic practices. He reduced his yield to 5 hectares, began working the vines entirely by hand (and with the help of his horse), eschewed the use of herbicides and pesticides in the vineyard. Gilles' work in the cellar has also evolved: by 2006 Gilles had stopped using old oak to age his wines, electing for fiberglass tanks and eggs instead.
Location: France, Savoie, Chignin
Winemaker: Gilles Berlioz
Grapes: Jacquére
Soil: Clay, limestone
Winemaking: Organic and Biodynamic farming. Grapes are harvested by hand. After a long pressing, fermentation begins in fiberglass tanks using native yeasts only. Wine ages in fiberglass tanks and eggs sur lie for six months before being bottled unfined and unfiltered according to the lunar cycle. Minimal SO2.
From the Importer Jeffrey Alpert Selections: Gilles’s entry to winemaking began as a child, when he would travel to Chignin from Chambéry to help his father farm his 0.8ha of vines. As an adult, Gilles worked as a builder and landscapist for a number of years while slowly adding to his leased-holdings until he reached 7 hectares. Gilles was very unhappy with the wines that he was producing early on using conventional farming methods, chemical treatments, a tractor—and he set out in the late 1990s to reduce his yield greatly, and adopt organic and biodynamic practices. He reduced his yield to 5 hectares, began working the vines entirely by hand (and with the help of his horse), eschewed the use of herbicides and pesticides in the vineyard. Gilles' work in the cellar has also evolved: by 2006 Gilles had stopped using old oak to age his wines, electing for fiberglass tanks and eggs instead.
Location: France, Savoie, Chignin
Winemaker: Gilles Berlioz
Grapes: Jacquére
Soil: Clay, limestone
Winemaking: Organic and Biodynamic farming. Grapes are harvested by hand. After a long pressing, fermentation begins in fiberglass tanks using native yeasts only. Wine ages in fiberglass tanks and eggs sur lie for six months before being bottled unfined and unfiltered according to the lunar cycle. Minimal SO2.
From the Importer Jeffrey Alpert Selections: Gilles’s entry to winemaking began as a child, when he would travel to Chignin from Chambéry to help his father farm his 0.8ha of vines. As an adult, Gilles worked as a builder and landscapist for a number of years while slowly adding to his leased-holdings until he reached 7 hectares. Gilles was very unhappy with the wines that he was producing early on using conventional farming methods, chemical treatments, a tractor—and he set out in the late 1990s to reduce his yield greatly, and adopt organic and biodynamic practices. He reduced his yield to 5 hectares, began working the vines entirely by hand (and with the help of his horse), eschewed the use of herbicides and pesticides in the vineyard. Gilles' work in the cellar has also evolved: by 2006 Gilles had stopped using old oak to age his wines, electing for fiberglass tanks and eggs instead.