2021 | Domaine Gilles Berlioz | Roussette de Savoie

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White Wine: 2021 | Domaine Gilles Berlioz | Roussette de Savoie

A delicate and harmonious white with floral and dried fruit complexity. An energetic minerality on the palate, with a hint of iodine. Imbued with sweetness and purity, this Roussette de Savoie amazes with its elegant slender mouth.

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Producer: Domaine Gilles Berlioz

Vintage: 2021

Size: 750ml

ABV: 12.5%

Varietal: Altesse

Country/Region: France, Savoie

A delicate and harmonious white with floral and dried fruit complexity. An energetic minerality on the palate, with a hint of iodine. Imbued with sweetness and purity, this Roussette de Savoie amazes with its elegant slender mouth.

Producer Information

Gilles Berlioz has an unconventional background for a (now iconic) grower. He wanted to live a rural life and first tried cultivating flowers, then breeding vines, but couldnt make a living, so instead worked as a builder. After losing two fingers in an accident he recovered in his hometown of Chignin and (surrounded by his family’s vines) decided to give winemaking a try.Settling down in Chignin with his wife Christine in 1990, he gradually built up his holdings to 8ha of primarily rented vines ‘en fermage’ (5ha) whilst working as a landscaper.Increasingly unhappy with using chemicals in their vineyards and with the compaction caused by too much tractor use, Gilles and Christine embraced organic practices in the late 1990s, with certification following in 2002. It was at this point that Gilles became obsessed with making top-class wines he moved towards biodynamic viticulture and reduced the holdings to a more manageable 6ha, the other 2ha are rented to his cousin Adrien Berlioz and other young vignerons in the area.In 2016 the Berlioz changed the name of the estate to Domaine Partag translating as the ‘shared domaine’, reflecting the years of human encounters with workers, vignerons and customers, all of whom have helped the domaine to progress to where it is today: one of the most iconic in Savoie and France.