Domaine Partage Chignin-Bergeron Les Fripons 2017 CS20230731 and poached apples

and poached apples

and built for the cellar

organically tended block of Sonoma Valley Zinfandel planted in the 1890s

Elegant fruit

Domaine Partage Chignin-Bergeron Les Fripons 2017 CS20230731 and poached applesGilles and Christine Berlioz are biodynamic pioneers on the steep slopes of Chignin, and their two Chignin Bergeron cuves (Bergeron is Savoie's name for Roussanne) trade off as a study in terroir. Les Fripons (the rascals) comes from an east facing neighbour to Les Filles, where the vines drive into the bedrock with almost no topsoil to speak of. The result is leaner and saltier than its sibling: lower alcohol, more salivating bitter herbs, and a snap