Savoie
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35 Chignin AC 2008
Gilles BerliozGrape:100% Jacquère (11.5% alc.)
This comes from 30 to 80 year old vines planted in clayey soil on a steep limestone hillside. It is a light, zesty wine, with surprising length and a chalky lift on the finish. For drinking now to 2013+.
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36 Roussette de Savoie AC 2008
Gilles BerliozGrape:100% Altesse (12% alc.)
Only 800 bottles were produced of this elegant wine. Bone dry with a touch more body than the basic Chignin, it has an intriguing nose, richness with a hint of spice (altesse is akin to the pinot gris) and lovely white fruits with good relief from acidity on the finish. For drinking now to 2013.
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37 Chignin Bergeron AC 2005/2007
Gilles BerliozGrape:100% Bergeron (12.5% alc.)
Bergeron is a synonym for the roussanne grape from the northern Rhône, and here from south-facing vines it gives an equally rich, concentrated wine with apricot/ peach fruit but with more natural acidity. Fermented 100% dry and cuve aged only, it has been made from low yields, harvested in various sorties in the vineyard when only the ripest bunches were selected. Certified organic since 2001. For drinking now to 2013+.
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38 Mondeuse AC 2004/2005
Gilles BerliozGrape:100% Mondeuse (12% alc.)
A brilliant wine from 50 year old vines grown in broken up mountain scree. Harvested at almost the same yield as northern Rhône syrah (42 hectos per hectare) and aged in cuve, it shows the kinship between mondeuse and a Côte-Rôtiesque syrah more clearly than most Savoie mondeuse (that are vinified at 65 hectos per hectare). It is elegant, spicy, with peppery, dark fruits and a stony, mineral flavour. For drinking now to 2012.
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39 Chignin AC 2005 Vieilles Vignes
Raymond QuenardGrape:100% Jacquère (11.5% alc.)
Exceptional Chignin from 102 year old vines planted in a clayey soil on a limestone base. Very natural wine (only indigenous yeasts are used and malolactic fermentation is carried out 100%), it is light and intensely mineral – there is a chalky character conveyed from the limestone. For drinking now to 2012+.
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40 Mondeuse AC 2004
Raymond QuenardGrape:100% Mondeuse (12% alc.)
Mondeuse from grapes that are not destalked is Savoie’s real speciality (prephylloxera in the 1870’s mondeuse was the only grape planted in Savoie). From 60 year old vines this unoaked wine has a lovely kernel of blackberry fruit, spices, pepper, liquorice. For drinking now to 2011.
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