Domaine Partage Chignin-Bergeron Les Fripons 2017 NO20230816 red-fruited kind rather than the

red-fruited kind rather than the muscular kind — three and a half hectares of vines

This topographic diversity creates dynamic terroir that Snowden's organic farming and minimal-intervention cellar work honor faithfully

neither murky nor heavy

and luminous—lighter siliceous soils produce a wine of extraordinary elegance

Domaine Partage Chignin-Bergeron Les Fripons 2017 NO20230816 red-fruited kind rather than theGilles 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