Domaine Partage Chignin-Bergeron Les Fripons 2017 CS20230731 The estate had a twenty-year

The estate had a twenty-year head start on sustainable agriculture and is now Demeter-certified

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

and poached apples

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Domaine Partage Chignin-Bergeron Les Fripons 2017 CS20230731 The estate had a twenty-yearGilles 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