Domaine Denis & Didier Berthollier
Domaine Denis & Didier Berthollier
【The soul of Savoie, and a story of terroir at its purest】
Founded in 1850, Domaine Berthollier lies at Chignin in the Savoie. Denis, of the fifth generation, joined in 1996 and Didier came into the business in 2000.
The first fifteen years brought one difficult season after another. Since 2016, however, their eleven hectares of Jacquère, Bergeron, Altesse and Mondeuse have been farmed entirely organically; the conversion began in 2011, certification followed in 2020, and today the brothers work biodynamically.
They bottle their cuvées parcel by parcel, so that each wine reflects the character of these wonderfully varied terroirs more faithfully.
Denis and Didier own several parcels on the steep slopes at the southernmost tip of the hills of Savoie, and it is here that the vines belong. The fruit is picked by hand and moved as little as possible, handled by gravity alone, then raised in wooden casks, demi-muids and amphorae, each vessel lending something of its own.
Their whites are pure and delicate; their reds brim with fresh fruit.
These are among the very finest wines made in the Savoie, and the cuvées from vines planted on the terroir of Salin are outstanding.
The vines are farmed organically, and the result is wine of an airy, crystalline clarity.
