The Abymes 2019 by Rémy Berlioz.
“But why don’t you present your wines to the Concours Général Agricole in Paris? How many times has Rémy Berlioz, a winegrower in Chapareillan (Isère), heard it said! His fellow associates of the Cuma (Cooperative for the use of agricultural equipment) at Éboulis, with whom he shares the harvesting machine, tractor and bottling group, have savored it so much that he ended up giving in to their authorities. And he didn’t regret it.
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“I make wines the way I like to drink them”
Established since 2012, the young winegrower, who operates twelve hectares of vines, 95% of which are jacquère, almost all for hire, has, from the first attempt, won the highest distinction in apremont and abymes for the 2019 vintage, ahead of the top names. white wines from Savoy.
Rémy loves excellence. He rubbed shoulders with her at his school friend Mickaël Ramonet, from Chassagne-Montrachet (Côte-d’Or), who vinifies five great white wines in the Côte de Beaune. “I make wines the way I like to drink them. Wines that are too lively, too dry, that’s not what I prefer. It’s hard to sell a wine that you don’t like, ”he says.
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Remarkable white wines of finesse and freshness
In fact, his white Savoie wines are like him. Without ostentation, they are remarkable for their finesse and freshness, while showing a pleasant roundness. If the apremont is marked by a fair minerality, the abyss with delicate aromas of hawthorn, hazelnut and alpine flowers reveals an elegant citrus flavor. A jacquère in all its splendor, light and airy, from the limestone scree of Mont Granier.
Poorly treated soils are fed with algae and copper, which help the plant defend itself against powdery mildew and mildew. Sarto du Cep d’Or is now certified high environmental value (HVE). “An approach welcomed by most consumers, especially customers of supermarkets,” said Rémy, who also sells his wine at the Aime-la-Plagne market, every Thursday morning. He is part of the Une Montagne de producteurs association, which plans to open a store in Haute Tarentaise next winter.
Price: 5 euros. Sarto du Cep d’Or, chemin des Grandes Combes, 38530 Chapareillan. Phone. 06 14 53 32 90.
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