2025 Domaine Adrien Berlioz La Cuvee des Gueux Blanc

A lively Alpine white with grapefruit, crisp pear and honeysuckle, combining fresh acidity, gentle roundness and a clean, saline finish.

Cuvée des Gueux Blanc 2025 brings together Jacquère, Chardonnay and Pinot Gris. Jacquère provides Alpine freshness, while Chardonnay and Pinot Gris add fruit and volume.

Citrus and orchard fruit lead into a slightly rounder mid-palate, supported by lively acidity and a delicate saline note. Stainless-steel ageing preserves its fresh, expressive style.

Enjoy as an aperitif or with oysters, shellfish, grilled prawns, trout, grilled white fish, sushi, fresh goat’s cheese and vegetable dishes.

Appellation: IGP Vin des Allobroges
Region: Savoie, France
Grapes: 70% Jacquère, 20% Chardonnay and 10% Pinot Gris
Viticulture: Third year of conversion to organic farming
Alcohol: 12%
Serving temperature: 10–12°C

Old-vine Jacquère off Chignin's limestone scree

Old-vine Jacquère off Chignin's limestone scree, left alone to taste like the mountain it comes from — barely any winemaking beyond a good press and a tank.

Grape Varietals & Region: Principally Jacquère, Savoie's everyday white grape grown here on anything but everyday terrain — around 50-year-old vines rooted in the limestone scree of the Combe de Savoie, in and around Chignin. Some vintages of this cuvée see a splash of Altesse blended in; Adrien Berlioz started with a tiny family estate in 2006 and now farms roughly 5 hectares across 17 parcels, organic since 2012 and biodynamic since 2020.

Taste Profile: White flowers and alpine herbs up front, then citrus zest, green apple and lemon on the palate, with a savoury almond note that lingers into the finish. Precise, saline, mountain-fresh — this is a wine for trout, a good chèvre, or a proper Savoyard fondue.

Winemaking Process: Whole clusters pressed directly, then fermented in tank with nothing added — no cultured yeast, no enzymes, no shortcuts. Malolactic fermentation happens on its own if it wants to, and the wine spends around four months in tank before bottling.

Winemaker: Adrien Berlioz is part of a new generation of Savoie growers taking the region's everyday grapes far more seriously than their reputation suggests. What started as a small family plot in 2006 is now a fully organic and biodynamic estate spread across 17 tiny parcels, each farmed and vinified with the kind of manual, unhurried attention usually reserved for grander appellations.

Biodynamic Winemaking

Aging duration: 0-6 Months