Denis & Didier Berthollier

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The Berthollier family’s winemaking roots date to the mid-19th century in Chignin, Savoie. In 1963, the Tissot and Berthollier families were united through the marriage of Monique Tissot and Alexis Berthollier. During the 1970s, Alexis focused the estate entirely on viticulture, planting Roussanne on steep hillsides and helping establish the Chignin-Bergeron appellation.

Brothers Denis and Didier Berthollier took over in the mid-1990s, shifting their focus toward exceptional terroirs and historic hillside plots around Chignin, Francin, and Montmélian. They began transitioning to organic and biodynamic farming in the early 2000s, eliminating chemical herbicides by 2011. The estate achieved organic certification with the 2020 vintage and Demeter biodynamic certification in 2023.

The vineyards comprise around thirty small, fragmented plots across diverse limestone, clay, schist, and glacial moraine soils. Key varieties include Jacquère, Roussanne, Mondeuse, and Persan. Important sites such as Les Toises, Les Salins, and La Perette are vinified separately to preserve their individual character. The Bertholliers practice low-intervention winemaking, including amphora aging and vinification without sulfur, adding only minimal sulfur at bottling when necessary.

Wines

Red Rose White Sparkling Sweet Fortified Spirits Cider

• Berthollier, Apremont, Falling Rock
• Berthollier, Chignin, Vieilles Vignes
• Berthollier, Chignin, Argile sur Schistes
• Berthollier, Chignin Bergeron, Exception
• Berthollier, Chignin Bergeron, St Anthelme
• Berthollier, Mondeuse, Les Granges Tissot