Denis et Didier Berthollier, Apremont Falling Rock, 2024 wholesale-only expanded to 20-24 hectares in

expanded to 20-24 hectares in 2012 with acquisition of vines from Château Bel Air-Marquis d'Aligre

lifted acidity

with juicy citrus and ripe stone fruit woven through clean Sauvignon Blanc cut

it's one of the most quietly serious patio reds on the shelf

This half-bottle of the 1988 comes from a private collection and is fully mature

Denis et Didier Berthollier, Apremont Falling Rock, 2024 wholesale-only expanded to 20-24 hectares inThe name is literal. In November 1248 a vast section of the limestone cliff of Mont Granier broke away and buried the villages below, and the field of shattered rock and gravel it left behind is exactly where Apremont's vines grow today. That rubble drains hard and fast, which is why Jacquere the local white grape, and the only one permitted for Apremont comes out of it so taut and stony. Brothers Denis and Didier Berthollier farm it from their base