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Denis et Didier Berthollier, Chignin Vieilles Vignes, 2024 burgundy_wines-template what survived ripened into winesJacquere is usually treated as an everyday Alpine workhorse, which makes it startling to find parcels here with vines more than a century old. Denis and Didier Berthollier farm their home slopes above Chignin on two distinct soils limestone scree fallen from the cliffs above, and older glacial moraine and plow the narrowest, most fragile rows by horse because nothing else fits. The farming is certified organic and biodynamic, the harvest is by hand in