Denis et Didier Berthollier, Apremont Falling Rock, 2024 wholesale-only and serpentine that lends real

and serpentine that lends real structure and site character

and just a hint of earthiness that keeps it grounded

with the firm backbone still holding everything together

Eleni once told us her wines need time to show themselves

Denis et Didier Berthollier, Apremont Falling Rock, 2024 wholesale-only and serpentine that lends realThe 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