Vignobles Berthier

In the 1980s, Jean-Marie settled in Sainte-Gemme-en-Sancerrois, his wife's village where they built the Domaine des Clairneaux together. In 1998, they took over the Domaine de Montbenoit, in the Coteaux du Giennois, a vineyard that his father had worked for many years. He was one of the first winegrowers to defend and initiate this appellation!

On either side of the Loire, born from the combination of these two estates, Vignobles Berthier offers several appellations from the Centre-Loire, Sancerre, Giennois and Pouilly-Fumé. There are a total of 25 hectares of vines cultivated in sustainable viticulture, on different terroirs, mostly composed of flint, limestone and clay-limestone.

Our story

In 2012, Clément (the elder brother) joined the company after spending 2 years in Canada and the United States as assistant cellar master in the Willamette Valley. Following his arrival, they started working with friends on the Pouilly Fumé appellation. The result of this association, a Pouilly-Fumé on Kimmeridgian soils, a true terroir wine.

The following year, Florian (the youngest), returned home after perfecting his winemaking skills in Burgundy, New Zealand and Oregon. Shortly afterwards, in 2015, they took over the Domaine de l'Oselier, north of the Coteaux du Giennois appellation, from very old vines (between 35 and 100+ years old) only on flint soil. The young winegrower manages the vineyard in a sustainable way without herbicides, pesticides or anti-botrytis. At the heart of this culture, a tillage that allows the soil to be sublimated.

Clément manages the winemaking and marketing of the wines. "As far as vinification is concerned, we do as little as possible because 80% of the work is done in the vines. All the stages of vinification are carried out with great care to keep our wines with low sulphur contents, to help us we use the CO2 naturally present in the wine, which protects it from oxidation."