Romain Chamiot ‘Apremont’ Vin de Savoie, Savoie, France 2024
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Romain Chamiot cultivates roughly seven hectares across 30 parcels in the Apremont area, largely inherited from his grandparents. He works steep, mountainous vineyards with balanced, low-yielding viticulture, often on old vine Jacquère, and favors minimal intervention in the cellar to reflect freshness, minerality, and local expression.
- WINEMAKER: Romain Chamiot
- FARMING: Vineyard work is mostly manual due to steep slopes. Yields are controlled, and in the cellar sulfur additions are minimal.
- VARIETY: 100 % Jacquère (the primary white grape of the Apremont / Savoie region)
- TERROIR: The fruit comes from glacially influenced soils typical of Apremont, including marly-limestone, chalky moraines, and glacial debris (“abymes”) near the Roche du Granier escarpment. These soils provide crispness and minerality typical of Alpine whites.
- VINIFICATION: Grapes are harvested by hand, gently pressed whole cluster, and fermented spontaneously using native yeasts. Fermentation and élevage occur in stainless steel and enamel-lined tanks (cuves), with lees contact to add texture, and with minimal sulfur additions.
- AGING: The wine is aged on fine lees in tank, with no oak influence, before early bottling to preserve brightness and purity.
- TASTING NOTES: The 2024 Apremont is clean, lively, and aromatic—light citrus, green apple and pear with floral and mineral touches. It carries a crisp backbone, moderate body, and an approachable freshness with a hint of residual weight on the palate.
- FOOD PAIRINGS: Serve with seafood, shellfish, fresh salads, light cheeses (e.g. Tomme de Savoie), or delicate Alpine dishes. Also excellent as an aperitif.
Romain Chamiot cultivates roughly seven hectares across 30 parcels in the Apremont area, largely inherited from his grandparents. He works steep, mountainous vineyards with balanced, low-yielding viticulture, often on old vine Jacquère, and favors minimal intervention in the cellar to reflect freshness, minerality, and local expression.
- WINEMAKER: Romain Chamiot
- FARMING: Vineyard work is mostly manual due to steep slopes. Yields are controlled, and in the cellar sulfur additions are minimal.
- VARIETY: 100 % Jacquère (the primary white grape of the Apremont / Savoie region)
- TERROIR: The fruit comes from glacially influenced soils typical of Apremont, including marly-limestone, chalky moraines, and glacial debris (“abymes”) near the Roche du Granier escarpment. These soils provide crispness and minerality typical of Alpine whites.
- VINIFICATION: Grapes are harvested by hand, gently pressed whole cluster, and fermented spontaneously using native yeasts. Fermentation and élevage occur in stainless steel and enamel-lined tanks (cuves), with lees contact to add texture, and with minimal sulfur additions.
- AGING: The wine is aged on fine lees in tank, with no oak influence, before early bottling to preserve brightness and purity.
- TASTING NOTES: The 2024 Apremont is clean, lively, and aromatic—light citrus, green apple and pear with floral and mineral touches. It carries a crisp backbone, moderate body, and an approachable freshness with a hint of residual weight on the palate.
- FOOD PAIRINGS: Serve with seafood, shellfish, fresh salads, light cheeses (e.g. Tomme de Savoie), or delicate Alpine dishes. Also excellent as an aperitif.