Franck Peillot Roussette de Bugey Montagnieu Altesse 2024 NO20230726 Now twenty years on

Now twenty years on

The carrots are biodynamically grown by Christian Schaddler on a farm 50 kilometers from the distillery

green olive tapenade and mushrooms

which is exactly the season it evokes

The vines were planted in the early 1940s on sandy clay over soft limestone

Franck Peillot Roussette de Bugey Montagnieu Altesse 2024 NO20230726 Now twenty years onAltesse the alpine grape the French also call Roussette grown on slopes so steep, up to 50% in places, that Franck Peillot trains his vines more than two meters tall and works the soil with a winch to keep it from washing down the hill. His corner of Montagnieu looks out over the Rhne from a southeast facing hillside of thick marl over rock, with limestone cliffs above that soak up the day's heat and give it back at night. Bugey is technically the