Franck Peillot Roussette de Bugey Montagnieu Altesse 2024 NO20230726 hot-vintage version

hot-vintage version

and drink soon after opening

green olive tapenade and mushrooms

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

Now twenty years on

Franck Peillot Roussette de Bugey Montagnieu Altesse 2024 NO20230726 hot-vintage versionAltesse 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