Franck Peillot Roussette de Bugey Montagnieu Altesse 2024 NO20230726 The vines were planted in

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

It consists of eaux-de-vie

hot-vintage version

Full-bodied yet supple

Franck Peillot Roussette de Bugey Montagnieu Altesse 2024 NO20230726 The vines were planted inAltesse 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