Franck Peillot Roussette de Bugey Montagnieu Altesse 2024 NO20230726 aromatic style

aromatic style

12 months in used barrels

which is exactly the season it evokes

Full-bodied yet supple

never cloying

Franck Peillot Roussette de Bugey Montagnieu Altesse 2024 NO20230726 aromatic styleAltesse 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