70% Gamay/30% Poulsard. The Renardats are 7th-generation vignerons of mainly méthode ancestrale Cerdon du Bugey wines in the tiny village of Mérignat in northern Bugey. They farm 13 hectares of Gamay and Poulsard biodynamically (certified) in these high, rolling, wooded, steep hills of poor, rocky...
50% Gamay/50% Poulsard. The Renardats are 7th-generation vignerons of mainly méthode ancestrale Cerdon du Bugey wines in the tiny village of Mérignat in northern Bugey. They farm 13 hectares of Gamay and Poulsard biodynamically (certified as of the 2022 vintage) in these high, rolling, wooded,...
100% Gamay. The Renardats are 7th-generation vignerons in the tiny northern Bugey village of Mérignat. They farm their 13 hectares of Gamay and Poulsard biodynamically (certified) in these high, rolling, wooded, steep hills of rocky clay-limestone soils. Their raison d'être is méthode ancestrale ...
100% Poulsard. The Renardats are 7th-generation vignerons in the tiny Cerdon du Bugey village of Mérignat, which is tucked up in high, rolling, wooded, steep hills of rocky clay-limestone soils. Their mainstay is Gamay, but 4 of their 13 hectares are Poulsard vines going on 60-70 years in age....
100% Altesse. Roussette is local parlance for the native Altesse grape and referenced in the AOC Roussette du Bugey name. Montagnieu is a hilltop village and one of only three Bugey sub-appellations or crus, comprising 32 contiguous hectares on a steep, southeast-facing slope. It is considered the...
60% Mondeuse/30% Altesse/10% Chardonnay. Methode champenoise sparkling wine from the AOC of Bugey, specifically in the cru of Montagnieu in southern Bugey. Most Montagnieu sparkling is Chardonnay-dominant, but the Peillot family's has always featured Mondeuse and Altesse with a small percentag of...
100% Mondeuse. Peillot has three hectares of this rustic Bugey variety, which is a relative of Syrah and Dureza. Many of the vines were planted in the early 2000's on the steep, rocky, clay-limestone scree of the village and cru of Montagnieu but some are up to 100 years old. The farming is organic...
60% Mondeuse/30% Altesse/10% Chardonnay. Methode champenoise sparkling wine from the AOC of Bugey, specifically in the cru of Montagnieu in southern Bugey. Most Montagnieu sparkling is Chardonnay-dominant, but the Peillot family's has always featured Mondeuse and Altesse with a small percentag of...
