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% 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...
