100% Chardonnay. This méthode-ancestrale white is Renardat-Fâche's only wine from purchased fruit, certified-organic grapes on grown on limestone in Bugey. Hand-harvested, fermented with native yeasts in tank, bottled at 6% alcohol, kept on the lees for a year and finished dry (5-7 grams sugar/...
100% Pinot Noir. Peillot has a mere hectare of Pinot Noir. It is an old Champagne clone called Pinot Droit, suited for Bugey's challenging red-ripening environment. Franck Peillot's uncle planted the vines a few decades ago, downslope from the high home of village of Montagnieu on a flatter site...
100% Mondeuse. Peillot has a hectare of this singular, rustic Bugey variety. Much of it is vines planted in the early 2000's on the steep, rocky, clay-limestone scree of the village and cru of Montagnieu and trained in the local, traditional gobelet en echalas style; there are also vines up to...
50% Mondeuse/50% Altesse + Chardonnay. Though not vintage-dated, Peillot's Brut is always single-vintage, methode champenoise wine. Most cru Montagnieu sparkling is Chardonnay-dominant; Peillot emphasizes local varieties Altesse & Mondeuse. Average vine age is around 30 years, with some plots...
