Franck Peillot

The Bugey is a small viticultural area whose fame doesn’t extend much farther than the city of Lyon, where its sparkling Cerdon and Montagnieu have long been staples in bistros. Located in the eastern part of the Ain department, the Bugey is a series of low altitude hills forming the most southern tip of the Jura range. 

Peillot, who took over his family estate in 1985 after working with his father since 1981, carries on the work of four generations before him. Although he makes a sparkling Montagnieu from Chardonnay, Altesse, and Mondeuse, he vinifies all of his Altesse old vines as a still wine. Peillot is also a believer in the quality of his Mondeuse grapes, and is the lone vigneron in the village who obtained the appellation Montagnieu Mondeuse with his red wine in the 1997 vintage.