Caveau BugisteCuvée Tradition Roussette du Bugey
White wine
This wine generally goes well with
The Cuvée Tradition Roussette du Bugey of the Caveau Bugiste is in the top 10 of wines of Roussette du Bugey.
Details and technical informations about Caveau Bugiste's Cuvée Tradition Roussette du Bugey.
Discover the grape variety: Roussette d'Ayze
Elegant, taut dry still and sparkling whites with a pale golden color, slender palate and sharp alpine acidity, offering refined aromas of citrus (lemon, grapefruit), white flowers (acacia), pear, dried fruits and calcareous mineral notes. A crystalline profile. Star of Ayze AOC in still and sparkling styles in the Arve valley, artisanal and rare cuvées. Synonym for gringet, a Savoyard indigenous variety related to Jura savagnin.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Cuvée Tradition Roussette du Bugey from Caveau Bugiste are 2016, 2018, 2015, 2017
Informations about the Caveau Bugiste
The Caveau Bugiste is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 35 wines for sale in the of Roussette du Bugey to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Roussette du Bugey
Bugey AOC in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (east of Ain, ~21 ha on karstified limestone ridges extending southward from the Jura, clay-limestone soils, marls and moraines, semi-continental climate with warm summers and mountain-oceanic winter influences, AOC 2009): exclusive native Altesse as the signature white (the local roussette or fusette grape) – dry, mineral and precisely chiselled, late-ripening with modest yields, best served at 10–12°C. Fine aromatic bouquet from Savoyard-Jura terroir.
The wine region of Savoie
French Alpine vineyard with unique native grapes. Signature Jacquère in whites (~50% of the vineyard): lively, light dry wines with white flowers, green apple, citrus, fresh almond and a mineral touch, perfect with fondue and raclette. Ampler Altesse (Roussette) (pear, honey, hazelnut). Fruity, peppery Mondeuse reds (cherry, violet, firm tannins), light Gamay and fine Pinot Noir.
The word of the wine: Open
Said of a wine with a full and expressive nose, generally at its peak.
