The wine is bone-dry but offers a wonderful nose of bergamot and honeysuckle, along with a zippy freshness supported by all the Alpine minerality you would expect from fruit grown in stony soils in the Alps.

December Club Gourmand ~ If any Pinot Noir on these pages is built for the Parisian bistro or Lyonnais bouchon, it is this one from the hills of Chignin, in Savoie.

The epitome of an Alpine white—a brisk mineral lick of Jacquère, crackling with freshness and crystalline purity.

Lychee and ripe citrus wrapped in beeswax. You might think there are a bunch of busy benevolent bees whiling away inside your glass.

This red conveys loads of juicy, brambly berries with floral and gamey nuances.

Few things are more satisfying as an apéritif than a chilled glass of this Alpine elixir made from 70-year-old vines.

This Jacquère grown on Savoie’s limestone mountainsides may be the crispest beverage to ever grace your palate.

The 2024 Voie Royale was aged entirely in foudre, and the result is an utterly distinctive, perfumed, and stony rouge evoking freshly pressed grapes, tart fruit, and violets.

It has often been likened to a cross between Pinot Noir and Syrah: bright, elegant, and floral, with suggestions of wild fruit, blood, and minerals.

Grown on near-vertical limestone scree slopes, Bergeron reaches incredible heights, yielding a blanc flavors of peach, tangerine, and pine resin.