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La Vigne du Perron Sérène Blanche 2022

Name: La Vigne du Perron Sérène Blanche 2022
Brand: La Vigne du Perron
SKU: PERRON-SERNE
Price: 60.00 USD
Availability: InStock

$60.00

Style: Dry, medium to full-bodied white with firm acidity, aromatic complexity, and genuine structural depth; the direct press approach preserves freshness while barrel aging adds texture and a faint oxidative note
Grapes & terroir: 100% Altesse (Roussette / Sérène Blanche), an indigenous variety of eastern France; steep limestone slopes above Villebois, Bugey, Ain; chemical-free viticulture with occasional biodynamic treatments; Guyot-trained vines, low yields, hand-harvested
Winemaking: Direct press without destemming; spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts in fiberglass tanks; aged approximately 12 months in old neutral oak barrels (average 5 years old); bottled without filtration or any additions including no added sulfur
Serving temperature & decanting: Serve at 52–55°F; 15 to 20 minutes' decanting recommended to open the wine; the structure and acidity make it a candidate for a few years of bottle aging
Pairing: Poulet à la crème de l'Ain
Similar to: A structured Roussette de Savoie or a mineral-driven Jura white such as Savagnin ouillé, with the characteristic weight and floral complexity of Altesse

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Tasting notes

Pale gold with a light green tint. The nose is floral and aromatic, with bergamot, white peach, hazelnut, and a subtle honeyed note from the Altesse grape. On the palate, the wine is dry, full-textured, and focused, with firm acidity and a long mineral finish.

Food pairings

Poulet à la crème de l'Ain, raclette, grilled trout, sushi, aged Comté, escargots with garlic butter, crayfish bisque.

Product description

La Vigne du Perron Sérène Blanche 2022 is a dry white wine made from 100% Altesse, the indigenous white grape of the Bugey and Savoie known locally by the synonyms Roussette and Sérène Blanche. Produced by François Grinand at his estate in Villebois, Bugey, the grapes grow on steep limestone slopes above the village in the Ain department of eastern France. La Vigne du Perron Sérène Blanche 2022 is made by direct press, fermented with indigenous yeasts, and aged for approximately 12 months in old neutral oak barrels. The wine is bottled without filtration and with no additions. Vin de France designation.

Dry/Sweet:, Dry
Wine Type:, White
Wine Style:, Light Body
Grapes:, Altesse
Farming:, Organic
Vintage:, 2022
Alcohol:, 12%
Country:, France
Region:, Bugey
Appellation:, NA
Bottle Size:, 750ml
Sugar Level:, Low Sugar, Zero Added Sugar

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La Vigne du Perron Sérène Blanche 2022

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Producer profile

La Vigne du Perron

La Vigne du Perron is the work of François Grinand, based in Villebois, a small village on the banks of the Rhône in the Ain. Grinand left a career as a piano teacher at a prestigious conservatory in 1993 to make wine in his hometown, initially with limited resources and no formal winemaking background. A series of difficult harvests led to bankruptcy in 2007, but the domaine was rescued when two Belgian wine enthusiasts who admired his work purchased his entire stock and helped relaunch the project. By 2009 it had been reborn, now operating as both Domaine du Perron and La Vigne du Perron.

The estate covers around two to three hectares of steep hillside vineyards on the limestone slopes above Villebois, farmed without pesticides, herbicides, or fertilizers, with low yields maintained through Guyot training and deliberate management. Grinand grows Pinot Noir, Gamay, Mondeuse, Altesse, and Chardonnay, and also buys organically farmed fruit from a handful of trusted neighbors, most notably sharing a Savoie vineyard planted to Jacquère with Jean-Yves Péron. The vines range from relatively young to over 60 years old, with an average age of around 20 years.

In the cellar, Grinand approaches each variety differently. Gamay and Pinot Noir are fermented whole-cluster in upright fiberglass vats. Mondeuse is destemmed. All white grapes, including the Altesse for Sérène Blanche, are pressed directly without destemming, using an old upright press with a rock basin. Wines then ferment with indigenous yeasts and age in old neutral oak barrels for 12 to 18 months. Since 2010, every wine leaves the cellar without filtration and without any additions.

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Wine region

Bugey, France

Bugey is a small wine region in the Ain department of eastern France, positioned between the Jura to the north, Savoie to the east, Beaujolais to the west, and the northern Rhône to the south. It sits at the southern tip of the limestone-rich Jura massif, where the terrain descends toward the Rhône river valley in a sequence of steep hillsides and narrow gorges. The region is often associated with its sparkling pink wines made from Gamay, which have been its most commercially visible product, but it also produces still reds and whites of real character from both local and neighboring varieties.

The geology in and around Villebois, where La Vigne du Perron's vineyards are situated, is primarily limestone and calcareous scree mixed with alluvial silts on the lower slopes. This substrate imparts the wines with a mineral tension common to the broader limestone belt that stretches from Burgundy through the Jura and into this corner of the Ain. The steep terracing of the hillsides above Villebois limits mechanization and demands hand-harvesting, which has historically discouraged the kind of commercial viticulture seen in flatter, more accessible zones.

Altesse, the grape behind Sérène Blanche, is one of the region's most important white varieties. It is thought to be indigenous to the area around Lake Geneva and appears across both Savoie and Bugey under the synonyms Roussette and Sérène Blanche. At its best, it produces dry whites with real aromatic complexity, bergamot and hazelnut character, firm acidity, and the capacity to age well in bottle. The Roussette du Bugey AOC covers still Altesse wines from the region, though some producers, including La Vigne du Perron, release their wines as Vin de France to preserve flexibility in labeling.

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