The Salabelle’s have been making wine here since 1845 as the Gaul’s did many Centuries’ before them. This area is really the southern Rhone around the upper Drôme Valley, a high valley on the fringe of the Alps, sheltered by the cliffs edging the Vercours plateau, and famous for its “Resistance” hideout.                  The “ Traditional  method” is, to use Muscat à petites Grains hand harvested at about 10.5% potential alcohol, the grapes are pressed and allowed to partially ferment at a very low temperature of 2 degree’s until the end of the year. The wine is then bottled with a degree of natural residual sugar and a second fermentation takes place during 4 to 5 months until it stops naturally still containing some sweetness. The next stage is totally unique to this region where the bottles are de-corked and at the same time the bottles are washed the wine is filtered and then rebottled all within a few minutes. The resulting wine is a full sparkling beautifully fruity wine at an amazing 8% vol.  A truly remarkable fizz in every way.