La Cave Emmanuel Renaut treasure hunt for pre-1970s Savoie bottles

La Cave Emmanuel Renaut treasure hunt for pre-1970s Savoie bottles

Browse the wine shop next to the 3-Michelin-star Flocons de Sel, stocked with rare Savoie vintages that most sommeliers have never heard of. Ask staff about old Michel Grisard bottles—if they have anything from the 1960s-70s, you've struck gold. Finding a pre-phylloxera or mid-century Apremont or Roussette is like discovering a first-edition book in a used bookstore. Even without rare vintages, buy current bottles featured at Flocons de Sel (these are wines you can't find outside the region) and request the staff's Chartreuse recommendations from their collection of bottles not on the restaurant's list.