| Altesse |
| Its synonym is Roussette-Haute. It is Savoie's finest white grape variety, deserving of its own Appellation Contrôlée. There are many stories and legends, of how the vine came over to Savoie, ranging from: being brought by a Princess from Cyprus; to having been brought over by a knight from Hungary. |
| The AC Roussette de Savoie has four crus, which produced the best examples of Altesse, they are: Frangy, Monterminod, Monthoux, and Marestel. There is also the AC Roussette de Seyssel, also made exclusively from Altesse but from the vineyards of Seyssel on both sides of the Rhone. |
| The vines aren't very productive, and produce tightly packed, small grapes, and when the grapes ripen they go from green to a pinkish rusty colour. |
