Seyssel

[seh-SEHL] One of the best-known villages in France's savoie region, Seyssel is located just southwest of Lake Geneva on the Rhône River, not far from the Swiss border. Seyssel produces white still wines under the Seyssel AC and sparkling wines under the Seys­sel Mousseux AC. The grapes used are altesse (locally called Rous­sette) and a local variety Molette, which lends an interesting peppery character. Most of these wines should be drunk young.

Seyssel is the name of two communes in France:

• Seyssel, in the Ain département
• Seyssel, in the Haute-Savoie département

Seyssel may also refer to:

• Seyssel AOC, a wine AOC
• Claude de Seyssel, a Savoyard jurist and humanist
• members of the Seyssel d’Aix family:
  • Johann Klaudius Graf von Seyssel d’Aix (1758–1761), Bavarian Major General
  • Maximilian Seyssel d’Aix (1776–1855), Bavarian Lieutenant General

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