2021 Renardat-Fache Bugey-Cerdon - Methode Ancestrale - Bugey-Cerdon, France. 750ml.
A yearly favourite here at the shop;
ROSE. Sparkling off-dry Gamay and Poulsard grown naturally in the pre-alpine hills east of Bresse and Lyon. Simply Terrific.
Alain and his son Elie Renardat produce the best Bugey Cerdon there is and make theirs from Gamay (70%) and Poulsard (30%), and follow the technique called "ancestral method." The organically farmed grapes are picked by hand, pressed and fermented using natural yeasts in cold vats until the alcohol reaches about 6 degrees. After a light filtration that leaves most of the active yeast in the unfinished wine, it is bottled and continues its fermentation in the bottle, reaching about 7.5 or 8 degrees of alcohol and retaining a fair quantity of its original sugar.