Domaine Rondeau Bugey-Cerdon Methode Ancestrale NV SF Chronicle A revelation: 95-year-old Carignan vines

A revelation: 95-year-old Carignan vines from the schist slopes of Saint-Chinian

and a fine chalky minerality

and distills every drop

three separate distillations of spices and bitter peels of Curacao oranges blended with brandy and Ferrand cognac

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Domaine Rondeau Bugey-Cerdon Methode Ancestrale NV SF Chronicle A revelation: 95-year-old Carignan vinesBugey Cerdon is the answer to almost every awkward wine question you have: brunch, a birthday, dessert, a hot afternoon, the friend who says they don't like wine. It comes from steep alpine slopes between Lyon and Geneva and is made by methode ancestrale one fermentation, bottled before it finishes, so the bubbles and the leftover sweetness are the same event rather than two separate decisions. Rondeau's is Gamay driven, organically farmed, and low