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Bugey-Cerdon “La Cueille”
Patrick BottexEnologically speaking, this is a blend of Poulsard and Gamay from the Cerdon cru of the Bugey, a pocket of hilly natural beauty situated roughly between Savoie, the Jura, and the city of Lyon. In accordance with the so-called “ancestral method,” the wine has been bottled partway through fermentation, refermented in bottle until reaching the desired sweetness and bubbliness, then racked off its lees and recorked to avoid further fermentation (and exploding glass).
—Anthony Lynch
Wine Type: | Rosé |
Bottle Size: | 750mL |
Blend: | 80% Gamay, 20% Poulsard |
Appellation: | Vin du Bugey |
Country: | France |
Region: | Savoie |
Producer: | Patrick Bottex |
Winemaker: | Patrick Bottex |
Vineyard: | Planted between 1960 and 2010 , 5.66 ha |
Soil: | Clay, Limestone |
Farming: | Lutte Raisonnée |
Alcohol: | 8% |
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Bugey-Cerdon “La Cueille”
France | Savoie, Bugey, Hautes-Alpes
Its seductive deep pink glimmers in the glass, emanating ambrosial fragrances of alpine strawberries and roses.
About The Producer
Patrick Bottex
As a geographical crossroads between the Savoie, the Jura, Burgundy, and the Rhône, Bugey is one of the few regions where one can see both palm trees and snow within eyeshot. In La Cueille, Patrick and Catherine Bottex farm the limestone slopes above the Ain River. They have been working five hectares of land since 1991 and produce only a small quantity of their beautiful, intriguing sparkling wine. The resulting wine is delightfully refreshing with bright fruit, a beautiful rosé hue, and a touch of sweetness. Kermit had never heard of Bugey until Marcel Lapierre uncorked a beauty at one of his after-tasting parties. His best memory of drinking it, however, was from an ice chest at a hamburger barbecue on a beach in Hawaii.
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Kermit once said...
Kermit once said...
Living wines have ups and downs just as people do, periods of glory and dog days, too. If wine did not remind me of real life, I would not care about it so much.