Domaine Rondeau Bugey-Cerdon Methode Ancestrale NV NET Single barrel rye bottled at

Single barrel rye bottled at whatever proof the barrel delivers—typically between 107 and 112 proof

stony and deeper

and cinnamon stick layered beneath

oranges and rhubarb

others are more chalky

Domaine Rondeau Bugey-Cerdon Methode Ancestrale NV NET Single barrel rye bottled atBugey 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