2013 Renardat-Fache Vin du Bugey-Cerdon

[Mike Evans]

With just me and my sister-in-law drinking, I decided that a 2013 Renardat-Fache Vin du Bugey-Cerdon would be a good choice for Christmas, and the relatively low 7.5% alcohol was an added bonus. Still holding strong, crisp strawberry fruit, the nice balance between the off-dry sweetness and acidity made it a great pairing for my family's tradition of Chinese take-out for Christmas dinner, and it showed a little more of the poulsard funk than it did in the past. Festive holiday joy in a glass.

 

[Jeff Grossman]

Hear, hear!

The most-recent (non-)vintage of Brun's FRV100 is very pale and a bit sour. HWMBO is not very happy so R-F Bugey-Cerdon is next on list of things he might like.