Bugey Cerdon

Cerdon, or more precisely Bugey-Cerdon, is a French sparkling rosé wine produced in the Bugey region in ten communes around Cerdon, in the Ain department. It's a low-alcohol (8°C/vol) sparkling rosé. It is made from Gamay and Poulsard grapes using the ancestral method. The vines are planted on steep, south-east-facing hillsides, reaching heights of up to 300 metres. A dozen communes share a highly fragmented vineyard, covering a total of 136.4 hectares: l'Abergement-de-Varey, Bohas-Meyriat-Rignat, Boyeux-Saint-Jérôme, Cerdon, Jujurieux, Mérignat, Poncin, Saint-Alban, Saint-Jean-le-Vieux, and Saint-Martin-du-Mont.Two grape varieties are used to produce Cerdon: Poulsard, a red variety, and Gamay. They produce sparkling rosé wines of great finesse, which take on an onion-peel color and a delicate perfume with age.