Domaine Bartucci Bugey-Cerdon NV

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Raphaël Bartucci settled in the Bugey region (Mérignat) in 1983 and became one of the pioneering producers of natural Cerdon, guided early on by natural-wine figures Marcel Lapierre and Pierre Overnoy; the estate farms 2.5 certified-organic hectares and produces roughly 16,000 bottles a year. This Bugey-Cerdon is 80% Gamay, 15% Poulsard and 5% Chardonnay, made by the méthode ancestrale — bottled before fermentation finishes, so it completes naturally in bottle with no added yeast or sugar — then aged a minimum of three months on lees before disgorgement. About 8% ABV.