TN: 2017 Renardat-Fâche Vin du Bugey-Cerdon (France, Savoie, Vin du Bugey-Cerdon)

[Mike_Evans]

“Pure joy in a bottle!”

It’s funny we have been drinking these for a long time now, and I have no idea if it ages more than a couple years. My recollection is: it did not used to get a vintage designation officially; and vintage wasn’t anywhere on the old label. So you would have had to keep track of different releases if cellaring to know what you had.

FWIW, the 2013 is still drinking very well and I had an older bottle late last year which can be dated in part by the label:

This bottle was from before 2004, so it was at least 15 years old. Still with some effervescence, it is showing its age with some forest floor elements, but it still has enough fruit, off-dry sweetness, and acidity to be enjoyable.

[Richard_T_r_i_m_p_i]

I’ve always thought of it as a fun yet engaging sparkler. I’ve fallen victim to Jon Bonne’s “American neuroses about sugar” and haven’t tried one in several years. Probably time to challenge the reluctance.

RT

[Brad_Kane]

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So nice to see the old label. I much prefer this one to the current one.

[Nathan_V]

“Pure joy in a bottle!”

It’s funny we have been drinking these for a long time now, and I have no idea if it ages more than a couple years. My recollection is: it did not used to get a vintage designation officially; and vintage wasn’t anywhere on the old label. So you would have had to keep track of different releases if cellaring to know what you had.

FWIW, the 2013 is still drinking very well and I had an older bottle late last year which can be dated in part by the label:

This bottle was from before 2004, so it was at least 15 years old. Still with some effervescence, it is showing its age with some forest floor elements, but it still has enough fruit, off-dry sweetness, and acidity to be enjoyable.

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Now that brings back some warm fuzzies. Nostalgia is a hell of a drug.

[Mike_Evans]

“Pure joy in a bottle!”

It’s funny we have been drinking these for a long time now, and I have no idea if it ages more than a couple years. My recollection is: it did not used to get a vintage designation officially; and vintage wasn’t anywhere on the old label. So you would have had to keep track of different releases if cellaring to know what you had.

I think 2013 was the first vintage labeled bottle.