Olivier Horiot Coteaux Champenois Riceys Rouge En Val Bazot 2018 OLDRIOJA They have the right to

They have the right to label it Bordeaux but choose to declassify it to table wine

Manent is their Aglianico bottling

obsessed with acid

disgorged July 2024

orange blossom and grapefruit

Olivier Horiot Coteaux Champenois Riceys Rouge En Val Bazot 2018 OLDRIOJA They have the right toCoteaux Champenois is the still red of Champagne, and few growers take it as seriously as Olivier Horiot. En Val Bazot is one of Les Riceys' most respected lieux dits, a clay and limestone site over Kimmeridgian bedrock that gives Pinot Noir real structure. Harvested by hand, fermented spontaneously, and aged eighteen months in oak, the 2018 lands somewhere between a savory Cote de Nuits and the leaner Pinots of the Aube. It's a quiet wine, but a