Champagne - Still wines: reds, rosés, whites | Samuel Cogliati

For centuries, Champagne mainly produced still wines, especially reds. Today, this precious heritage is carried on by two rare AOPs: Coteaux Champenois and Rosé des Riceys.

These "niche" designations, with very small productions, the still wines of Champagne hold more than one reason for genuine interest: first of all, they are a living testimony of a glorious past; secondly, they sometimes offer bottles of original and surprising stylistic choices, as well as authentic gustatory and aesthetic value; and finally, they are of pressing relevance, as they represent a truly interesting opportunity for the future of the region, faced with a demand for increasingly territorial wines and compelling climatic changes.

Summary

• The premises
• A historical grounding
• Towards the eclipse
• Reconnecting the threads of the past
• A rare Rosé
• What future?
• Learning from tasting
• The analytical data
• Diplomatic incidents
• Practical vicissitudes
• The terroir
• The designations
• Small municipal vocations
• The grape varieties
• Tasting and the companies
Reference domains
Other domains in brief
To note
• The municipalities of the reviewed wines
• Some importers

Technical Sheet

• Format 16.5 x 11.5 x 1.4 cm
• Weight 180 grams
• Semi-rigid cover paper, without flaps (Tintoretto chalk 300 g/m2)
• 152 pages fully illustrated in color (photographs, maps)
• ISBN 978-88-98753-27-7
• First edition: June 2018