Olivier Horiot Coteaux Champenois Riceys Rouge En Val Bazot 2018 SCCOS From some of Oregon's oldest

From some of Oregon's oldest Pinot Noir vines

Egly-Ouriet does the opposite

From the producer: Clos des Goisses is a very fine wine before being a very fine champagne

full bodied

yet there's enough tension and freshness to reward your attention

Olivier Horiot Coteaux Champenois Riceys Rouge En Val Bazot 2018 SCCOS From some of Oregon's oldestCoteaux 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