Olivier Horiot Coteaux Champenois Riceys Rouge En Val Bazot 2018 OLDRIOJA with perfumed rose petal and

with perfumed rose petal and melon on the palate

disgorged July 2024

giving it the breadth and richness of a true Sonoma blend: ripe black fruit

COLORA bright

mostly Garnacha with smaller amounts of Garnacha Peluda and Mazuela (Carignan) on slate and clay-limestone

Olivier Horiot Coteaux Champenois Riceys Rouge En Val Bazot 2018 OLDRIOJA with perfumed rose petal andCoteaux 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