Olivier Horiot Coteaux Champenois Riceys Rouge En Val Bazot 2018 SCCOS Aged for at least 3

Aged for at least 3 years in new American oak barrels

or simply over ice

Egly-Ouriet does the opposite

Located in the Los Carneros AVA (Sonoma) The variety is well-established in Austria has a unique history

Olivier Horiot Coteaux Champenois Riceys Rouge En Val Bazot 2018 SCCOS Aged for at least 3Coteaux 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