Top 100 red wines of Champagne
Discover the top 100 best red wines of Champagne as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the red wines that are popular of Champagne and the best vintages to taste in this region.
World benchmark sparkling wines: fine bubbles, citrusy tension, notes of brioche, toasted almond, white flowers and white-fleshed fruits after ageing on lees. Three grapes blended or solo: fleshy Pinot Noir (38%), fruity Meunier (33%), chiselled Chardonnay (28%). From straight Blanc de Blancs to vinous Blanc de Noirs, from non-vintage Brut to age-worthy Millésimé. AOC since 1927, 34,300 ha on chalk, 17 Grands Crus and 44 Premiers Crus.
The aperitif and celebration wine.
Elegant reds, light in colour with silky tannins, showing strawberry, cherry and raspberry aromas, evolving to forest floor, mushroom and spice with age. Fresh acidity, delicate finish. Star of the Côte d'Or (Romanée-Conti, Chambertin, Volnay), pillar of Champagne (Blanc de Noirs) and signature of Oregon, Central Otago and Sonoma Coast. An early-ripening Burgundian variety, one of the world's greatest.
red wines from the region of Champagne go well with generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef bourguignon with cookéo, kale soup or conejo al ajillo (spain).
On the nose in the region of Champagne often reveals types of flavors of cherry, earthy or minerality and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, strawberries or vanilla.