The best wines of Coteaux Champenois

Discover the best wines of Coteaux Champenois of Champagne as well as the best winemakers of Coteaux Champenois and estates of Coteaux Champenois to visit. Explore the popular grape varieties of Coteaux Champenois and the best vintages to taste in this region.

Top wines of Coteaux Champenois by region

Looking for a good wine of Coteaux Champenois of Champagne among the top wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent wines of Coteaux Champenois. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be appropriate with these exceptional wines. Learn more about the region and the wines of Coteaux Champenois with technical and enological descriptions.

Great red wines of Coteaux Champenois

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Food and wine pairing with a red wine of Coteaux Champenois

Red wines from the region of Coteaux Champenois go well with generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of venison bourguignon, cantonese rice or alice's rabbit.

Organoleptic analysis of red wine of Coteaux Champenois

On the nose the red wine of the region of Coteaux Champenois. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, citrus fruit or apples and sometimes also flavors of peach, butter or green apple.

The best vintages in red wine of Coteaux Champenois

  • 2007With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.45/5
  • 1995With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2005With an average score of 4.32/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.32/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.30/5

The most used grape varieties in red wine of Coteaux Champenois

  • Pinot Noir
  • Pinot Meunier

The best wineries and winemakers for red wine of Coteaux Champenois

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Discovering the wine region of Coteaux Champenois

Coteaux Champenois is an appellation that geographically covers the same area as the Champagne appellation of France. Coteaux Champenois covers non-Sparkling wines, including red, white and rosé, but the latter two are produced in very small quantities. The authorised production area covers almost the entire region, although in practice the Grapes come from the west of the Champagne region. Because it is spread over 319 communes, the Coteaux Champenois catchment area has distinct climatic variations.

The majority of its vineyards are planted in a temperate maritime Climate with Slight continental influences, particularly in the south-east. The climatic conditions, combined with the region's latitude (48 to 49 degrees North), mean that the wines produced under the Coteaux Champenois appellation are, like their sparkling counterparts, Dry and light with a naturally high Acidity. The reds are best in warmer vintages, as the predominant grape variety, Pinot Noir, has difficulty maturing Fully in cooler years. On some labels, the title Coteaux Champenois may be followed by the name of the commune where the grapes were grown.

Great white wines of Coteaux Champenois

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Food and wine pairing with a white wine of Coteaux Champenois

White wines from the region of Coteaux Champenois go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of savoyard pizza (cream base), gratin dauphinois with smoked salmon or quiche without eggs.

Organoleptic analysis of white wine of Coteaux Champenois

On the nose the white wine of the region of Coteaux Champenois. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, brioche or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, oak or vegetal.

The best vintages in white wine of Coteaux Champenois

  • 2016With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.08/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.08/5

The most used grape varieties in white wine of Coteaux Champenois

  • Chardonnay
  • Pinot Meunier
  • Pinot Blanc

The best wineries and winemakers for white wine of Coteaux Champenois

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    Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

    Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

    Great sparkling wines of Coteaux Champenois

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    Food and wine pairing with a sparkling wine of Coteaux Champenois

    Sparkling wines from the region of Coteaux Champenois go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of sausages with kale, round zucchini stuffed with tuna or wok of shrimps with vegetables.

    Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wine of Coteaux Champenois

    On the nose the sparkling wine of the region of Coteaux Champenois. often reveals types of flavors of cream, chalk or vegetal and sometimes also flavors of almonds, brioche or toasty. In the mouth the sparkling wine of the region of Coteaux Champenois. is a powerful with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble.

    The best vintages in sparkling wine of Coteaux Champenois

    • 2007With an average score of 4.40/5
    • 2002With an average score of 4.30/5
    • 2010With an average score of 4.27/5
    • 2011With an average score of 4.19/5
    • 2009With an average score of 4.11/5
    • N.V.With an average score of 4.10/5

    The most used grape varieties in sparkling wine of Coteaux Champenois

    • Pinot Noir
    • Chardonnay
    • Pinot Meunier
    • Pinot Blanc

    The best wineries and winemakers for sparkling wine of Coteaux Champenois

    A wine route planned in the region of Coteaux Champenois? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best sparkling wine of Coteaux Champenois.

    The word of the wine: AOC

    Appellation d'origine contrôlée. The most prestigious category of French wines created in the 1930s on the basis of quality criteria defined by a geographical delimitation, a chosen grape variety and precise production rules.

    Great pink wines of Coteaux Champenois

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    Food and wine pairing with a pink wine of Coteaux Champenois

    Pink wines from the region of Coteaux Champenois go well with generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of roast veal with black olives, pigeon with bacon and mushrooms or duck breast and roasted peaches.

    Organoleptic analysis of pink wine of Coteaux Champenois

    On the nose the pink wine of the region of Coteaux Champenois. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.

    The best vintages in pink wine of Coteaux Champenois

    • 2019With an average score of 3.90/5

    The most used grape varieties in pink wine of Coteaux Champenois

    • Pinot Noir

    Discover the grape variety: Pinot

    Pinot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. Pinot noir can be found in many vineyards: Burgundy, Alsace, Jura, South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Armagnac, Lorraine, Beaujolais, Rhône Valley, Provence & Corsica.

    News from the vineyard of Coteaux Champenois

    Wartime Cognac

    The French shipment of 600 bottles of De Haartman & Co Cognac – plus 15 boxes of Bénédictine liqueur – is believed to have been destined for Tsar Nicholas II, but was intercepted in the Baltic Sea and sunk by a German submarine in May 1917. Now Cognac house Birkedal Hartmann has refilled 300 of the recovered bottles with Cognac dating from the early 1900s, using packaging identical to the original, and is selling them for €9,000 each. The wreck of the SS Kyros was discovered by Swedish explo ...

    Champagne harvest 2022: top quality forecast as picking begins

    The Champagne 2022 harvest has begun and picking start dates have been set for the majority of villages, the Comité Champagne has announced. Individual harvest start dates are set for each village and grape variety in the entire Champagne region. This year, dates range between 20 August (Montgueux in the Côte des Blancs) and 6 September (Dormans Soilly in the Vallée de la Marne). The Réseau Matu, a network of hundreds of vineyard control plots, is used to observe the ripening of grapes across th ...

    Group of winegrowers seeks UNESCO recognition for ungrafted vines

    The Francs de Pied (Ungrafted Vines) group, which last met two weeks ago at Pasquet’s Liber Pater winery in the Graves, consists of a growing circle of vignerons who work with ungrafted vineyards planted to native varieties. The list includes Francs de Pied president Loïc Pasquet himself, vice-president Egon Müller (Mosel), and secretary Andrea Polidoro of Cupano (Montalcino) and Contrada Contro (Marche); as well as Gocha Chkhaidze of leading Georgian winery, Askaneli; Thibault Liger-Belair (Bur ...