Olivier Horiot Coteaux Champenois Riceys Rouge En Val Bazot 2018 070226CHILL The first impression on the

The first impression on the nose is marked by great intensity

You have thinner soils with rocky outposts

no artificial flavors

but pulled taut by all that mineral energy

and 15% Touriga Franca—intertwine to create a lighter

Olivier Horiot Coteaux Champenois Riceys Rouge En Val Bazot 2018 070226CHILL The first impression on theCoteaux 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