Region
France › Champagne › Montagne de Reims › Vesle et Ardre › Ormes › Coteaux Champenois AOC
Type
red · still
Grapes
Pinot Noir
Alcohol
12.5%
Volume
750 mL
Tasting Notes(1)
4.1
The full note is for members.
Join to read it and the restAbout
Ormes Rouge "Les Montees" 2022 is Bérêche's still red Coteaux Champenois - bottled under the appellation that lets Champagne growers release still wine. Per the back label it is 100% Pinot Noir from the Les Montees parcel in Ormes, on the western edge of the Montagne de Reims - the same Petite Montagne village that anchors the rose Campania Remensis range. The plot is small (~0.25 ha, old vines around 60 years per trade press write-ups). Vinified and aged in oak, bottled by gravity ("a la chevre a deux becs") in March 2024; just 880 bottles produced.
Still red from Champagne is a small, recent category - growers leaning on the Coteaux Champenois banner more often as the climate warms and the fruit ripens at usable still-wine tannin and acid levels. This is a quiet, patient style rather than a polished one.
