Ormes Rouge Les Montées

Ormes Rouge "Les Montees" 2022 is Bérêche's still red Coteaux Champenois - bottled under the appellation that lets Champagne growers release still wine. The fruit comes from a small (~0.25 ha) plot in Ormes on the western edge of the Montagne de Reims - the same Petite Montagne village that anchors the rose Campania Remensis range. The blend is Pinot Noir-led (~75%) with Pinot Meunier (~25%) from old vines (around 60 years old per trade press write-ups). Vinified and aged in oak.

Still Pinot Noir / Meunier 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.