Olivier Horiot Coteaux Champenois Riceys Rouge En Val Bazot 2018 CACOFFER This Royal Reserva from that

This Royal Reserva from that spectacular vintage embodies extended aging and wines that improve for decades

and plump raisin aromatics

this 2003 is a mature

Head upriver from Sancerre

Olivier Horiot Coteaux Champenois Riceys Rouge En Val Bazot 2018 CACOFFER This Royal Reserva from thatCoteaux 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