Champagne

Champagne is a French sparkling wine with appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) produced with the classic method, famous throughout the world and commonly associated with the concepts of luxury and celebration; the undisputed protagonist of major events, champagne has always been the ideal wine for launching a ship, celebrating a champion or toasting a match. For some time now, however, it has become customary to consume champagne even on more common and everyday occasions; highlighting small producers who offer products at more accessible prices compared to the large Maisons but with equally exceptional products.

The champagne wine It takes its name from the region of the same name in which it is produced and which extends for 35 thousand hectares approximately 150 kilometres east of Paris.

Defined by a 1927 law, this area is distributed across four production areas:

Côte des Blancs, Vallée de la Marne, Montagne de Reims and Aube. Located at the 49th parallel, the Champagne region has an average annual temperature of around 10°, which is close to the minimum threshold of ripening of the grapes . This is just one of the peculiarities that influence the characteristics of the types of champagne that are produced here. Other factors that influence the flavor are certainly the soils rich in limestone and fossils, in addition to the exposure of the different vineyards and of course the taste of the producers.