Champagne
Champagne is the world's benchmark sparkling wine, made from chalk-grown grapes in a cool, marginal climate. Its traditional second fermentation in bottle yields fine bubbles, toasty complexity and racy acidity.
🍷 Sparkling wine
Fast facts
At a glance
| Attribute | Detail |
|---|---|
| Climate | Cool, northern, marginal |
| Geography | Chalk plateau east of Paris |
| Key appellations | Montagne de Reims · Côte des Blancs · Vallée de la Marne |
| Main grapes | Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier |
| Famous for | Traditional-method sparkling, Vintage & non-vintage, Blanc de Blancs |
Grapes
Signature grapes of Champagne
The varieties that define this region's wines.
Nearby
Related regions
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Wine travel
Visiting Champagne
Reims and Épernay are home to the great houses' chalk cellars, including the Avenue de Champagne in Épernay.
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