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Discover Pinot Meunier, one of Champagne's three principal grapes, valued for its bright fruit, freshness and approachability, while also producing increasingly distinctive single-variety Champagnes.
Rosé Champagne is sparkling wine from Champagne with a pink colour, made by blending still red Champagne wine into white base wines or by macerating black grapes. Most bottles taste dry; check the sweetness category on the label.
Both are white Champagnes: Blanc de Blancs uses white grapes, usually Chardonnay; Blanc de Noirs uses Pinot Noir, Meunier or both. The first can feel citrus-led and fine, the second broader and fruitier, though bottles overlap.
Blanc de Noirs Champagne is white Champagne made exclusively from black-skinned grapes, usually Pinot Noir, Meunier or both. It often has more body and ripe-fruit character, but its exact style depends on the wine.
Pinot Meunier is a red grape best known for adding supple fruit and roundness to Champagne, especially in the Marne Valley. It also makes fresh sparkling wines and occasional juicy reds.
Champagne is a sparkling-wine region in north-east France, famous for bottle-fermented wines with fine bubbles, bright acidity and flavours from citrus and apple to brioche and nuts.
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