Grape
Grape varieties
A curated journal of champagne news, houses, regions, vintages, and market intelligence.
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Chardonnay
29 cuvées
The white grape of Champagne — backbone of Blanc de Blancs and a pillar of nearly every great prestige cuvée.
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Pinot Noir
17 cuvées
A black grape with colourless juice — gives Champagne its body, structure and red-fruit depth.
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Meunier
5 cuvées
The third grape of Champagne — frost-tolerant, fruit-forward and once dismissed, now championed by a new wave of growers.
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Pinot Blanc
1 cuvées
A white mutation of Pinot Noir, locally also called Blanc Vrai — round, peachy, gently aromatic.
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Arbane
0 cuvées
A near-extinct white grape native to the Aube — late, low-yielding, exotic when it ripens.
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Petit Meslier
0 cuvées
A historic Champagne white — naturally high acidity and a thread of green-apple cut.
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Pinot Gris
0 cuvées
A grey-pink mutation of Pinot Noir, historically known in Champagne as Fromenteau — spicy, smoky, distinctive.
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Voltis
0 cuvées
A disease-resistant white grape admitted in 2021 — Champagne's first authorised PIWI variety.