Domaine de la Bichery Le Coteau, Val Ligé 2023

En Val Ligé 2023 is a Coteaux Champenois rouge from Domaine de la Bichery, made from Pinot Noir in Neuville-sur-Seine. Here, there is no secondary fermentation: the wine directly reveals the character of a Côte des Bar terroir, with its chalky tension and Pinot Noir substance.

For its Coteaux Champenois, the estate opts for longer aging, entirely in barrels. En Val Ligé thus becomes a more stripped-back reading of the site—a still wine, rare in Champagne, that reminds us that the terroir exists before the bubbles.