No matter what subject you're interested in there's always something new to learn and champagne is no different.
I've always thought that champagne came in two colours: white champagne and rosé champagne and in fact I've always said that red champagne doesn't exist.
Well it looks as though I'll have to eat my words because I've just found out about what is apparently a real red champagne, not just a dark rosé, but a genuine red champagne.
This is one of two rarities produced by Elodie and Fabrice Poullion who are nothing if not innovative.
Instead of trying to compete with far bigger brands by doing what the bigger brands do, they've decided to do something very different.
I plan to visit them in February or early March to find out more, but from what I've heard so far they don't use any added sugar at all in producing their champagnes. They rely entirely on the sugars naturally present in the grapes themselves: fructose and glucose
Fructose and Glucose belong to the family of sugars known as Hexoses (pronouned XOs)and because there are only these 2 types of sugar in this new champagne they've come up with a novel new name for the champagne as well
It's called
2 X oz
Hope you get it - actually the play on words works better in Frenchhttp://www.2xoz.fr/
2 X oz is made from Pinot Noir only so technically speaking it's a Blanc de Noirs. So far, nothing radical about that, but there will be three different versions of this champagne:
Production is tiny - only 2847 bottles and it's get's more intriguing still...
A part of the production will be sold as a non-vintage champagne after 24 months ageing and a second part will be aged one further year and sold as a vintage 2004 after 36 months ageing.
Just 300 bottles have been made as the amazing "red" champagne.
Needless to say, none of this precious stuff has left France yet.
To say that I'm eager to taste these champagnes would be an understatement, and if possible, I'll liberate a few bottles
More on this fascinating champagne soon
Meanwhile, Stay Bubbly,
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