La Cote aux Enfants Rouge
⏳ Drinking Window
2020 - 2030
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted duck, wild game birds, and earthy mushroom dishes.
✨ Technical Specifications
La Cote aux Enfants is a legendary still red wine (Coteaux Champenois) from Champagne Bollinger, crafted from a single, iconic parcel in Ay. This steep, south-facing vineyard is so dramatically inclined that, according to local lore, only children were nimble enough to work the vines in the 19th century, giving the site its name. Jacques Bollinger painstakingly reconstituted this prestigious four-hectare vineyard in the early 20th century. Made exclusively from Pinot Noir, the wine is vinified in the traditional Burgundian style and aged in small oak casks. It represents the pinnacle of still red winemaking in Champagne, offering a rich, powerful expression of Pinot Noir with intense red fruit, spices, and a structured, velvety texture that showcases the unique terroir of Ay.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1829 in Aÿ by Hennequin de Villermont, Paul Renaudin, and Jacques Bollinger, Maison Bollinger endures as one of Champagne's preeminent independent, family-owned Grandes Marques. Its identity was indelibly forged under the visionary stewardship of Madame Lily Bollinger in the mid-twentieth century. The estate controls approximately 180 hectares of vineyards, dominated by Grand and Premier Cru parcels across the Montagne de Reims and Vallée de la Marne, rooted in deep Belemnite chalk and limestone. Bollinger is celebrated for its Pinot Noir-centric architectural style, championing vinification in seasoned oak barrels, magnum reserve aging under natural cork, and extensive cellar maturation before disgorgement. The portfolio is epitomized by Special Cuvée and La Grande Année, reaching transcendental complexity in R.D. (Récemment Dégorgé) and the elusive Vieilles Vignes Françaises, produced from ungrafted, pre-phylloxera vines trained en foule.
🍇 Grapes
100% Pinot Noir
🍷 ABV
12.5% - 13.5%