Les Riceys: One Village, Three Appellations
15 September 2026 · Rebel, Elisenbergveien 7, Oslo
Les Riceys is the only place in France where three appellations overlap in a single commune. Nicolas from Champagne Alexandre Bonnet joins us to walk through all of them.
Time
18:00
Price
kr 995
2 spots left · 12 seats
Most people file the Côte des Bar under "the southern bit of Champagne" and leave it there. This evening is an attempt to fix that.
Les Riceys sits at the far southern end of the region, closer to Chablis than to Reims. It is the largest commune by vineyard area in the whole of Champagne, spread across three villages, and it is the only place in France where three appellations sit on top of each other: Champagne, Coteaux Champenois, and Rosé des Riceys.
That last one is the odd one out. A still rosé, made only in the years that allow it, from a single village. There is nothing else like it in the region, and very little of it ever leaves France.
Champagne Alexandre Bonnet has worked here since 1932 and farms one of the largest holdings in the commune. Nicolas is coming up from Les Riceys to take us through the range across all three appellations, and to explain how a single village ends up producing three completely different things from the same slopes.
The six wines
A. Bonnet Grande Réserve Brut Alexandre Bonnet Blanc de Noirs Alexandre Bonnet 7 Cépages 2020 Alexandre Bonnet Coteaux Champenois Blanc 2022 Alexandre Bonnet Coteaux Champenois Rouge 2022 Alexandre Bonnet Rosé des Riceys 2021
The session runs 18:00 to 19:30. Twelve seats, no more.