Champagne: Bottles with More than 13% Alcohol Will Be Exceptionally Allowed for Marketing
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The harvest 2026 in Champagne could give very great wines. An exemption allows for the first time bottles with more than 13% alcohol.
The 2026 harvests, which were not abundant and very early, were marked by drought and heat waves in Champagne. A temporary derogation from the specifications was granted to allow the marketing of wines to more than 13% alcohol.
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This temporary derogation from the specifications comes after very difficult climatic conditions which have affected the yield.
In the face of a 2026 harvest marked by unprecedented precocity, the Champagne Committee obtained a derogation to market wines up to 15% alcohol.
The harvest 2026 in Champagne, which is not abundant and has an unprecedented precocity, presents "a potential of very great wines", estimated on Wednesday the Champagne Committee, which also announced that it had obtained the...
Gel, heat, dryness: harvest 2026 in Champagne is the earliest ever recorded. The Champagne Committee, meeting Wednesday 9 September, has obtained an exceptional authorization to market bottles exceeding 13% alcohol.
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