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Term for champagne that’s a mix of red and white grape juices?

What do you call a sparkling that is a classic mix of both white and red grapes?

Like, not a blanc de blanc and not a blanc de noir. There must be a term for a mix.

At first I thought cuvée, but technically speaking a cuvée is just ‘blend’, and so could refer to, say, a Pinot noir and Pinot meunier blend of champagne. Which is still (also) a blanc de noir of course.

So is there a term to denote a classic style mix of both white and red grapes?





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