Collerette

French · neck label

A collerette is the neck band label applied during packaging.1

It belongs to the bottle's habillage, along with the foil coiffe, the front label and the back label (contre-étiquette).2,1

The same French word is used in tasting for the ring of bubbles gathering against the side of the glass at the wine's surface: see collerette (bubbles).3 For what a label must show, see EU labelling. The back label often carries grape varieties and the disgorgement date.4

See also

HabillageGlossarycollerette (collar)GlossaryContre-étiquetteGlossaryLabel terms in EU lawMethods

Sources

  1. Union des Maisons de Champagne (UMC). Packaging and labelling
  2. Comité Champagne (champagne.education). Fiche Élaboration du Champagne (FR) (2024-05)
  3. Union des Maisons de Champagne (UMC). The language of the senses
  4. Comité Champagne (champagne.education). How to read a Champagne label (2024-02)

Facts checked on 2026-10-19