Villages

Montagne de Reims Grand cru

Ambonnay

Grand cru village on the southern flank of the Montagne de Reims, prized for round, ripe Pinot Noir — Krug's Clos d'Ambonnay sits here.

Côte des Blancs Grand cru

Avize

Grand cru village in the heart of the Côte des Blancs, prized for Chardonnay of cut and minerality — home to Jacques Selosse and Agrapart among others.

Montagne de Reims Grand cru

Aÿ

Historic grand cru on the Vallée de la Marne / Montagne de Reims border, the spiritual home of Champagne Pinot Noir — Bollinger, Ayala, Deutz, Henri Giraud and Gosset are all based here.

Montagne de Reims Grand cru

Beaumont-sur-Vesle

Northern Montagne grand cru, on the gentler slopes near Sillery — a small village historically known for elegant, lifted Pinot Noir.

Montagne de Reims Grand cru

Bouzy

Grand cru village on the southern Montagne, also famous for still red Bouzy Rouge — gives some of the most full-bodied Pinot Noir in Champagne.

Côte des Blancs Grand cru

Chouilly

Grand cru village at the northern end of the Côte des Blancs, mainly Chardonnay but with one of the few grand-cru Pinot Noir parcels in the area.

Côte des Blancs Grand cru

Cramant

Grand cru village on the Côte des Blancs, traditionally associated with a fuller, creamier expression of Chardonnay — historic stronghold of Perrier-Jouët and Diebolt-Vallois.

Côte des Blancs Grand cru

Le Mesnil-sur-Oger

Grand cru village in the southern Côte des Blancs, the benchmark site for taut, age-worthy Chardonnay — Salon, Krug Clos du Mesnil and Pierre Péters all draw from here.

Montagne de Reims Grand cru

Louvois

Small grand cru on the southern Montagne de Reims, planted almost exclusively to Pinot Noir.

Montagne de Reims Grand cru

Mailly-Champagne

Grand cru on the northern Montagne, home to the Mailly cooperative — one of the only Champagne maisons sourcing exclusively from a single grand cru village.

Côte des Blancs Grand cru

Oger

Grand cru village adjoining Le Mesnil-sur-Oger; gives Chardonnay a slightly riper, floral profile, often blended for finesse — Henri Giraud and Lallier-Deutz are among the buyers.

Côte des Blancs Grand cru

Oiry

Montagne de Reims Grand cru

Verzenay

North-facing grand cru on the Montagne de Reims, producing notably structured Pinot Noir with marked acidity — Mumm and Louis Roederer are among the major holders.

Montagne de Reims Grand cru

Verzy

Grand cru on the upper edge of the Montagne, adjacent to Verzenay; cool, north-east exposure yields tense, mineral Pinot Noir.

Montagne de Reims Premier cru

Chigny-les-Roses

A premier cru village on the north flank of the Montagne de Reims, planted predominantly to Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier; home to Champagne Cattier and the cellars where Armand de Brignac is produced.

Montagne de Reims Premier cru

Cumières

Vallée de la Marne Premier cru

Dizy

Vallée de la Marne Premier cru

Hautvillers

Premier cru village in the Vallée de la Marne, home of the Benedictine abbey where Dom Pérignon worked in the late seventeenth century — the symbolic birthplace of Champagne.

Vallée de la Marne Premier cru

Mareuil-sur-Aÿ

Premier cru on the Vallée de la Marne, ranked very close to grand cru — home of Philipponnat's Clos des Goisses, the steep south-facing clos that defined single-vineyard Champagne.

Côte des Bar

Bar-sur-Aube

Côte des Bar

Bar-sur-Seine

Côte des Bar

Celles-sur-Ource

Vallée de la Marne

Châtillon-sur-Marne

Vallée de la Marne

Damery

Côte des Bar

Essoyes

Côte des Bar

Les Riceys