Terroir and Regions of Champagne

Question 1

What are the four principal sub-regions of Champagne?

Answer 1

Montagne and Val de Reims
Vallée de la Marne
Côte des Blancs and Surroundings
Côte des Bar

Question 2

Name the four smaller regions of the Montagne and Val de Reims

Answer 2

Massif de Saint-Thierry
Vesle and Ardre Valleys (Val de Reims)
Monts de Berru
Grande Montagne de Reims

Question 3

Name the six smaller regions of the Vallée de la Marne

Answer 3

Grande Vallée de la Marne
Coteaux Sud d'Epernay
Vallée de la Marne Rive Gauche
Vallée de la Marne Rive Droite
Condé
Vallée de la Marne Ouest

Question 4

Name the five smaller regions of the Côte des Blancs and surroundings

Answer 4

Côte des Blancs
Val du Petit Morin
Côte de Sézanne 
Vitryat (Vitry-le-François) 
Montgeux

Question 5

Name the two smaller regions of the Côte des Bar

Answer 5

Bar sur Aubois

Barséquanais

Question 6

Massif de Saint-Thierry - Vineyard aspects, soils, and dominant grape varietal?

Answer 6

Vineyards face southeast on sand, clay, and marl; Meunier dominant

Question 7

Vesle and Ardre Valleys (Val de Reims) - Vineyard aspects, soils, and dominant grape varietal?

Answer 7

Vineyards face northeast and southeast on sand, clay, and marl; Meunier dominant

Question 8

Monts de Berru - Vineyard aspects, soils, and dominant grape varietal?

Answer 8

Varying aspects, chalk soil; Chardonnay dominant

Question 9

Grande Montagne de Reims - Vineyard aspects, soils, and dominant grape varietal?

Answer 9

Vineyards face south, east, northwest, and north on varying soils of limestone-rich marl or chalk; Pinot Noir dominant

Question 10

Grande Vallée de la Marne - Vineyard aspects, soils, and dominant grape varietal?

Answer 10

Vineyards face south on sand, clay, and marl, but chalk sub-soils can be found towards the east; Pinot Noir dominant

Question 11

Coteaux Sud d’Epernay - Vineyard aspects, soils, and dominant grape varietal?

Answer 11

Vineyards face south and southwest on sand, clay, and marl; Chardonnay and Meunier dominant

Question 12

Vallée de la Marne Rive Gauche - Vineyard aspects, soils, and dominant grape varietal?

Answer 12

Vineyards face north on sand, clay, and marl; Meunier dominant

Question 13

Vallée de la Marne Rive Droite - Vineyard aspects, soils, and dominant grape varietal?

Answer 13

Vineyards face south on sand, clay, and marl; Meunier dominant

Question 14

Condé - Vineyard aspects, soils, and dominant grape varietal?

Answer 14

Varying aspects, limestone soil; Meunier dominant

Question 15

Vallée de la Marne Ouest - Vineyard aspects, soils, and dominant grape varietal?

Answer 15

Vineyards face south and southeast on sand, clay, and marl; Meunier dominant

Question 16

Côte des Blancs - Vineyard aspects, soils, and dominant grape varietal?

Answer 16

Vineyards face east, chalk soil; Chardonnay dominant

Question 17

Val du Petit Morin - Vineyard aspects, soils, and dominant grape varietal?

Answer 17

Vineyards face south, soil is chalk and sand/clay/marl; Chardonnay dominant

Question 18

Côte de Sézanne - Vineyard aspects, soils, and dominant grape varietal?

Answer 18

Vineyards face southeast, chalk soil, with pockets of clay in the region; Chardonnay dominant

Question 19

Vitryat (Vitry-le-François) - Vineyard aspects, soils, and dominant grape varietal?

Answer 19

Vineyards face east, chalk soil; Chardonnay dominant

Question 20

Montgeux - Vineyard aspects, soils, and dominant grape varietal?

Answer 20

Vineyards face south, chalk soil; Chardonnay dominant

Question 21

Bar sur Aubois - Vineyard aspects, soils, and dominant grape varietal?

Answer 21

Varying aspects, Kimmeridgian marl; Pinot Noir dominant

Question 22

Barséquanais - Vineyard aspects, soils, and dominant grape varietal?

Answer 22

Varying aspects, Kimmeridgian marl; Pinot Noir dominant