Regions of Champagne
Each growing area has a dominant grape, a house style, and its own concentration of growers. The sections below cover every region represented in this directory.
Montagne de Reims
Pinot Noir country. Grand cru villages such as Verzenay, Bouzy and Ambonnay ring a forested plateau south of Reims, giving structured, powerful champagnes.
256 producers · 640 cuvées · main villages: Reims, Bouzy, Rilly La Montagne, Verzenay, Ambonnay
Champagne Brice
Champagne Canard-Duchêne
Champagne Vranken-Pommery
Maison de Champagne Gardet
Vallée de la Marne
The Meunier heartland, following the river west from Épernay. Softer, fruit-forward wines, and the densest concentration of small growers in the region.
360 producers · 844 cuvées · main villages: Epernay, Aÿ-Champagne, Damery, Trelou Sur Marne, Hautvillers
AR Lenoble
Champagne Doré-Léguillette
Champagne Guy MICHEL
Champagne Mathelin
Côte des Blancs
A narrow chalk escarpment planted almost entirely to Chardonnay — Cramant, Avize, Oger, Le Mesnil-sur-Oger — and the source of most great Blanc de Blancs.
143 producers · 261 cuvées · main villages: Avize, Vertus, Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, Oger, Cramant
Champagne Yveline Prat
Champagne M. Hostomme
Champagne Vazart-Coquart
Champagne Michel Rocourt
Côte des Bar
The southern outpost in the Aube, closer to Chablis than to Reims. Kimmeridgian marl, ripe Pinot Noir, and a fast-rising generation of grower estates.
106 producers · 315 cuvées · main villages: Les Riceys, Montgueux, Meurville, Celles-sur-ource, Celles Sur Ource