THE CHAMPAGNE APPELLATION COVERS 34 300 HECTARES WITHIN 320 VILLAGES.
The vineyard owes its wealth to its fragmentation, each village constituting a Cru, the product of a terroir and a climate. Depending on the quality of the grapes, the villages classified between 90 % and 99 % are named Premier Cru and the 17 villages classified 100 % are qualified Grand Cru.
At the south of Epernay emerges the Côte des Blancs where 6 villages are classified Grand Cru, including Avize. Only Chardonnay is produced there, hence the use of the term “Blanc de Blancs”..