Investing in Champagne wines

Delimited by a law in 1927, the production area of the champagne appellation covers 34,000 hectares. Located in France about 150 kilometers east of Paris, it includes 319 crus (communes) divided into four major regions: the Montagne de Reims, the Vallée de la Marne, the Côte des Blancs and the Côte des Bar.

The vineyard has nearly 281,000 parcels with an average surface area of 12 ares. Seventeen villages have the "grand cru" designation and 42 have the "premier cru" designation. The Champagne vineyard is planted between 90 and 300 meters of altitude. Its hillsides have an average slope of 12% (up to 60%) and are mostly exposed to the south, southeast and east. Its escarpment allows a good insolation and its slope facilitates the flow of excess water.

It is a vineyard of hillsides located between 90 and 300 meters of altitude and exposed mostly south, south-east and east, with an average slope of 12%.

The outcropping sediments are 75% limestone (chalk, marl and limestone).

This type of subsoil favors the drainage of the soils and the very particular minerality of some Champagne wines.

The climate is both continental and oceanic.

This double climatic influence offers the guarantee of a constant and moderate rainfall, essential to the quality of the grapes.

The Champagne region has welcomed many kings of France over the centuries. Clovis, indeed, made this place a region of interest for the French Crown, being crowned first king of the Franks in 498 in Reims by the bishop Saint-Rémi, first event of a long tradition of coronations of kings of France in the Champagne city of Reims. The ceremonies were followed by great feasts during which the wines of Champagne flowed freely.

These wines were quickly appreciated and recognized for their quality, becoming valuable gifts for high society and monarchs. François 1st or Louis XIV were thus offered by the region, on the occasion of their coronation, a few hundred pints of wine (a pint, old measure, representing a little less than a liter). The wines of Champagne are, from that time, wines of celebrations and events of prestige, a reputation perpetuated until our days.