The Champenois Vineyard


Altitude & Climate

The wine-growing Champagne peaks at 288 meters in the Marne, south of Verzy and at 356 meters in the Aube in Champignol-Lez-Mondeville. The vineyards are planted on the slopes of 120 and 180 meters altitude in the Marne, between 170 and 300 meters in the Aube who are the right in the middle, if they are to high, the temperature becomes to cold and the grapevines are submitted to unfavorable winds while if they are to low, they will be submit to more type of climates.
The ones who predominate the Paris basin with generally mild winters, uncertain springs, hot summers and cool autumns but usually sunny. However, the effect of the northern and continental climates already exercise at certain time of the year to give harsh and vigorous climatic conditions.

The Subsoil

The geology is a very important factor because it influences the grape production but particularly the grape quality.
The essential characteristic of the Champenois vineyard is to be established on a predominant limestone (chalky) soil.

The Soils

They are also very important because these soils have a role to enrich the plant and to collect fertilizer.
It is the alluvium plateau who with the rains is irregularly redistributed (by nature) alongside the slopes, associated with the contribution of fertile soils who have been carried on for three century by generations of wine growers.