échelle des crus

French · scale of growths

The échelle des crus is the Champagne village rating scale, under which grand cru villages were rated 100% and premier cru villages 90-99%.1

What is documented

The dates when the scale was created and when it ended were not verified in the research for this library, so they are not given here. Today the label mentions are set by the AOC specification: grand cru for 17 listed communes and premier cru for 42 further ones.2,3

Champagne counts 319 crus in all.4 See Champagne and Champagne law.

On a Champagne label only a commune or a cadastral lieu-dit may be named; a commune outside the listed ones needs the wording "vigne de".2

See also

grand cruGlossarypremier cruGlossarycruGlossaryChampagneRegionsHow Champagne got its bordersHistory

Sources

  1. Union des Maisons de Champagne (UMC). Labeling
  2. Cahier des charges de l'AOC Champagne (homologated by arrêté of 30 Nov 2022; draft modification after INAO committee of 7 Sept 2023) (2023-09-07)
  3. DGCCRF (Ministère de l'Économie). Champagne : connaître le langage des étiquettes (2025-12-16)
  4. Union des Maisons de Champagne (UMC). Geographical area

Facts checked on 2026-10-19