The Premier Cru villages of Champagne

A forgotten star.

The southern bookend of the Côte des Blancs.

A Premier Cru almost gone.

Smallest of the Perle Blanche.

Chardonnay between two Pinot villages.

Sandy soils on the Petite Montagne.

The hilltop view of Champagne.

The Ace of Spades village.

A Premier Cru in the suburbs.

A late-promoted Meunier hillside.

The cool north of the Côte des Blancs.

Where Champagne becomes red.

Where the parcel revolution started.

A Pinot Noir island in Meunier country.

Champagne's smallest Premier Cru.

The valley behind the cordon.

Where the myth was made.

A heritage-grapes outpost.

A small Reims-edge Meunier village.

Where the next-generation grower lives.

Champagne's first single vineyard.

A small Pinot-Meunier hillside.

Pinot from above the Marne.

Almost-pure Pinot Meunier.

The other monk's village.

Where oak-aged grower Champagne began.

A Pinot-leaning Petite Montagne village.

The westernmost Petite Montagne Premier Cru.

An industrial Champagne address.

The other 99%.

Chardonnay on the wrong mountain.

A quiet southern Reims village.

The southern edge of the Côte des Blancs.

A pearl of the Perle Blanche.

Champagne's biggest Chardonnay village.

The largest Petite Montagne Premier Cru.

A Chardonnay reservoir for the houses.

A Meunier-led hillside.

The grower's Premier Cru.

Almost-pure Chardonnay on the Pinot mountain.

The smaller Chardonnay sister.

Meunier's most serious address.