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Appellation

Billy-le-Grand

Identity card

Premier cruAOPWhiteRoséSparkling

Champagne

  1. Grand cru
  2. Premier cru
  3. Regional

Key points

  1. A commune of the AOC Champagne, not an appellation of its own: same rules.
  2. One of the 42 "premier cru" communes in the current specification.
  3. Eastern tip of the Montagne de Reims, where Chardonnay dominates.

Commune boundaries (not the cru's delimited area): IGN, ADMIN EXPRESS COG (2026 edition) · Open Licence

A premier cru commune at the eastern tip of the Montagne de Reims. With Trépail, Villers-Marmery and Vaudemange, it forms a small area where Chardonnay dominates, while Pinot Noir dominates the rest of the Montagne.

Classifications

Champagne's Échelle des Crus

TierEstateSince
Premiers crus—1952

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