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Appellation

Vertus

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. Sub-region: the Côte des Blancs, where Chardonnay dominates.

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

A premier cru commune of the Côte des Blancs, the sub-region where Chardonnay dominates. Its grapes qualify for the AOC Champagne's “premier cru” mention.

Classifications

Champagne's Échelle des Crus

TierEstateSince
Premiers crus—1952

Mini-challenge

Vertus

3 questions on Vertus, all answered right, and the appellation is mastered in your Atlas.

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