True or false: In Champagne, the vineyards are ranked Grand Cru or 1er Cru.

True or false: In Champagne, the vineyards are ranked Grand Cru or 1er Cru.

• A. True.
• B. False - It is the village that is ranked and not the individual vineyards.
• C. Not ranked at all.
• D. Only Grand Cru is used for vineyards.

Answer: (B)

In Champagne, the designation of Grand Cru or Premier Cru is assigned to the village, not to individual vineyard plots. The system ranks entire villages (crus)—with a subset labeled Grand Cru and a larger set labeled Premier Cru—based on historical quality and terroir. Grapes from Grand Cru villages carry the prestige of that status, but there isn’t a formal, official ranking of each specific vineyard parcel itself. Therefore the statement is false because the ranking is at the village level, not the individual vineyard level.

In Champagne, the designation of Grand Cru or Premier Cru is assigned to the village, not to individual vineyard plots. The system ranks entire villages (crus)—with a subset labeled Grand Cru and a larger set labeled Premier Cru—based on historical quality and terroir. Grapes from Grand Cru villages carry the prestige of that status, but there isn’t a formal, official ranking of each specific vineyard parcel itself. Therefore the statement is false because the ranking is at the village level, not the individual vineyard level.