Échelle des Crus

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Échelle des Crus is the historic Champagne vineyard ranking system that classifies villages by the quality and price level of their grapes.

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Échelle des Crus canonical 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Champagne vineyard classification system ⓘ
agricultural pricing scale ⓘ
appliesTo Champagne wine region ⓘ
appliesToProduct Champagne grapes ⓘ
base wine for Champagne ⓘ
associatedWith Grand Cru villages of Champagne ⓘ
Premier Cru villages of Champagne ⓘ
AutreCruThresholdRange 80–89 percent ⓘ
basedOn average quality of vineyards in a village ⓘ
classificationType village classification ⓘ
classifies Champagne villages ⓘ
classifiesBy grape price level ⓘ
grape quality ⓘ
definesCategory Autre Cru ⓘ
Grand Cru ⓘ
Premier Cru ⓘ
distinguishedFrom individual vineyard classifications in Burgundy ⓘ
geographicScope Côte des Bar ⓘ
Côte des Blancs ⓘ
Montagne de Reims ⓘ
Vallée de la Marne ⓘ
GrandCruThreshold 100 percent ⓘ
granularity village level rather than individual vineyard parcels ⓘ
hasNotableLimitation does not distinguish quality within a village ⓘ
treats all vineyards in a classified village as equivalent ⓘ
historicalRole standardized grape pricing in Champagne ⓘ
implementedAs village-wide rating ⓘ
influences land values in Champagne villages ⓘ
reputation of Champagne villages ⓘ
languageOfName French ⓘ
literalMeaning scale of growths ⓘ
originCountry France ⓘ
PremierCruThresholdRange 90–99 percent ⓘ
regionType Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée Champagne ⓘ
linked to: Champagne AOC
regulates maximum grape purchase price as percentage of base price ⓘ
relatedConcept Champagne Grand Cru ⓘ
Champagne Premier Cru ⓘ
Champagne cru system ⓘ
scaleMaximum 100 percent ⓘ
scaleMinimum 80 percent ⓘ
sector wine industry ⓘ
timeScope 20th century Champagne trade ⓘ
unitOfMeasure percentage scale ⓘ
usedBy Champagne grape growers ⓘ
Champagne houses ⓘ
usedFor determining grape prices paid to growers ⓘ

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Chouilly → wineClassificationSystem → Échelle des Crus ⓘ