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The Côte des Blancs is the most expensive sub-region in Champagne: SAFER reported €1,631,700 per hectare in 2024. Its grand cru villages supply the blanc de blancs prestige cuvées and command the top of the grape-price scale.
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Economics in brief
The Côte des Blancs is the most expensive sub-region in Champagne: SAFER reported €1,631,700 per hectare in 2024. Its grand cru villages supply the blanc de blancs prestige cuvées and command the top of the grape-price scale.
Key facts
Land value
€1,631,700/ha averageAs of 2024SAFER 2024
Grape
Chardonnay
The numbers, for the curious
All regions →| Input | Low | Mid | High | Unit | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum aging on lees (vintage / non-vintage)2024 | 15 | 26 | 36 | months | Champagne AOC rules: 15 months NV |
| Grape price, Champagne AOC2025 | 6 | 7 | 8 | EUR/kg | Comité Champagne / trade press reporti… |
| Vineyard labour and operations2024 | 12,000 | 16,000 | 20,000 | EUR/ha/year | Comité Champagne cost references and g… |
| Vineyard land, Champagne AOC average2024 | 1,050,000 | 1,121,800 | 1,200,000 | EUR/ha | SAFER |
| Vineyard land, Côte des Blancs2024 | 390,000 | 1,631,700 | 2,227,000 | EUR/ha | SAFER 2024 |
| Vineyard land, Montagne de Reims / Grande Vallée crus2024 | 333,000 | 1,229,200 | 1,631,000 | EUR/ha | SAFER 2024 |
| Bottle, closure, cage, foil, label, case2025 | 2 | 5 | 7 | EUR/bottle | Supplier price lists |
| Permitted yield set by the Comité Champagne2024 | 10,000 | 10,700 | 11,400 | kg/ha | Comité Champagne / trade press reporti… |
Where the inputs come from
- Champagne AOC rules: 15 months NV, 36 months vintage; prestige cuvées far longer
- Comité Champagne / trade press reporting reference grape prices
- Comité Champagne cost references and grower interviews as reported
- SAFER / FNSAFER, Le prix des terres — as reported by iDealwine, 'Combien coûte un hectare de vigne ?', updated 1 October 2025
- SAFER / FNSAFER, Le prix des terres 2024 — the official 2024 vineyard-value table (Décision du 26 août 2025, from SAFER data) as reproduced by Fidecorex, 10 February 2026
- Supplier price lists; heavy prestige bottles and gift boxes at the top
Producers
ProducerDom PérignonMoët & Chandon's prestige cuvée, vintage-only, released after at least seven or eight years and again as…
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- Le prix des terres — vignes, SAFER / FNSAFER, 2025. Retrieved 3 September 2026. FNSAFER figures as reproduced in the official 2024 vineyard-value table (Décision du 26 août 2025), on a page that opens from outside France.
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