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Montagne de Reims

Pinot Noir grands crus — Aÿ, Bouzy, Ambonnay, Verzenay — the backbone of Bollinger and Krug.

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Montagne de Reims
Vassil · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

The Montagne de Reims and Grande Vallée crus were reported by SAFER at €1,229,200 per hectare in 2024, up 4%. Bollinger's Aÿ vineyards and Krug's Clos d'Ambonnay sit here.

The essentials

Economics in brief

The Montagne de Reims and Grande Vallée crus were reported by SAFER at €1,229,200 per hectare in 2024, up 4%. Bollinger's Aÿ vineyards and Krug's Clos d'Ambonnay sit here.

Key facts

Land value
€1,229,200/ha (grands and premiers crus)As of 2024SAFER 2024

The numbers, for the curious

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InputLowMidHighUnitSource
Minimum aging on lees (vintage / non-vintage)2024 152636monthsChampagne AOC rules: 15 months NV
Grape price, Champagne AOC2025 678EUR/kgComité Champagne / trade press reporti…
Vineyard labour and operations2024 12,00016,00020,000EUR/ha/yearComité Champagne cost references and g…
Vineyard land, Champagne AOC average2024 1,050,0001,121,8001,200,000EUR/haSAFER
Vineyard land, Côte des Blancs2024 390,0001,631,7002,227,000EUR/haSAFER 2024
Vineyard land, Montagne de Reims / Grande Vallée crus2024 333,0001,229,2001,631,000EUR/haSAFER 2024
Bottle, closure, cage, foil, label, case2025 257EUR/bottleSupplier price lists
Permitted yield set by the Comité Champagne2024 10,00010,70011,400kg/haComité Champagne / trade press reporti…

Where the inputs come from

  1. Champagne AOC rules: 15 months NV, 36 months vintage; prestige cuvées far longer
  2. Comité Champagne / trade press reporting reference grape prices
  3. Comité Champagne cost references and grower interviews as reported
  4. SAFER / FNSAFER, Le prix des terres — as reported by iDealwine, 'Combien coûte un hectare de vigne ?', updated 1 October 2025
  5. 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
  6. Supplier price lists; heavy prestige bottles and gift boxes at the top

Producers

Montagne de Reims
Vineyards of Champagne near Verzenay, Marne, France. Pline · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
The regionChampagneThe original sparkling wine.About the region

Sources

  1. 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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