Key facts
Located in subregion / area: Vallée de la Marne / Vallée de la Marne Ouest
Vineyards and grape varieties: 3.0 hectares (7.4 acres), of which 93% Pinot Meunier and 7% Pinot Noir.
Classification: “Autre cru” (83%)
Maps
The map is linked from Wikimedia Commons, and the geographical information originates from OpenStreetMap. The dotted white area corresponds to the vineyards, light yellow is other open terrain, orange is built-up areas, and green indicates forest. The dashed red line in the left-hand part of the map is the departmental border between Aisne (where Reuilly-Sauvigny is located) and Marne.
Google Maps view with the villages in the Vallée de la Marne Ouest highlighted, as well as some surrounding villages in white.
Clicking on a village opens a field to the left with a link to the village profile, if there is one.
Neighbouring villages within the Champagne appellation
On the right bank of Marne
North/northeast: Passy-sur-Marne (part of the Terroir de Condé)
On the left bank of Marne
North: Courtemont-Varennes
Westnorthwest: Mézy-Moulins
West: Crézancy
Southwest: Connigis
Southsouthwest: Monthurel
Southsoutheast: Saint-Agnan
East: Courthiézy (part of the Vallée de la Marne Rive Gauche)
Comment: the remaining links will be added when the profiles of those villages have been uploaded.
The Reuilly village in Reuilly-Sauvigny. Picture linked from Wikimedia Commons (photo TCY, 2008).
The village
Reuilly-Sauvigny is located on the left bank of the Marne river, which means south of the river. The village is located in the Aisne departement, on the border to the Marne departement.
The commune is made up of two villages, both close to the Marne river: Reuilly to the west and Sauvigny to the east.
The Reuilly-Sauvigny commune covers 654 hectares and has 217 inhabitants (as of 2015) referred to as Révillois et Sauvignats and Révilloises et Sauvignates.
Vineyards
The vineyards in the Reuilly-Sauvigny commune are found in the northern part of the commune, close to Reuilly. The vineyards are dominated by Pinot Meunier.
The current vineyard surface in the Reuilly-Sauvigny commune is 3.0 hectares (7.4 acres). There are 2.8 ha Pinot Meunier (93.3%) and 0.2 ha Pinot Noir (6.7%). Numbers from CIVC, as of 2013. In 1997, the vineyard surface was also 3 ha. There are 10 vineyard owners (exploitants) in the commune.
The church in Reuilly, Église Saint-Blaise. The vineyards in the background are on the other side of the Marne river, in Passy-sur-Marne. Picture linked from Wikimedia Commons (photo Jpduburcq, 2006).
Champagne producers
I haven’t found any Champagne producers which have their seat in Reuilly-Sauvigny.
Links
- Wikipedia about this village in English, in French.
- The Reuilly-Sauvigny commune doesn’t have a website.
- UMC’s village profile of Reuilly-Sauvigny.
- Swedish version of this post.
© Tomas Eriksson 2018, last update 2018-09-30
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