Champagne village profile: Nanteuil-sur-Marne on the right bank of the Marne valley

Key facts

Located in subregion / area: Vallée de la Marne / Vallée de la Marne Ouest
Vineyards and grape varieties: 38.9 hectares (96.1 acres), of which 43% Pinot Meunier, 38% Chardonnay, 17% Pinot Noir, and 1.3% other grape varieties (1.3%).
Classification: “Autre cru” (80%)

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 is the departmental border between Seine-et-Marne (where Nanteuil-sur-Marne is located) and Aisne.

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

On the right bank of Marne
East: Crouttes-sur-Marne
Northnortheast: Bézu-le-Guery

On the left bank of Marne
Southeast: Citry
South: Saâcy-sur-Marne
Comment: some of the villages to the west on the map are not included in the list above, since they are outside the appellation and therefore will not be profiled.

View of Nanteuil-sur-Marne. Picture linked from Wikimedia Commons (photo Thor19, 2012).

The village

Nanteuil-sur-Marne is located on the right bank of the Marne river, which means to the north of the river. It is one of only three Champagne villages in the Seine-et-Marne department and therefore the Île-de-France region, which also includes Paris.

The Nanteuil-sur-Marne commune covers 125 hectares and has 442 inhabitants (as of 2016), referred to as Nanteuillais and Nanteuillaises.

The Marne river between Nanteuil-sur-Marne (left) and Sâacy-sur-Marne (right). To the left in the picture, vineyards in Nanteuil-sur-Marne are visible. Picture linked from Wikimedia Commons (photo Chabe01, 2017).

Vineyards

The vineyards in Nanteuil-sur-Marne are located to the north and northeast of the village and mostly consist of south- to southeast-facing slopes. Pinot Meunier and Chardonnay are the most common grape varieties.

The current vineyard surface in the Nanteuil-sur-Marne commune is 38.9 hectares (96.1 acres). There are 16.9 ha Pinot Meunier (43.4%), 14.9 ha Chardonnay (38.3%), 6.6 ha Pinot Noir (17.0%), and 0.5 ha other grape varieties (1.3%), which presumably is mostly Pinot Gris. Current information from CIVC as of 2019, refers to the situation a few years earlier. In 1997, the vineyard surface was 23 ha. There is 1 vineyard owner (exploitant) in the commune.

Vineyards in Nanteuil-sur-Marne. Picture linked from Wikimedia Commons (photo Chabe01, 2017).

Champagne producers

I have not found any Champagne producers which have their seat in Nanteuil-sur-Marne.

The cemetery in Nanteuil-sur-Marne with surrounding vineyards. Picture linked from Wikimedia Commons (photo Chabe01, 2017).

Links

• Wikipedia about this village in English, in French.
• Website of the Nanteuil-sur-Marne commune.
• UMC’s village profile of Nanteuil-sur-Marne.
• Swedish version of this post.

© Tomas Eriksson 2019, last update 2019-04-04