Bragelogne-Beauvoir

Bragelogne-Beauvoir is a commune in Aube in the Barséquanais, the western part of the Côte des Bar whose hub is Bar-sur-Seine, about 17 km away; Troyes is 39 km away. It was formed in 1973 by the merger of Bragelogne and Beauvoir-sur-Sarce and belongs to the canton of Les Riceys, in the south of the appellation: it borders Channes, Bagneux-la-Fosse, and Les Riceys. The Sarce runs through it, rising in the commune and reaching the Seine at Virey-sous-Bar after 30 km.

The vineyards cover 140.5 ha (UMC) across 62 winegrowers, with an almost single-varietal profile: Pinot Noir 135.3 ha (96%), Chardonnay 4.7 ha (3%), Meunier 0.4 ha. The soils are those of the Côte des Bar, Jurassic slopes on Kimmeridgian limestone. Classification: “other crus”, meaning a commune in the AOC Champagne outside the Grand Cru and Premier Cru designations. In the Middle Ages, the two villages were subject to the fief of Saint-Vincent of the counts of Tonnerre, and in 1789 they came under the généralité of Paris and the élection of Tonnerre: old ties with the Burgundian Tonnerrois. A feudal motte, mentioned as a fortified house in 1317, still retains its ditches.

Eric Collinet is based in Bragelogne-Beauvoir: we offer some of his cuvées, one of which lists the village grapes. See the map.