Buxeuil

Buxeuil is a small commune in Aube (4.4 km²) on the Seine, 7 km from Bar-sur-Seine, in the Barséquanais, the western part of the Côte des Bar. The river runs through it from south to north, and neighboring winegrowing villages include Neuville-sur-Seine, Polisy, and Celles-sur-Ource. The church is dedicated to Saint-Loup de Troyes.

The vineyards cover 135.6 ha (UMC) for 47 winegrowers, almost a third of the municipal area: Pinot Noir 107.4 ha (79%), Chardonnay 20.6 ha (15%), Meunier 2.2 ha (2%), plus 5.4 ha of other grape varieties. Jurassic Coteaux on Kimmeridgian limestone, as throughout the Côte des Bar, where Pinot Noir accounts for more than 80% of the area. Buxeuil is an “other cru”: a commune in the AOC Champagne, outside the Grand Cru and Premier Cru designations. The French Wikipedia entry recalls that the village experienced the winegrowers’ revolt of 1911, when Aube fought to remain part of winegrowing Champagne: the boundaries in force in 1919 still excluded the Aube vineyards, which were included in the area established by the 1927 law.

The map places one of our vintage Champagnes here, combining grapes from Buxeuil and Montgueux.