Buxières-sur-Arce
Villaggio della valle dell'Arce citato nel 770: 43 ha di vigna, il più piccolo vigneto del Barséquanais in selezione
- Zona
- Côte des Bar · Barséquanais
- Classificazione
- Altri cru dell'AOC Champagne
- Vigne
- 43,5 ha · 27 viticoltori (UMC)
- Vitigni
- Pinot Noir 80%, Chardonnay 20%, Meunier <1%
- Comune
- Buxières-sur-Arce (Aube) · 6 km da Bar-sur-Seine
Buxières-sur-Arce is a commune in the Aube, in the Arce valley. The Arce is a 26 km tributary of the Seine that rises in Saint-Usage and flows into it at Bar-sur-Seine, 6 km downstream. The LUMC places it in the Barséquanais, the western part of the Côte des Bar; nearby communes with vineyards are Ville-sur-Arce, Chervey, and Bar-sur-Seine. The name comes from the box tree (“Busserie” in 1095), and the village is first mentioned in 770; a hoard of Gallic coins attests to ancient settlement, and the Church of Saint-Martin preserves a 1508 funerary slab.
The vineyard is the smallest among the communes of the Barséquanais in this selection: 43.5 ha (UMC) for 27 winegrowers, with Pinot Noir 34.7 ha (80%), Chardonnay 8.6 ha (20%), and just 0.2 ha of Meunier. Jurassic hillside soils over Kimmeridgian limestone, the defining feature of the Côte des Bar. Buxières-sur-Arce is an “other cru”: a commune in the AOC Champagne outside the Grand Cru and Premier Cru designations, reserved by the appellation rules for 59 communes in the Marne.
Vouette & Sorbée is based here, and we offer several cuvées: one rosé names the Sorbée lieu-dit, while others use grapes from the village. See the map.
Grape varieties
27 growers · UMC
The lieux-dits of our wines
Producers based here
Neighbouring villages
Credits and sources. Map: IGN (RGE ALTI®, BD TOPO®, ADMIN EXPRESS) · Licence Ouverte 2.0.
