Damery

Located in subregion/area: Vallée de la Marne / Vallée de la Marne Rive Droite

Vineyards and grape varieties: 407.5 hectares (1006.7 acres), of which 61% Pinot Meunier, 21% Pinot Noir and 18% Chardonnay.
Classification: “Autre cru” (89%)
Noted for: one of the largest villages in terms of vineyard size among the “autres crus”.

Damery is located at the Marne river, on its right bank, which is north of the river. Damery is the easternmost village along the river that isn’t counted as a part of the Grande Vallée de la Marne, which is the wider part of the Marne valley where the premier cru and grand cru villages are located.

The Damery commune covers 1544 hectares and has 1471 inhabitants (as of 2014) called Dameziats and Dameziates. The vineyards in Damery consist of dominating south-facing slopes with Pinot Meunier as the most common grape variety.

In similarity to the neighbouring village, Venteuil, Damery was scored 89% on the now-defunct échelle des crus, which means that these villages just missed out on premier cru classification, which was applied to villages in the 90%-99% range on this scale.

The current vineyard surface in the Damery commune is 407.4 hectares (1006.7 acres). There are 247.8 ha Pinot Meunier (60.8%), 84.8 ha Pinot Noir (20.8%), 73.0 ha Chardonnay (17.9%), and 1.8 ha others (0,4%). Numbers from CIVC, as of 2013. In 1997, the vineyard surface was 382 ha. There are 516 vineyard owners (exploitants) in the commune.

Source: winetomas