True or false: In Champagne, the vineyards are ranked Grand Cru or 1er Cru.

• A. True.
• B. False - It is the village that is ranked and not the individual vineyards.
• C. Not ranked at all.
• D. Only Grand Cru is used for vineyards.

Answer: (B)

In Champagne, the designation of Grand Cru or Premier Cru is assigned to the village, not to individual vineyard plots. The system ranks entire villages (crus)—with a subset labeled Grand Cru and a larger set labeled Premier Cru—based on historical quality and terroir. Grapes from Grand Cru villages carry the prestige of that status, but there isn’t a formal, official ranking of each specific vineyard parcel itself. Therefore the statement is false because the ranking is at the village level, not the individual vineyard level.