- Département
- Marne (Grand Est region)
- Site
- Montagne de Reims, south-west of Reims
- Inhabitants
- 407 (2023)
- Vineyard area
- 189 hectares, around 100 growers
- Source
- Wikipedia, eigene Zusammenfassung
Ville-Dommange is a winegrowing village on the Montagne de Reims with 189 hectares of vines and around a hundred growers. It is neither grand cru nor premier cru, but it does have a cooperative of its own.
Location
Ville-Dommange lies in the Marne département on the Montagne de Reims, a few kilometres south-west of Reims (nine to eleven kilometres, depending on the source). Its neighbouring communes are Jouy-lès-Reims, Les Mesneux, Sacy, Courmas and Bouilly. Administratively, the village belongs to the arrondissement of Reims. With 407 inhabitants (2023), it is a small village within the catchment area of the city of Reims.
Viticulture
Wine unmistakably shapes the village. Around 61 per cent of the commune's land is under permanent crops, essentially vines. In total, about a hundred growers work 189 hectares. Ville-Dommange has neither grand cru nor premier cru status, but villages like this are exactly the ones that interest the keen drinker: this is where you often find grower champagne away from the famous names. On the Montagne de Reims, pinot noir and pinot meunier traditionally play the leading roles.
The climate is oceanic. For the years 1971 to 2000, the source gives an average annual temperature of 10.6 °C and an average of 762 millimetres of rainfall. These are cool, temperate conditions, the kind prized for the freshness and tension of champagne.
For the years 1971 to 2000, the source gives an average annual temperature of 10.6 °C and an average of 762 millimetres of rainfall.
One address for wine lovers is the Société vinicole des producteurs de Villedommange, the village's cooperative.
History
The village's origins go back at least to the 5th century, to the time of Clovis. In 830, Louis the Pious gave the land of Ville-Dommange to the Abbey of Charroux. From then on, three monks ruled over the village in both secular and spiritual matters, as they did over Jouy-lès-Reims and Saint-Euphraise-et-Clairizet. In 1571, Archbishop Charles de Lorraine took over the prévôté and passed part of it to his seminary.
Like the whole of Champagne, the village suffered from wars. The Thirty Years' War and the Fronde brought marauding troops and plunder. In 1870 the village got off lightly: it only had to supply wine to the occupiers. In the First World War, during the spring offensive of 1918, it stayed in French hands but was heavily bombarded. The Chapelle Saint-Lié, which served as an observation point, was destroyed.
Sights
- Église Saint-Lié, also known as "l'église d'en bas" (the lower church)
- Chapelle Saint-Lié, with a blockhouse and the cemetery nearby
- War memorial to the fallen of both world wars (27 names)
- Parc René-Chardonnet
- The historic washhouse (lavoir)
For a visit, it makes sense to combine a walk through the vineyard slopes, a look at the chapel and a tasting with a grower. It is best to arrange visits to the growers in advance by getting in touch with them.
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