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Salon: Single village vs. single vineyard
A Champagne house that produces Chardonnay from Le Mesnil-sur-Oger as a single-vintage wine. It uses grapes from its proprietary "Salon garden" and several plots within the village.
Explanation of Salon's four criteria: village, grape variety, vintage, and vineyard plots.
Questions for this course
If the village, the grape variety, and the year are the same, does that mean the vineyard is also the same?
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France / Champagne / Le Mesnil-sur-Oger
Aliases & spellings: Salon / Salon
Update date: 2026-09-24
Narrow down to three conditions
Salon makes Champagne from Chardonnay grown in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, using grapes all from a single harvest year. By using grapes unified by village, variety, and year, the wine expresses the combination of this place and vintage.
Vineyards are parcels in gardens and within villages.
The ingredients include the approximately 1 ha 'Salon Garden' and 19 parcels within the village. If you abbreviate a single-village explanation as 'single vineyard', you narrow the actual range of the source material.
Potential to combine parcels
Even when using several plots, it satisfies the conditions of village, variety, and vintage. When comparing Salon and Krug Clos du Mesnil, in addition to the village name in common, you can also note whether the sourcing is specified down to the plot level.
What to align and what to compare.
Village
- Conditions to standardize
- Salon
- Conditions for comparison.
- Le Mesnil-sur-Oger
- Additional points to confirm
- Limit to a village
Variety and Vintage
- Conditions to standardize
- Salon
- Conditions for comparison.
- Chardonnay / single vintage
- Additional points to confirm
- Limit variety and year.
Ingredient plots
- Conditions to standardize
- Salon
- Conditions for comparison.
- Salon’s Garden and 19 plots
- Additional points to confirm
- Not regarded as single-vineyard.
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Interpreting documentation on Salon: single village versus single vineyard
Compare the stated conditions in the documentation. Numbers specifying vintages should be treated as information for that specific year.
This summarizes materials published by producers, regional groups, and importers. Each source includes the publisher and the date the material was checked.
| Comparison items | What can be determined from the materials | Ability to distinguish by reading |
|---|---|---|
| Village | Le Mesnil-sur-Oger | Limit to a village |
| Variety and Vintage | Chardonnay / single vintage | Limit variety and year. |
| Ingredient plots | Salon’s Garden and 19 plots | Not regarded as single-vineyard. |
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What is the grape variety of Salon?
This is the condition for a single-varietal.
Which vineyard did the raw material come from?
In addition to the garden, 19 parcels are described. In addition to the Salon garden, 19 parcels are listed. Since these are all sourced from the same Mesnil village, the condition of being a single village is maintained even when multiple parcels are involved. Count the number of villages, number of parcels, number of grape varieties, and number of vintages separately.
Single village and single-vineyard?
There are multiple vineyards within one village.
Basis and sources for the exercise
Practice exercises in comparison
Please explain differences in raw materials and winemaking by reading the table and sources.
Read examples of organizing comparisons
| Conditions for Comparison | Comparison items | What can be determined from the materials | Ability to distinguish by reading |
|---|---|---|---|
| Village | Le Mesnil-sur-Oger | Limit to a village | |
| Variety and Vintage | Chardonnay / single vintage | Limit variety and year. | |
| Ingredient plots | Salon’s Garden and 19 plots | Not regarded as single-vineyard. |
Sources of materials used for comparison are listed in the text and exercises.
Explain in your own words
Please explain Salon's four criteria in terms of village, grape variety, vintage, and vineyard plots.
Check after writing
- Did you specify the label, vintage, and scope of materials to be compared?
- Did you distinguish and explain the three items in the table?
- Did you separate verified facts from points to check further with additional references or tasting?
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