2 Memoir on ike Vineyards and Wines 
ted in tlie valleys and upon the sides of the hills in Eper- 
nay, Dizy, Avenay, Cram ant, Lemesnil, Monthelon, 
Chouilly, Moussy, &c. : but in consequence of one of those 
varieties of nature, for which we cannot always account, 
the estate of Cumieres, in the midst of so many vine- 
yards celebrated for white wines, and under the same ex- 
posure, produces red wines only, and of a quality far su- 
perior to the above wines. 
Among all the vineyards on the river Marne, the can- 
tons of Hautvillers, Mare nil, Cumieres, and Epernay, are 
the most advantageously situated : they extend along the 
river Marne, with this distinction, that the quality of the 
wine falls off in proportion as the vineyard is distant 
from the river : for this reason Hautvillers and Ay have 
always enjoyed a preference over Epernay and Pierry, 
and the latter over Cramant, Lemesnil, &c. and these last 
over Monthelon, Moussy, &c. 
South exposures produce upon the banks of the Marne 
excellent white wines, but their declivities and posterior 
parts, which are called the mountains of Rheims, al- 
though situated in general towards the north, and almost 
always to the east, also give red wines of a good quality, 
and of a fine taste and aromatic flavour. 
The slope which overhangs Rheims is divided accord- 
ing to the quality of its wines ; hence we have wines of 
the mountain, of the lower mountain, and of the estate 
St. Thierry. 
The mountain comprehends Yerzy, St. Basle, Yerz- 
nay, Mailly, Taissy, Ludes, Chigny, Billy, and Yillers- 
Allerand ; and among these vineyards, the most esteem- 
ed are Yerzy, Yerznay, and Mailly. The rest, although 
very good, are of a different quality. 
The vineyard of Bouzy, which terminates the chain 
or the horizon between south and east, and which, there- 
fore, belongs to the two divisions, ought not to be omit- 
