Example sentences of "of [art] montagne " in BNC.
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| 1 | In much of the montagne zone there are natural limitations on agricultural development and intensification ( see later ) so that significant losses of semi-natural vegetation/wildlife habitat are less likely in any case . |
| 2 | According to Alexander Henderson , in The History of Ancient Wines ( 1824 ) , the ninth century saw the beginning of a distinction between the various wines of Champagne ; references henceforth distinguish between the wines of the Vallée de la Marne and those of the Montagne de Reims . |
| 3 | The north-facing slopes of the Montagne de Reims bore the brunt of the hostilities , yet the damage done to the vineyards during the Battle of the Marne was negligible compared with the inhuman slaughter and tragic loss of lives in the trenches . |
| 4 | The Vesle and the Ardre play significant roles in the drainage of the vineyards of the Petite Montagne , the hilly extension of the Montagne de Reims just west of the city . |
| 5 | On the Reims side of the Montagne de Reims , from Chamery just north of the Ardre , through Rilly-la-Montagne in the Grande Montagne proper , to Verzenay at its edge , the vineyards mostly have north-facing aspects . |
| 6 | Verzenay is the largest of the grands crus and is the best growth on the northern slopes of the Montagne de Reims . |
| 7 | Situated on the turn of the Montagne before it bends around its eastern extremity into Verzy , Villers-Marmery and Trépail — the vineyards of Verzenay have either north or east-facing aspects and are planted up to a height of 220 and , in a few places , 240 metres . |
| 8 | The vineyards of Verzy lie adjacent to those of Verzenay on the eastern edge of the northern slopes of the Montagne de Reims . |
| 9 | Verzy has an unusual viticultural history for a growth of the Montagne ; in the late eighteenth century its vineyards were almost entirely planted with white grapes . |
| 10 | The vineyards of this village are physically , though not communally , a continuation of the higher slopes of Vaudemanges ; they are separated from the main belt of the Montagne on a lower eastern extremity . |
| 11 | The delightfully named village of Chigny-les-Roses is situated south of Reims , on the northern slopes of the Montagne , a few kilometres west of the grand cru villages of Mailly-Champagne and Verzenay . |
| 12 | The vineyards of Ludes are sandwiched between those of Chigny-les-Roses and the grand cru of Mailly-Champagne on the northern slopes of the Montagne de Reims . |
| 13 | This slope climbs as abruptly as the southern slopes of the Montagne de Reims , starting at 100 metres and rising quickly to 200 metres . |
| 14 | Rilly-la-Montagne is the first significant growth , in terms of quality and quantity , to be encountered on the D26 , as one winds one 's way eastwards from the N51 through the northern slopes of the Montagne de Reims . |
| 15 | Like the overrated grand cru growths of Puisieulx and Sillery close by , the vineyards of Taissy are located on the plain north of the Montagne de Reims . |
| 16 | Trépail is just 3 kilometres north of the grand cru villages , Bouzy and Ambonnay , on the southeastern extremity of the Montagne de Reims . |
| 17 | Its vineyards , bordered by the Marne à l'Aisne canal to the east , are grown on fully south-facing slopes on the lower , eastern extremity of the Montagne de Reims . |
| 18 | The vineyards of Villers-Marmery are well placed on the eastern slopes of the Montagne de Reims , between those of Verzy to the north and Trépail to the south . |
| 19 | Cendres-noires , the ‘ black gold ’ of the Montagne de Reims , is a Sparnacian deposit comprised almost entirely of rich black lignite , a friable carbonaceous substance which is half-way between peat and coal . |