Almost 2,000 years ago, the Gallo-Romans planted vineyards on the slope of a settlement that would become Urville in the Middle Ages. It was only in 1116 that Saint Bernard, coming from the Abbey of Cîteaux near Clos Vougeot, reorganized the vineyard. He imported Morillon Noir, ancestor of Pinot, from Burgundy, and had several cellars built, including one in Urville, annexed to Bavin-Sainta Eulalia in 1152. All these properties are connected to the great Abbey of Clairvaux, founded by the saint, who illuminated all of medieval Europe. When he died in 1153, the annual production of wine was close to 600,000 liters, mainly shipped in barrels because glass at the time was scarce and expensive.

The wines called Vins de Bar are appreciated by the counts of Champagne and in Paris, after having sailed along the Aube and the Seine on merchant ships. After the French Revolution, Napoleon turned Clairvaux Abbey into a prison. The cellars of Urville later became the presbytery of the village in the 19th century. The Drappier family, whose company was adjacent to these cellars, bought them and settled there after the Second World War. Today, they host rare vintages and large formats, the flagship of the house.

The history of the Drappier family has its roots in the 17th century, with the birth of Rémy Drappier in 1604 who, like Nicolas Ruinart, became a cloth merchant in Reims. His nephew Nicolas (1669-1724) was the procurator of King Louis XIV. It was then in 1808 that one of the ancestors of the house, François, settled in Urville and began to manage a vineyard of a few hectares. They began to plant Pinot Noir on the property, a very unusual vineyard at that time and for which it was derided by all .. Over time and over the centuries, wars and famines, the vineyards became increasingly refined and important, giving birth to Champagne di great prestige. And it is only during the course of the 20th century that new vineyards, new ideas and technologies begin to be experimented. 

In 1988, some deep cellars dug into the chalk of Reims at the time of Napoleon III joined the family property. In these cool galleries sleep the most precious bottles, in particular those of the Grande Sendrée refined by time.