List of Champagne houses
The listing below comprises some of the more prominent houses of Champagne. Most of the major houses are members of the organisation Union de Maisons de Champagne (UMC),[1] and are sometimes referred to as Grandes Marques.[2]
A negociant Champagne from Montaudon
Tsarine, a second label of Chanoine Frères
A Grand Cru grower Champagne from Bernard Bremont
A Grand Cru Champagne from Georges Vesselle
A blanc de blanc Grand Cru Champagne from Franck Bonville
Bottles of Moët & Chandon in the caves
Bottles of Taittinger in the cave
Champagne houses
| House | Year of foundation | Location | Cuvée | Company |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abelé | 1757 | Reims | Sourire de Reims | Freixenet |
| Ayala | 1860 | Aÿ | Grande Cuvée (Vintage) | Société Jacques Bollinger[3] |
| Billecart-Salmon | 1818 | Mareuil-sur-Aÿ | Brut Réserve Clos St Hilare |
Independent |
| Binet | 1849 | Reims | Brut Elite Elite Rosé (Rosé de saignée) Elite Blanc de Noirs Médaillon Rouge (Vintage) |
Independent |
| Boizel | 1834 | Épernay | Joyau de France (Vintage) | Lanson-BCC |
| Bollinger | 1829 | Aÿ | Vieilles Vignes Françaises (Vintage) R.D. (Récemment Dégorgé) (Vintage) |
Société Jacques Bollinger |
| Bruno Paillard | 1981 | Reims | Nec Plus Ultra (Vintage) brut première cuvée (Vintage) |
Independent |
| Burtin - Besserat de Bellefon | 1843 | Épernay | Cuvée des Moines | Lanson-BCC |
| Canard-Duchêne | 1868 | Ludes | Grande Cuvée Charles VII | Groupe Thiénot |
| Cattier | 1918 | Chigny-les-Roses | Clos du Moulin | Independent |
| Chanoine Frères | 1730 | Reims | Gamme Tsarine | Lanson-BCC |
| Charles Heidsieck | 1851 | Reims | Blanc des Millénaires (Vintage) | EPI |
| De Castellane | 1895 | Épernay | Commodore (Vintage) | Laurent Perrier |
| De Cazanove | 1811 | Reims | Stradivarius | Groupe Rapeneau |
| De Venoge | 1837 | Épernay | Grand Vin des Princes (Vintage) | Lanson-BCC |
| Delamotte | 1760 | Le Mesnil-sur-Oger | Laurent-Perrier | |
| Deutz | 1838 | Aÿ | Amour de Deutz (Vintage) | Louis Roederer Group |
| Duval-Leroy | 1859 | Vertus | Femme de Champagne (above average years only) Fleur de Champagne (above average years only) |
Family-owned |
| Gosset | 1584 | Épernay | Celebris (Vintage) Grand Millésime (Vintage) |
Renaud-Cointreau |
| Heidsieck & Co Monopole | 1785 | Épernay | Diamant Bleu (Vintage) | Vranken-Pommery Monopole |
| Henriot | 1808 | Reims | Cuvée des Enchanteleurs (Vintage) Brut Souverain |
Independent |
| Jacquesson | 1798 | Dizy | Avize Grand Cru (Vintage) | Independent |
| Krug | 1843 | Reims | Krug (Vintage) Clos du Mesnil (above average years only) |
LVMH |
| Lanson | 1760 | Reims | Noble Cuvée (Vintage) | Lanson-BCC |
| Laurent-Perrier | 1812 | Tours-sur-Marne | Grand Siècle | Laurent Perrier |
| Mercier | 1858 | Épernay | Vendange (Vintage) | LVMH |
| Moët & Chandon | 1743 | Épernay | Dom Pérignon (Vintage) | LVMH |
| Mumm | 1827 | Reims | Mumm de Cramant | Pernod Ricard |
| Pannier | 1899 | Château-Thierry | Covama | |
| Perrier-Jouët | 1811 | Épernay | Belle Époque (Vintage) | Pernod Ricard |
| Francis Pétret | 1960 | Chouilly | ||
| Piper-Heidsieck | 1785 | Reims | Rare | EPI |
| Pol Roger | 1849 | Épernay | Sir Winston Churchill (Vintage) | Independent |
| Pommery | 1836 | Reims | Cuvée Louise (Vintage) | Vranken-Pommery Monopole |
| Louis Roederer | 1776 | Reims | Cristal (Vintage) | Louis Roederer Group |
| Ruinart | 1729 | Reims | Dom Ruinart (Vintage) Ruinart blanc de blancs (Vintage) |
LVMH |
| Salon | 1921 | Le Mesnil-sur-Oger | Champagne Salon (Vintage) |
Laurent-Perrier |
| Taittinger | 1734 | Reims | Comtes de Champagne (Vintage) | Taittinger |
| Thiénot | 1985 | Reims | Cuvée Alain Thiénot (Vintage) Cuvée Stanislas (Vintage) Cuvée Garance (Vintage) La vigne aux Gamins (Vintage) |
Groupe Thiénot |
| Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin | 1772 | Reims | La Grande Dame (Vintage) Carte jaune (Vintage) Clicquot Rich Reserve (Vintage) |
LVMH |
| House | Year of foundation |
Place of origin | Cuvée de prestige (Premium label) Vintage where indicated |
Parent group |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delbeck | 1832 | Reims | ||
| Drappier | 1808 | Urville | Grande Sendrée (Vintage) | Family-owned |
| Gauthier | 1858 | Épernay | Grande Réserve Brut | Lanson-BCC |
| Nicolas Feuillatte | 1972 | Chouilly | Palmes d'Or | Co-operative |
| Selosse | 1960 | Avize | Independent | |
| Paul Goerg | 1950 | Vertus | Cuvée Lady C. (Vintage) | |
| Vilmart | 1872 | Rilly-la-Montagne | Coeur de Cuvée (Vintage) | Independent |
References
- Union de Maisons de Champagne, accessed 2010-08-07 (in French)
- Guy, Kolleen M. (2007). When Champagne Became French: Wine and the Making of a National Identity. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 21. ISBN 978-0-8018-8747-5.
- O'Keefe, Kerin, Decanter.com (January 5, 2005). Bollinger buys Ayala Archived 2008-10-23 at the Wayback Machine
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