List of Champagne houses
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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]
Champagne houses[edit]
| 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 |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ 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