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.
Champagne houses[]
House | Year of foundation |
Location | Cuvée | Company |
---|---|---|---|---|
Abelé | 1757 | Reims | Sourire de Reims | Freixenet |
1920 | Damery | Brut Intense Les Aventures |
Family owned | |
Ayala | 1860 | Aÿ | Grande Cuvée (Vintage) | Société Jacques Bollinger[2] |
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 |
1952 | La Neuville-aux-Larris | Findlater | ||
1994 | Bouzy | Independent | ||
1898 | Aÿ | Independent | ||
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 |
1919 | Celles-sur-Ource | Independent | ||
1788 | Celles-sur-Ource | Brut Spéciale Rosé de Saignée |
Independent | |
1788 | Celles-sur-Ource | Blanc de Blanc - Célébrité Blanc de Noir - Le Champion |
Independent | |
1880 | Chenay | Independent | ||
1977 | Verzy | Independent | ||
De Castellane | 1895 | Épernay | Commodore (Vintage) | Laurent Perrier |
De Cazanove | 1811 | Reims | Stradivarius | Groupe Rapeneau |
1912 | Épernay | Commodore (Vintage) | Family Owned | |
De Venoge | 1837 | Épernay | Grand Vin des Princes (Vintage) | Lanson-BCC |
Delamotte | 1760 | Le Mesnil-sur-Oger | Laurent-Perrier | |
1936 | Avize | Independent | ||
1908 | Épernay | Independent | ||
Deutz | 1838 | Aÿ | Amour de Deutz (Vintage) | Louis Roederer Group |
2007 | Avirey-Lingey | Independent | ||
Duval-Leroy | 1859 | Vertus | Femme de Champagne (above average years only) Fleur de Champagne (above average years only) |
Family-owned |
1895 | Chigny-les-Roses | Independent | ||
1625 | Aÿ | Argonne Grand Cru (Vintage) | ||
Gosset | 1584 | Épernay | Celebris (Vintage) Grand Millésime (Vintage) |
Renaud-Cointreau |
Grande Charte | 2018 | Reims | Collection GC-5 | Family owned |
1864 | Épernay | Henkell & Söhnlein | ||
1994 | Dizy | |||
Heidsieck & Co Monopole | 1785 | Épernay | Diamant Bleu (Vintage) | Vranken-Pommery Monopole |
Henriot | 1808 | Reims | Cuvée des Enchanteleurs (Vintage) Brut Souverain |
Independent |
1820 | Reims | |||
1963 | Aÿ | Renaud-Cointreau | ||
Jacquart | 1964 | Reims | Cuvée Alpha | Union de coopératives |
Jacquesson | 1798 | Dizy | Avize Grand Cru (Vintage) | Independent |
1947 | Épernay | |||
1947 | Les Riceys | Brut Reserve | Independent | |
1944 | Faverolles-et-Coëmy | Grande Réserve Chardonnay | ||
1825 | Châlons-en-Champagne | Cuvée Josephine (Vintage)[3] | Groupe Thiénot | |
Krug | 1843 | Reims | Krug (Vintage) Clos du Mesnil (above average years only) |
LVMH |
1848 | Épernay | Orgueil de France (above average years only) | Vranken-Pommery Monopole | |
1966 | Aÿ | |||
Lanson | 1760 | Reims | Noble Cuvée (Vintage) | Lanson-BCC |
Laurent-Perrier | 1812 | Tours-sur-Marne | Grand Siècle | Laurent Perrier |
1857 | Tours-sur-Marne | Laurent Perrier | ||
1925 | Épernay | Independent | ||
Épernay | Groupe Rapeneau | |||
1867 | Reims | Cuvée de la Sommelière Brut Millésimé (Vintage) |
Groupe Thiénot | |
1869 | Reims | Groupe Rapeneau | ||
Mercier | 1858 | Épernay | Vendange (Vintage) | LVMH |
1894 | Aÿ | |||
1995 | Épernay | Cuvée Comte de Marne Brut Grand Cru | Stock company | |
1970 | Le Breuil | Independent | ||
Moët & Chandon | 1743 | Épernay | Dom Pérignon (Vintage) | LVMH |
1891 | Reims | LVMH | ||
1927 | Buxeuil | Vieilles Vignes "cépage Arbane" Cuvée "6 Cépages" |
Independent | |
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 | ||
1910 | Mareuil-sur-Aÿ | Clos des Goisses (Vintage) | Lanson-BCC | |
Piper-Heidsieck | 1785 | Reims | Rare | EPI |
Pol Roger | 1849 | Épernay | Sir Winston Churchill (Vintage) | Independent |
Pommery | 1836 | Reims | Cuvée Louise (Vintage) | Vranken-Pommery Monopole |
1925 | Verzenay | |||
Louis Roederer | 1776 | Reims | Cristal (Vintage) | Louis Roederer Group |
Ruinart | 1729 | Reims | Dom Ruinart (Vintage) Ruinart blanc de blancs (Vintage) |
LVMH |
1967 | Verzy | Independent | ||
Salon | 1921 | Le Mesnil-sur-Oger | Champagne Salon (Vintage) |
Laurent-Perrier |
1973 | Essoyes | Independent | ||
1990 | Ambonnay | Independent | ||
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 |
Vranken | 1979 | Épernay | Demoiselle (above average years only) |
Vranken-Pommery Monopole |
House | Year of foundation |
Place of origin | Cuvée de prestige (Premium label) Vintage where indicated |
Parent group |
---|---|---|---|---|
2018 | Reims | Cuvée de prestige : « Collection GC-5 » | Mathieu, Maillard and Nicolas families | |
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) | |
2007 | Épernay | Independent | ||
Vilmart | 1872 | Rilly-la-Montagne | Coeur de Cuvée (Vintage) | Independent |
1900 | Passy-sur-Marne | La cuvee du caveau (Prestige) | Independent |
See also[]
- History of Champagne
- Champagne production
- Grower Champagne
References[]
- ^ Union de Maisons de Champagne, accessed 2010-08-07 (in French)
- ^ O'Keefe, Kerin, Decanter.com (January 5, 2005). Bollinger buys Ayala Archived 2008-10-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ https://www.josephperrier.com/en/champagnes/cuvee-josephine/
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