Champagne

Places in Champagne

• Blanc de Blancs

  Champagne made only from white grapes, usually Chardonnay, typically bright and refined with citrus, high acidity and chalky, saline freshness.

• Chouilly

  Chouilly is a Grand Cru village in the Côte des Blancs, known for Chardonnay and blanc de blancs Champagne.

• Côte des Bar

  The southern part of Champagne, in the Aube department around Bar-sur-Seine and Bar-sur-Aube, known for Pinot Noir grown on clay and limestone.

• Côte des Blancs

  A line of chalk slopes south of Épernay in Champagne, planted almost entirely to Chardonnay for Blanc de Blancs Champagne.

• Mareuil-sur-Aÿ

  A Premier Cru village in Champagne's Vallée de la Marne, just east of Aÿ, known for Pinot Noir, including the steep Clos des Goisses vineyard.

• Montagne de Reims

  A forested hill between Reims and Épernay in Champagne, with vineyards on its slopes known for Pinot Noir used in Champagne.

• Reims

  Reims is a historic center for Champagne houses, with deep chalk cellars used to age bottles.

• Vallée de la Marne

  A district of Champagne in northern France, following the Marne River east and west of Épernay; Pinot Meunier dominates the western stretch and Pinot Noir the Grande Vallée.

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Classic styles

• Champagne Blanc de Blancs
• Champagne Rosé

Grapes

• Chardonnay
• Pinot Noir
• Pinot Meunier

Producers in Champagne

• Bollinger

  A Pinot Noir-led Champagne house whose Special Cuvée draws on reserve wines held in magnum for seven to fifteen years, from over 85% Grand and Premier Cru fruit.

• Bruno Paillard

  A Reims Champagne house founded in 1981 and an early one to print the disgorgement date, when the yeast was removed, on its labels.

• Champagne Saint-Chamant

  A small Épernay Champagne house run by the Coquillette family, focused on Blanc de Blancs, made only from Chardonnay, mostly from its Chouilly vines.

• Charles Heidsieck

  Charles Heidsieck’s Brut Réserve includes a substantial share of reserve wine, older vintages held back to add complexity and consistency to the blend.

• Krug

  A distinctive Champagne house built around blending, with Grande Cuvée drawing on more than 120 wines across many vintages and an extensive reserve library.

• Laurent-Perrier

  A Champagne house in Tours-sur-Marne whose Grand Siècle is blended from three vintages instead of coming from a single year.

• Louis Roederer

  A Reims house with large estate vineyards, known for the prestige cuvée Cristal, and for Collection, built on one base year plus a perpetual reserve.

• Philipponnat

  A historic Champagne house especially known for Clos des Goisses, its steep, south-facing walled vineyard in Mareuil-sur-Aÿ.

• Pierre Paillard

  A family grower in the Grand Cru village of Bouzy, whose Les Parcelles blends wine from about 25 of its own Bouzy plots.

• Ruinart

  Founded in Reims in 1729, Ruinart is recognized as the first Champagne house, with Chardonnay central to its style.

• Rémi Leroy

  In Champagne’s Côte des Bar, Rémi Leroy makes grower Champagne with low dosage, meaning very little sugar is added after disgorgement.

• Taittinger

  Taittinger is a Reims Champagne house known for Chardonnay-led blends, including Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs, made entirely from Chardonnay.