Cuvée de Prestige - The most prestigious Champagnes

The cuvée de prestige , in the world of Champagne , is the label that represents the maximum expression of each Maison , which can be vintage or not and which is often offered in the classic and rosé versions. Some of these labels, despite being born as cuvée de prestige of a production company, later became a real brand in their own right: the most emblematic case is that of " Dom Pérignon ".

Launched in 1936 with the 1921 vintage by Moët & Chandon, "Dom Pérignon" was the first cuvée de prestige in history. Until then the Champagne houses had produced cuvées of varying quality, but the concept of a top-of-the-range label represented an absolute novelty, even if Louis Roederer had produced the " Cristal " cuvée intended exclusively for the private consumption of the Tsar since 1876. of Russia. "Cristal" subsequently became available to the general public with the 1945 vintage, followed by " Les Comtes de Champagne " by Taittinger with the 1952 vintage. In 1960, " La Belle Époque " by Perrier Jouët and " Grand Siècle " by Laurent were marketed. Perrier, which instead of offering a vintage had created a cuvée of the latest best vintages (1952, 1953 and 1955), according to the concept dear to its creator, Bernard de Nonancourt, of "assembling the best with the best to obtain the best ".

Maison	Cuvée de Prestige
Moët & Chandon	Dom Perignon
Louis Roederer	Crystal
Taittinger	Les Comtes de Champagne
Perrier Jouet	The Belle Époque
Laurent-Perrier	Grand Siècle, Alexandra
Krug	Great Cuvée
Veuve Clicquot	The Grande Dame
Ruinart	Dom Ruinart
Pol Roger	Sir Winston Churchill
Ayala	Ayala pearls
Charles Heidsieck	Blanc des Millénaires
Bollinger	Vieilles Vignes Françaises
Deutz	L'Amour, William Deutz
Piper-Heidsieck	Rare
De Venoge	Louis XV
Billecart-Salmon	Cuvée Rosé Elisabeth Salmon, Cuvée Nicolas François Billecart

The Belle Epoque of Perrier-Jouet , a sparkling wine that comes from the prestigious vineyards of Avize and Cramant, in the Cote de Blancs, which is striking from both an aesthetic and qualitative point of view; contained inside the bottle with the characteristic flower decoration, it has supreme elegance and a floral bouquet that is a prelude to all its complexity.

The great cuvées Grand Siècle and Alexandra by Laurent-Perrier : the first is a perfect mix of refinement, balance and quality, produced from grapes coming from the most prestigious crus of the region, according to the principle "fuse the best with the best to obtain the best "; Champagne Alexandra Rosé, on the other hand, is a prestigious wine coming from a rigorous selection of the best Grand Crus of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, created by Bernard Lanson de Nanacourt on the occasion of the wedding of his eldest daughter in 1987.

The Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill by Pol Roger, obtained from a secret family recipe in which there is however a clear predominance of the Pinot Noir variety which fascinates with its structure, its breadth and robustness, completed by the Chardonnay which adds elegance, finesse and delicacy.