# The best Champagne houses

The Champagne houses and growers ranked highest by La Revue du Vin de France and specialist merchants, with their flagship cuvée.

- 37 votes · 15 items
- May 22, 2025 · Aurélie R.
- https://even.best/en/l/152/the-best-champagne-houses

## Top 12

1. **Krug** (7 · ▲7 ▼0) — First in La Revue du Vin de France's ranking; Grande Cuvée blended from over 120 wines, Clos du Mesnil and Clos d'Ambonnay.
2. **Bollinger** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Aÿ house fermenting in oak, James Bond's champagne; La Grande Année cuvée.
3. **Charles Heidsieck** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Regularly awarded Brut Réserve, rich in reserve wines.
4. **Louis Roederer** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Independent Reims house; Cristal 2016 scored 99/100, created in 1876 for Tsar Alexander II.
5. **Salon** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Blanc de blancs from Le Mesnil-sur-Oger: one grape, one cru, only great years.
6. **Dom Pérignon (Moët & Chandon)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — The most famous vintage prestige cuvée, named after the Benedictine monk of Hautvillers.
7. **Taittinger** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Comtes de Champagne, a benchmark blanc de blancs.
8. **Billecart-Salmon** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Family house in Mareuil-sur-Aÿ, famous for its rosé.
9. **Pol Roger** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Épernay house, Winston Churchill's champagne (Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill).
10. **Egly-Ouriet** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Ambonnay grower with vinous pinot noir Champagnes.
11. **Laurent-Perrier** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — House of Tours-sur-Marne founded in 1812, known for its Grand Siècle vintage and its rosé de saignée.
12. **Ruinart** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — The oldest Champagne house (1729), renowned for its blanc de blancs.
13. **Gosset** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Maison d'Aÿ founded in 1584, the oldest wine house in Champagne.
14. **Jacques Selosse** (-1 · ▲1 ▼2) — The Avize grower who revolutionised grower Champagne.
15. **Veuve Clicquot** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — La Grande Dame, house of the widow who invented the riddling table in 1816.

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