Chouilly Grand Cru Chardonnay grower founded 1954 under Jean-Pierre Vazart, making generous, single-village Blanc de Blancs with a large perpetual reserve.
Signature wines: Vazart-Coquart Grand Bouquet Blanc de Blancs, Vazart-Coquart Special Club Blanc de Blancs
Tip: All fruit comes from Grand Cru Chouilly at the northern end of the Cote des Blancs.
Address: 6 rue des Partelaines, 51530 Chouilly, France, Champagne
Cramant Chardonnay grower making Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs from the Cote des Blancs, with the old-vine, oak-fermented prestige cuvee Fleur de Passion.
Tasting: Grower estate; visits by appointment in Cramant.
Signature wines: Diebolt-Vallois Blanc de Blancs, Diebolt-Vallois Fleur de Passion
Tip: Fleur de Passion is fermented in old oak from old vines and made without malolactic.
Dizy grower bottling estate Champagne since the 1930s, with the rare Blanc de Blancs d'Ay from Chardonnay grown in the Pinot stronghold of Ay.
Tasting: Grower estate; visits by appointment in Dizy.
Signature wines: Gaston Chiquet Tradition Brut 1er Cru, Gaston Chiquet Blanc de Blancs d'Ay
Tip: Its Blanc de Blancs d'Ay is a rare Chardonnay grown in a village famed for Pinot Noir.
Prestige Reims maison founded in 1843, owned by LVMH, built on a multi-vintage reserve blend across all three main grapes for its Grande Cuvee.
Tasting: By appointment only through the Krug hospitality programme; the family house is not open to the general public.
Signature wines: Krug Grande Cuvee, Krug Clos du Mesnil
Tip: Each Grande Cuvee release carries an ID code linking it to its blend and disgorgement.
Founded 1743 in Epernay and owned by LVMH, Moet & Chandon runs 28 km of chalk cellars on the Avenue de Champagne and produces the Dom Perignon prestige cuvee.
Tasting: Guided cellar tours and tastings in French or English; book in advance, the cellars reopened after renovation.
Signature wines: Dom Perignon, Moet Imperial Brut
Tip: The Dom Perignon prestige label is produced here and released only in declared vintages.
Family-owned Reims maison founded 1776, famous for the Cristal prestige cuvee created for Tsar Alexander II and for its estate-owned, partly biodynamic vineyards.
Tasting: Visits by appointment; the family house focuses on private and trade hospitality.
Signature wines: Louis Roederer Cristal, Louis Roederer Collection
Tip: Cristal is made only from estate vineyards, much of them farmed biodynamically.
Family-owned Ay house founded 1829, Pinot Noir-led with oak fermentation and a reserve of magnums; long the supplier of fictional spy James Bond's Champagne.
Tasting: Visits by appointment; Pinot-led house known for barrel fermentation and long lees ageing.
Signature wines: Bollinger Special Cuvee Brut, Bollinger La Grande Annee
Tip: The rare Vieilles Vignes Francaises comes from ungrafted, pre-phylloxera Pinot Noir vines.
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