Louis Roederer are the largest independent family owned and managed producer in Champagne and sit amongst the very finest in the region. Established in 1776, the house remains under the ownership of the Rouzaud family to this day with the current CEO being Frédéric Rouzaud, 7th generation of the Roederer family, while Chef de Cave Jean-Baptiste Lécaillon was appointed in 1999 following a decade working in the cellar under Frédéric’s father, Jean-Claude Rouzaud. With over 240 hectares of vineyards located exclusively in Grands and Premiers Crus villages, Champagne Louis Roederer is self-sufficient for approximately 70% of their non-vintage production and 100% of their vintage champagnes – a rare situation in Champagne

In 2021, Roederer replaced their established ‘Brut Premier’ non-vintage Brut with the creation of the even more subtle and complex ‘Roederer Collection’. This multi-vintage wine reveals the strength of blending, expressed year after year, combining Roederer’s longstanding pursuit of excellence with a new spirit of freedom to achieve its constant objective: to create the best possible champagne with each blend. The Collection number, which represents the number of blends since the foundation of the Louis Roederer Champagne back in 1776, will allow champagne lovers and collectors alike, to choose their Champagne according to their preferred degree of youth or maturity.

Roederer’s finest cuvee, the highly prestigious Cristal, dates back to 1876, when Russia’s Tsar Alexander II, a long-time lover of Louis Roederer wines, asked the producer to create a special cuvée for his personal use which was unique in both its style and bottle design. Dissatisfied with standard champagne bottles that concealed the beautiful colour and effervescence from the eye, he also requested that his personal cuvée be served in transparent crystal glass bottles with a flat bottom to foil the insertion of explosives by would-be assassins. Cristal is now one of the most luscious, deeply flavoured and collectible Champagnes available. Highly celebrated and much sought-after with each vintage release Cristal has become, perhaps, the world’s most recognised prestige cuvée Champagne.