Louis Roederer
An independent, family-run Champagne house founded in 1776 in Reims, owner of the celebrated prestige cuvée Cristal and known for its large estate of own vineyards.
About Louis
Champagne Louis Roederer was founded in 1776 and inherited and renamed by Louis Roederer in 1833. It remains one of the few large Champagne maisons still independently owned and run by its founding family, today led by Frédéric Rouzaud of the seventh generation. Roederer is distinguished by an unusually large estate of its own vineyards, allowing it to source the majority of its grapes from holdings it controls and to pursue extensive biodynamic and parcel-based viticulture. The house is internationally renowned for Cristal, the prestige cuvée originally created in 1876 for Tsar Alexander II of Russia, recognisable by its clear, flat-bottomed bottle. Beyond Champagne, the Rouzaud family group also owns estates in Bordeaux, the Rhône, Provence, California and Portugal. More than 3.5 million bottles are shipped each year to over 100 countries.
Flagship wines
- Cristal
- Cristal Rosé
- Brut Premier / Collection
- Blanc de Blancs
Editorial notes
Founding year 1776 and Rouzaud-family ownership confirmed on Wikipedia and corroborated by the official site's '250 years' framing. Annual production of 3.5 million-plus bottles is sourced from Wikipedia.