Champagne Louis Roederer

The renowned Champagne house Louis Roederer was founded in 1776 in Reims and has been family-owned ever since. 

Louis Roederer – the Tsar’s first choice

In 1833, Louis Roederer took over the family business from his uncle Nicolas Schreider and gave it his name. From then on, thanks to the involvement of the family and good connections to travelling merchants, sales of Roederer Champagnes grew by 1872 to one tenth of the total production of Champagne. At that time, in addition to the United States of America, the main customer was the Russian Tsarist Empire. Tsar Nicholas II, himself a great lover of the Champagnes from the House of Roederer, ordered a special vintage in Reims and even sent his court cellarmaster to support the producers of the sparkling wine. The result of this collaboration was the world‑famous and still highly popular Cristal Champagne.

Success is the sum of the right decisions

While other Champagne producers have their grapes supplied by contract growers, Louis Roederer already decided to pursue a different strategy by increasingly purchasing vineyard land around Reims. Frédéric Rouzaud, the current head of the Roederer house, continued this tradition and has so far brought 214 hectares of vineyard area into family ownership. Despite the high production figures of the Champagne house Louis Roederer, they are, due to their high production standards, never able to fully meet the enormous demand for their fine products.

The grape varieties

The Champagne house Louis Roederer uses the classic grape varieties for its excellent Champagnes: 

• Chardonnay
• Pinot Meunier
• Pinot Noir