Perrier Jouet Champagne

Discover Perrier-Jouët champagne

Founded in Épernay in 1811 by a young couple with a passion for champagne. Perrier-Jouët is the only major Champagne house to have grown the Chardonnay as a signature grape variety right from the start, long before it became a matter of course. The House's destiny has always been shaped by bold choices, starting with the founders' decision to make Chardonnay the signature grape variety, giving birth to the delicate, floral style that has made its champagne famous the world over.

The history of Perrier-Jouët

In 1811, Pierre Nicolas Perrier married Rose Adélaïde Jouët and founded the Perrier-Jouët champagne wine trading house in Épernay. In 1815, the company began exporting to the United Kingdom, followed by the United States in 1837. It was Charles Perrier, son of the founders, who launched the first Brut champagne, and Perrier-Jouët was the first to create a dry champagne to please the English, in 1856. From 1861 onwards, Perrier-Jouët became the official supplier to the English Court and Queen Victoria, and a few years later to the French Imperial Court. After Charles Perrier's death in 1878, the company was taken over by his nephews Henri and Octave Gallice. Lovers of the arts, they met Émile Gallé, leader of the Art Nouveau movement, who at their request designed a swirl of Japanese anemones, a motif that would adorn Belle Époque bottles and become one of the world's most recognized emblems. In 1888, at a Christie's auction, Perrier-Jouët became the world's most expensive champagne, with the legendary 1874 vintage. Today, the company belongs to the Pernod-Ricard group.

Perrier-Jouët Champagne terroir and style

Perrier-Jouët owns 65 hectares, including nearly 40 hectares of Chardonnay, located in the Grands Crus of Cramant and Avize. The vineyards are mainly located in the communes of Aÿ, Mailly-Champagne, Avize and Cramant. The vineyard is 99.2% classified on the Champagne crus scale.

The Perrier-Jouët style is light and floral: Chardonnay dominates, vinification in stainless-steel vats to preserve the purity of the fruit, aromas of white flowers, citrus fruit and honey notes. True to the philosophy of its founders, known for their avant-garde vision and interest in natural viticulture, Maison Perrier-Jouët is committed to eco-responsible management of its vineyards, with the aim of switching to regenerative viticulture throughout the estate by 2030.

Perrier-Jouët cuvées

Perrier-Jouët Blancs de Blancs champagnes

Chardonnay is the soul of Perrier-Jouët, and it is in its cuvées Blanc de Blancs that the house expresses itself with the greatest purity. The Blanc de Blancs cuvée, launched in 2017, showcases Chardonnay in its most accessible form: fresh, floral, taut, with notes of citrus and white flowers. At the top of the range is Belle Époque Blanc de Blancs the house's most confidential cuvée. Made exclusively from Chardonnay from the best Grands Crus of the Côte des Blancs, mainly Cramant, Avize and Chouilly, it is only produced in years when conditions are ideal.

This champagne is made from grapes harvested from two historic parcels, Bouron Leroi and Bouron du Midi, acquired by the company in the mid-19th century, located in Cramant on south-east-facing limestone soil. The ultimate expression of Champagne Chardonnay according to Perrier-Jouët: absolute purity, saline minerality and an exceptionally long finish.

Perrier-Jouët Brut champagnes

The house's Brut cuvées embody the delicate, floral style for which Perrier-Jouët has been renowned since 1811. The Grand Brut is harmonious and floral, a blend of subtle aromas and flavors that perfectly illustrates the house's heritage: notes of white-fleshed fruit, white flowers and lingering freshness.

An ideal introduction to the house style. Created in 1964, the Belle Époque is the flagship vintage cuvée, instantly recognizable the world over thanks to its bottle decorated with Japanese anemones designed in 1902 by Art Nouveau master Émile Gallé. Cellar master Séverine Frerson specifically selects Pinots Noirs from Verzy and Mailly-Champagne, characterized by their chalky soils, and blends them with Chardonnays from the Côte des Blancs, creating an elegantly structured cuvée with a crystalline floral dimension. Produced only in great years, it is the absolute symbol of Perrier-Jouët prestige and elegance.

Perrier-Jouët Rosé champagnes

Perrier-Jouët rosés share the house's floral elegance, adding a bright, fruity dimension. Visit Blason Rosé is a delicate, floral champagne that is powerful and round on the palate, yet retains the house's signature delicacy. Its aromas of raspberry, strawberry and peony make it one of Champagne's silkiest rosés. At the top of the range, the Belle Époque Rosé is a resolutely original cuvée, produced only in years when conditions are most favorable and in very limited quantities. It combines Chardonnays from the best terroirs of Cramant and Avize with Pinots Noirs from Mailly-Champagne, Aÿ and Ambonnay, plus a small proportion of red Pinot Noir, which gives the cuvée its distinctive peach color. With its rare delicacy, Belle Époque Rosé is one of the most sought-after prestige rosé cuvées by connoisseurs and collectors the world over.

Did you know?

The original enamelled anemone design was created by Émile Gallé in 1902 for a magnum that was later forgotten. It was only after the Second World War that a copy was found in the company's cellars, and it was decided to market the design. The Belle Époque cuvée created in 1964 was launched in 1969. The Maison Belle Époque in Épernay, the historic home of the founding family for several generations, was carefully restored in 2017 to its original Art Nouveau style and now houses Europe's largest private collection of Art Nouveau.