Piper-Heidsieck is a Champagne house from the Champagne region of France

France

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. Founded by Florens-Louis Heidsieck

Florens-Louis Heidsieck

Florens-Louis Heidsieck was the founder of the Champagne house Heidsieck & Co from which later Piper-Heidsieck was spun off, and which was the start of the Heidsieck Champagne clan. Heidsieck was the son of a Lutheran minister from Westphalia, and had moved to Reims to work as a cloth merchant...

 on July 16, 1785 in Reims

Reims

Reims , a city in the Champagne-Ardenne region of France, lies east-northeast of Paris. Founded by the Gauls, it became a major city during the period of the Roman Empire....

, the Heidsieck name was combined with the Piper name in October 1839. In the late 1980s, Piper-Heidsieck became part of the Rémy Cointreau

Rémy Cointreau

Rémy Cointreau is a French alcohol manufacturer that produces cognac, liqueurs, spirits and champagne. The company is a result of a 1990-1991 merger between Rémy Martin and Cointreau.- Brands :...

 wine and spirits group, and was sold in 2011 to EPI (Européenne de Participation Industrielle), a privately owned holding company of French luxury brands.

Champagne

Piper-Heidsieck currently produces six different champagnes, all produced using a non-malolactic, low-dosage method:

• Cuvée Brut (non-vintage) (Composition: 55% Pinot Noir
  Pinot Noir
  Pinot noir is a black wine grape variety of the species Vitis vinifera. The name may also refer to wines created predominantly from Pinot noir grapes...
  
  , 15% Chardonnay
  Chardonnay
  Chardonnay is a green-skinned grape variety used to make white wine. It is originated from the Burgundy wine region of eastern France but is now grown wherever wine is produced, from England to New Zealand...
  
  , 30% Pinot Meunier
  Pinot meunier
  Pinot Meunier, , also known as Meunier or Black Riesling, is a variety of black wine grape most noted for being one of the three main grapes used in the production of champagne...
  
  .)
• Rosé Sauvage (non-vintage) (Composition: 45% Pinot Noir
  Pinot Noir
  Pinot noir is a black wine grape variety of the species Vitis vinifera. The name may also refer to wines created predominantly from Pinot noir grapes...
  
  , 15% Chardonnay
  Chardonnay
  Chardonnay is a green-skinned grape variety used to make white wine. It is originated from the Burgundy wine region of eastern France but is now grown wherever wine is produced, from England to New Zealand...
  
  , 40% Pinot Meunier
  Pinot meunier
  Pinot Meunier, , also known as Meunier or Black Riesling, is a variety of black wine grape most noted for being one of the three main grapes used in the production of champagne...
  
  .)
• Cuvée Sublime (non-vintage) A demi-sec champagne. (Composition: 55% Pinot Noir
  Pinot Noir
  Pinot noir is a black wine grape variety of the species Vitis vinifera. The name may also refer to wines created predominantly from Pinot noir grapes...
  
  , 15% Chardonnay
  Chardonnay
  Chardonnay is a green-skinned grape variety used to make white wine. It is originated from the Burgundy wine region of eastern France but is now grown wherever wine is produced, from England to New Zealand...
  
  , 30% Pinot Meunier
  Pinot meunier
  Pinot Meunier, , also known as Meunier or Black Riesling, is a variety of black wine grape most noted for being one of the three main grapes used in the production of champagne...
  
  .)
• Brut Divin (non-vintage) A blanc-de-blanc champagne. (Composition: 100% Chardonnay
  Chardonnay
  Chardonnay is a green-skinned grape variety used to make white wine. It is originated from the Burgundy wine region of eastern France but is now grown wherever wine is produced, from England to New Zealand...
  
  .)
• Brut (Vintage 1998) (vintage) A special release from a year considered exceptional by Piper-Heidsieck.(Composition: 55% Pinot Noir
  Pinot Noir
  Pinot noir is a black wine grape variety of the species Vitis vinifera. The name may also refer to wines created predominantly from Pinot noir grapes...
  
  , 15% Chardonnay
  Chardonnay
  Chardonnay is a green-skinned grape variety used to make white wine. It is originated from the Burgundy wine region of eastern France but is now grown wherever wine is produced, from England to New Zealand...
  
  , 30% Pinot Meunier
  Pinot meunier
  Pinot Meunier, , also known as Meunier or Black Riesling, is a variety of black wine grape most noted for being one of the three main grapes used in the production of champagne...
  
  .)
• Cuvée Rare (vintage) (Composition: 35% Pinot Noir
  Pinot Noir
  Pinot noir is a black wine grape variety of the species Vitis vinifera. The name may also refer to wines created predominantly from Pinot noir grapes...
  
  , 65% Chardonnay
  Chardonnay
  Chardonnay is a green-skinned grape variety used to make white wine. It is originated from the Burgundy wine region of eastern France but is now grown wherever wine is produced, from England to New Zealand...
  
  .)

Owning no vineyards of their own, Piper-Heidsieck sources grapes from 60 vineyards in the Champagne region for use in their wines. Piper-Heidsieck currently produces around five million bottles of champagne a year.

History

After founder Florens-Louis Heidsieck died in 1828, the business was taken over by his nephew, Christian Heidsieck, and his cousin Henri Guilaume Piper. These combined to form the Piper-Heidsieck house after Henri Piper married the widow of Christian Heidsieck in 1838.

External links

• Champagne Piper-Heidsieck (official website)