Ruinart

Ruinart

The champagne house based in Reims rittert with Gosset for the honor of the oldest in the Champagne to be. It was founded in 1729 by Nicolas Ruinart Draper (1697-1769) founded and sold to its customers in addition to cloth and wine from his vineyard. His uncle was the monk Dom Thierry Ruinart (1657-1709), who visited the famous Abbey of Hautvillers where Dom Pierre Perignon met (1638-1715) and its wine-making techniques, and also died and was buried. Inspired by his prominent uncle, Nicolas Ruinart was dedicated to the art of wine Benedictine monks. He was succeeded by his son Claude Ruinart (1731-1798) supports and extends the company's name on Ruinart Père et Fils. After the death of his father Claude moved the headquarters of the company from Epernay to Reims and expanded trade with champagne.

His son, his subsequent Irénée Ruinart (1770-1850) built on a prominent customer base, for example, to the French Kiaser counted Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) and Charles Maurice de Talleyrand (1754-1838). The first wife of Napoleon Josephine Beauharnais (1763-1814) loved champagne from the house. After the divorce, she refused to pay the bills from the time when Empress. The next two generations of families from Edmond and Edgar built trade relations in the United States and Russia. Beginning of the 19th Century, married the famous winemaker Anton Mueller of the champagne house Veuve Clicquot-Ponsardin Ruinart and founded one which no longer exists today Muller-Ruinart champagne house.

A native of Stuttgart, Robert Schlumberger (1814-1879), who later in what was then Austria-Hungary produced the first sparkling wine using the Champagne method, learned mid-19th Century at Ruinart this art. By 1963, the leadership of the House of Ruinart was completely in the hands of the founding family. Then there was the famous house of Moet et Chandon and later taken over part of the group LVMH . Our own vineyards cover 20 hectares. The year seamless "R de Ruinart" consists of 45% Chardonnay and 55% Pinot Noir and aged four years on the yeast. The vintage Champagne "rosé" contains 20% Chardonnay still wine Bouzy Rouge. The Cuvée de Prestige is the founder-uncle "Dom Ruinart" and is considered one of the best Blanc de Blancs in Champagne. Every year about 1.7 million bottles of champagne are produced. In 1997 the House of Ruinart was a professional competition for sommeliers initiated, which takes place annually in the meantime, in many countries. Here are the best young sommeliers and crowned with the "Trophée Ruinart" award.

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