G. H. Mumm & Cie

The Mumm family launched a wine producing and merchant business in Cologne, Germany, in 1761 under the name P.A.Mumm, after its owner Peter Arnold Mumm. His sons Gottlieb, Jacobus and Philipp set up a branch in Reims with the assistance of a local representative, G.Heuser, and 1827 is the house's official founding date. In 1852 Georges Hermann Mumm, a son of one of the founders, took the reins, and the company became G.H.MUMM et Cie. Sales rose from half a million bottles in 1879 to three million in 1913. René Lalou became a member of the Board of Directors in 1920 and was at the helm of G.H.Mumm for nearly fifty years, launching a full-scale reorganisation of the vineyards and acquiring additional Grand Cru vineyards. G.H. Mumm is now one of the brands of Pernod Ricard.

• Family wine business founded in Cologne in 1761 as P.A.Mumm
• Champagne house officially founded in Reims in 1827
• Became G.H.MUMM et Cie in 1852 under Georges Hermann Mumm
• Sales grew from half a million bottles in 1879 to three million in 1913

Of the 218 hectares in Maison Mumm's estate, 78% are dedicated to Pinot Noir, which is dominant particularly in the Montagne de Reims; Chardonnay comes from the Grand Cru vineyards of Cramant and Avize in the Côte des Blancs, and Pinot Meunier prevails in the Vallée de la Marne. The estate includes 160 hectares classified Grand Cru in eight villages: Aÿ, Bouzy, Ambonnay, Verzy, Verzenay, Mailly, Avize and Cramant, and the vineyards rate 98% on the Echelle des Crus. The house acquired its first parcels in Verzenay in 1840 and built a wine press there at the same time, and its Cramant plots were acquired in 1882. Mumm introduced a policy of buying grapes directly from growers rather than unfermented juice, and it runs a dedicated structure to support its partner winegrowers in their transition to sustainable viticulture. In 2016 all Mumm vineyards obtained double certification for Sustainable Viticulture in Champagne and High Environmental Value, and the house's own parcels have followed a zero-herbicide policy since the beginning of 2020.

• 218 hectares owned, 78% dedicated to Pinot Noir
• 160 hectares classified Grand Cru across eight villages
• First Verzenay parcels acquired in 1840, with a press built at the same time
• Sustainable Viticulture in Champagne and High Environmental Value certified since 2016

Mumm's cellars spread across almost 25 kilometers under Reims and are the result of 70 years' work dug into the Reims chalk subsoil. Cordon Rouge is aged for a minimum of 20 months in these cellars, while vintage champagnes are aged for at least three years; the house's first records of a vintage Champagne date back to 1842. The liqueur de dosage used in Mumm champagne contains around 6-9 g of sugar. Yann Munier became Cellar Master on 8 April 2024. He is the third generation of a family of winemakers and growers whose domain supplies grapes to a number of Champagne houses, including Mumm.

• Almost 25 kilometers of cellars dug into the Reims chalk subsoil
• Liqueur de dosage of around 6-9 g of sugar
• Vintage champagnes aged at least three years in the cellars
• Cellar Master Yann Munier since 8 April 2024

Mumm Cordon Rouge, the signature cuvée, is a blend of more than 120 crus: Pinot Noir from the Montagne de Reims and Aube, Chardonnay from the Côte des Blancs, Sézannais, Vitryat and Aube, and Meunier from the Marne and Ardre valleys and the Montagne de Reims. Mumm Le Rosé draws on more than 120 crus plus still red wines. The Grand Cordon bottle, introduced in 2016, has no front label and a red sash indented in the glass; the Grand Cordon line also includes Grand Cordon Rosé. RSRV is a collection of five 100% Grand Cru cuvées: Blanc de Blancs, from Chardonnay harvested in Cramant, Blanc de Noirs, from Pinot Noir grown in Verzenay, Cuvée 4.5, RSRV Cuvée Lalou and RSRV Rosé Foujita. Cuvée 4.5 is a blend of 60% Pinot Noir and 40% Chardonnay from five Grand Crus, Verzenay, Aÿ, Bouzy, Cramant and Avize, itself a blend of four vintages and five Grand Crus. The range also includes Millésimé vintage champagnes and a Demi-Sec.

• Cordon Rouge: signature cuvée blended from more than 120 crus
• RSRV Blanc de Blancs: Chardonnay from Cramant, first created in 1882
• RSRV Cuvée 4.5: a blend of 60% Pinot Noir and 40% Chardonnay from five Grand Crus (Verzenay, Aÿ, Bouzy, Cramant, Avize), across four vintages

In 1876 Georges Hermann Mumm had the neck of every bottle of his Cuvée Brut decorated with a red silk ribbon inspired by the Légion d'Honneur; since 1881 the ribbon has been woven into the label itself. In 1957 René Lalou, looking for a symbol for the house's champagne rosé, asked the painter Léonard Foujita to work on an idea, which became Léonard Foujita's Rose; Foujita later had a chapel built on land in Reims, near Maison Mumm, that Lalou offered him. Cordon Rouge received a new label in 2025 as it approached its 150th anniversary in 2026. By 2024, G.H. Mumm had been the official champagne of the Melbourne Cup Carnival for 15 years.

• Red silk ribbon added to the Cuvée Brut in 1876, woven into the label since 1881
• Foujita built a chapel in Reims on land offered by Lalou
• Léonard Foujita's rose for Mumm rosé dates to 1957
• Cordon Rouge label redesigned in 2025

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