Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte

After the surplus harvest of 1970, Henri Macquart persuaded cooperative winegrowers to create a storage tool, and the Centre Vinicole de la Champagne was founded in 1972 in the heart of the Côte des Blancs under his leadership, so that growers could unite to guarantee the sale of their grapes. Macquart served as its president until 1981 and sat on its board as honorary president until 1997. Nicolas Feuillatte (1926-2014) was born in Paris into a family of wine and spirits importers and in 1960 became the first importer of African coffee in the United States. In 1976 he created and produced a Champagne bearing his name for his circle of American friends, and in 1986 he sold the brand to the Centre Vinicole de la Champagne, creating the Centre Vinicole - Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte. On January 1, 2022, it merged with the Coopérative Régionale des Vins de Champagne, the cooperative behind Champagne Castelnau, to form the Terroirs et Vignerons de Champagne group.

• 1972: Centre Vinicole de la Champagne founded under Henri Macquart
• 1976: Nicolas Feuillatte creates the Champagne that bears his name
• 1986: the brand is sold to the Centre Vinicole de la Champagne
• 1995: 1 million bottles of Nicolas Feuillatte sold; 2014: 10 million bottles
• April 2017: new headquarters and visitor center inaugurated after two years of construction, designed by Soret De France Architects
• January 1, 2022: merger with the Coopérative Régionale des Vins de Champagne forms Terroirs et Vignerons de Champagne

Terroirs et Vignerons de Champagne (TEVC) is a cooperative group of about 6,000 growers that owns Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte and Champagne Castelnau. TEVC acquired Abelé 1757 in 2019 and Champagne Henriot, a house founded in Reims in 1808, in 2023. The Henriot purchase, finalised in October 2023, brought around 144 hectares of vines into the portfolio, including almost 38 hectares held under ownership or long-term lease.

• Champagne houses in the group: Nicolas Feuillatte, Castelnau, Abelé 1757 and Henriot
• Abelé 1757 acquired in 2019
• Champagne Henriot, founded in Reims in 1808, acquired in 2023
• About 6,000 growers across the group

The Cellar Master is Guillaume Roffiaen. He obtained the national diploma of oenologist (DNO) in 2002 and completed his final internship at the Nicolas Feuillatte wine center, returned to the house in 2014 as Director of Oenology and Quality, was appointed Cellar Master in 2017 and became Director of Vines and Wines in 2018. At group level, Véronique Blin was announced in December 2021 as president of the new cooperative and was still president when the Henriot acquisition was finalised in October 2023. TEVC was chaired by Eric Potié and managed by Philippe Dessertenne, who joined in March 2026 ahead of the retirement of Christophe Juarez, chief executive since 2017. Some 250 employees serve the Nicolas Feuillatte brand.

• Guillaume Roffiaen: Cellar Master since 2017 and Director of Vines and Wines since 2018
• Eric Potié: chair of TEVC
• Philippe Dessertenne: managing director of TEVC since March 2026
• Véronique Blin: announced in December 2021 as president of the new cooperative; in office at the October 2023 Henriot acquisition
• 250 employees serve the Nicolas Feuillatte brand

The house's supply comes from 5,000 winegrowers in 82 cooperatives farming 2,100 hectares, from the Marne Valley to the Côte des Bar by way of the Massif de Saint-Thierry, the Montagne de Reims, the Côte de Sézanne and the Ardre Valley. The crus in its wines include 11 of the 17 Grands Crus, 26 of the 42 Premiers Crus and 145 of the 260 other crus of the appellation. The soils range from sand, which gives supple, light and fruity wines, through clay-limestone to chalk, which brings minerality and freshness. A free technical viticulture advisory service has supported member growers since 1998, an annual Vineyard and Quality day has welcomed around 350 members each year since 1999, and since 2015, 50 training courses in High Environmental Value (HVE) viticulture have been run for 500 TEVC members.

• 5,000 winegrowers, 82 cooperatives and 2,100 hectares
• 11 of the 17 Grands Crus, 26 of the 42 Premiers Crus and 145 of the 260 other crus
• Sandy, clay-limestone and chalk soils in the supply
• Free technical viticulture advisory service since 1998; annual Vineyard and Quality day since 1999

Grapes are vinified by cru, or by cru zone, and by grape variety, and the reserve wines, chosen for their quality, consistency, diversity and ageing potential, are at the heart of the blends. All the cuvées rest in the house cellars beyond the regulatory minimum: at least three years for non-vintage Champagnes and up to ten years for the most prestigious vintages such as Palmes d'Or. At disgorgement the dosage combines sugar with a reserve wine adapted to each cuvée. The house names finesse, precision and elegance as the key words of its style. Since 2010 the wines have gone into lightweight glass, with each empty bottle reduced from 900 g to 835 g, avoiding 650 tonnes of glass each year.

• Vinification by cru, or cru zone, and by grape variety
• Ageing in the cellars: at least three years for non-vintage, up to ten years for Palmes d'Or
• Style in the house's own words: finesse, precision and elegance
• Lightweight bottles since 2010: 900 g reduced to 835 g

The Réserve Exclusive range includes the Brut (40% Pinot Noir, 40% Meunier and 20% Chardonnay, with three to four years in the cellars), the Rosé (45% Pinot Noir, 45% Meunier and 10% Chardonnay, with red wine making up 16% of the blend), the Demi-Sec and a Premier Cru Extra-Brut drawn from five Premier Cru areas. The Organic Extra Brut, the house's first organic Champagne, blends 95% Pinot Noir and 5% Chardonnay from organically farmed grapes, mainly in the Côte des Bar and Les Riceys. The vintage wines include the Brut Millésime 2018 (equal parts Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Meunier), the Blanc de Blancs Millésime 2019, the Grand Cru Millésime 2015 Blanc de Noirs (Pinot Noir from Verzy, Verzenay and Bouzy) and the Grand Cru Millésime 2015 Blanc de Blancs (Chardonnay from Grand Cru villages of the Côte des Blancs). The prestige Palmes d'Or 2009 Brut is half Chardonnay, from Avize, Oger, Cramant, Mesnil-sur-Oger and Montgueux, and half Pinot Noir, from Ambonnay, Tours-sur-Marne, Aÿ-Champagne, Verzy and Verzenay, with nearly ten years in the cellar. The Palmes d'Or 2008 Rosé Intense is a saignée rosé of 100% Pinot Noir.

• Réserve Exclusive Brut: 40% Pinot Noir, 40% Meunier, 20% Chardonnay
• Réserve Exclusive Rosé: 45% Pinot Noir, 45% Meunier, 10% Chardonnay
• Organic Extra Brut: 95% Pinot Noir, 5% Chardonnay, mainly from the Côte des Bar and Les Riceys
• Grand Cru Millésime 2015 Blanc de Noirs and Blanc de Blancs
• Palmes d'Or 2009 Brut (50% Chardonnay, 50% Pinot Noir) and Palmes d'Or 2008 Rosé Intense (100% Pinot Noir)

The house is at CD 40A, 51530 Chouilly, in the Côte des Blancs, about 10 minutes by car from central Epernay. Cellar tours are open every day by reservation and cover every stage of production, from winemaking to packaging, followed by a tasting of one to three cuvées. A Chronothèque experience tastes four vintages of Palmes d'Or.

• Address: CD 40A, 51530 Chouilly
• Cellar tours every day, by reservation only
• Chronothèque Palmes d'Or experience: four Palmes d'Or vintages

Primary sources (producer's own site): https://nicolas-feuillatte.com/en/pages/our-story, https://nicolas-feuillatte.com/en/pages/about-the-company, https://nicolas-feuillatte.com/en/pages/nicolas-feuillatte-style, https://nicolas-feuillatte.com/en/pages/united-growers, https://nicolas-feuillatte.com/en/pages/sustainability, https://nicolas-feuillatte.com/en/pages/cellar-tours, and the product pages https://nicolas-feuillatte.com/en/products/reserve-exclusive-brut, https://nicolas-feuillatte.com/en/products/reserve-exclusive-rose, https://nicolas-feuillatte.com/en/products/reserve-exclusive-demi-sec, https://nicolas-feuillatte.com/en/products/reserve-exclusive-premier-cru-extra-brut, https://nicolas-feuillatte.com/en/products/organic, https://nicolas-feuillatte.com/en/products/brut-millesime-2018, https://nicolas-feuillatte.com/en/products/blanc-de-blancs-millesime-2020, https://nicolas-feuillatte.com/en/products/grand-cru-millesime-2015-blanc-de-noirs, https://nicolas-feuillatte.com/en/products/grand-cru-millesime-2016-blanc-de-blancs, https://nicolas-feuillatte.com/en/products/palmes-dor-2009-brut, https://nicolas-feuillatte.com/en/products/palmes-dor-2008-rose-intense. Secondary sources: Decanter (Chris Mercer, 16 December 2021, https://www.decanter.com/wine-news/major-champagne-merger-for-nicolas-feuillatte-to-go-ahead-471088/; Martin Green, last updated 27 March 2023, https://www.decanter.com/wine-news/nicolas-feuillatte-owner-poised-to-purchase-champagne-henriot-500575/) and The Drinks Business (Arabella Mileham, 4 October 2023, https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2023/10/terroirs-vignerons-de-champagne-finalises-acquisition-of-henriot-champagne/; Patrick Schmitt, 7 May 2026, https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2026/05/castelnau-uk-appoints-new-gm-as-keith-isaac-mw-retires/). Last verified 2026-10-19. Where the producer's site and a secondary source disagree, the producer's site governs.