The cellar.
The great bottles come from a few chalk hills and 2 valleys in France. Who made them, since when, and when to be there.
The great bottles come from a few chalk hills and 2 valleys in France. Who made them, since when, and when to be there.
1843Joseph Krug founds his house in Reims
Joseph Krug founded his house in Reims in 1843. The first vintage of Dom Pérignon was 1921, released in 1936. Louis Roederer created Cristal in 1876 for Tsar Alexander II of Russia.
Under Reims and Épernay, the houses age their wine in miles of chalk cellars. The hillsides, houses and cellars of Champagne have been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2015.
1855The Bordeaux classification
The classification drawn up for the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1855 still ranks the great châteaux of the Médoc. It has changed once, in 1973, when Château Mouton Rothschild was raised to first growth. Pétrus, in Pomerol, sits outside it.
1.8 haLa Romanée-Conti, the whole vineyard
In Burgundy a wine is named for its vineyard. The Domaine de la Romanée-Conti owns the whole of La Romanée-Conti, a single vineyard of about 1.8 hectares in Vosne-Romanée.
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Tuscany🇮🇹 Italy
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Geneva🇨🇭 Switzerland
Monaco🇲🇨 Monaco
London🇬🇧 United KingdomSources. Krug · Dom Pérignon · Louis Roederer · UNESCO, Champagne Hillsides, Houses and Cellars · Hospices de Beaune. Read October 2026. A record of places, houses and dates, published as research. Patrician.ch has no commercial relationship with any house named here.
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In 1843, in Reims, by Joseph Krug.
1921.
It was released in 1936.
Tsar Alexander II of Russia.
Louis Roederer created it in 1876.
Once, in 1973, when Château Mouton Rothschild was raised to first growth.
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