Top 6 Most Expensive Champagne Brands Around the Globe

Champagne. How much magic is in this word. We associate some of the best moments of our lives with this drink. It’s the drink of choice at all celebratory occasions. The sparkling drink is even broken on board a ship that is setting sail for the first time. And even sportsmen who take care of their health and are always at the top of the best online betting odds for Canadians prefer this beverage instead of alternatives.

These are the most expensive Champagne brands around the world.

Louis Roederer Cristal Brut Champagne
Cristal is a symbol of prestige and luxury, the best Champagne of Louis Roederer. Few people know that this Champagne was first made in 1876 for the Russian Emperor Alexander II.

About 300-400 thousand bottles are made every year and the price varies from $200 to $1,500. During production, the wine is aged for at least 6.5 years and the storage potential reaches 15 years or even more.

Dom Pérignon Brut Champagne
This brand of prestigious Champagne belongs to the French house Moët et Chandon. According to legend, the monk Pierre Perignon invented the method of sparkling wine champagnization, and the brand was named after him. Dom Perignon was first produced in 1921.

Dom Perignon is a Millesime Champagne. That is, produced from the grapes of the year that is indicated on the label. And, as a rule, it is a great year.

Salon Le Mesnil Blanc de Blancs Brut Champagne
Salon is one of the world’s most popular and well-known Champagnes. A small wine house in France that produces only 60,000 bottles a year from grapes harvested only from the best Grand Cru sites in the Champagne region and only in the best years.

Eugène Aimé Salon created the family winery in the 19th century and produced sparkling wine not for sale but for own consumption. But soon a simple hobby turned into his life’s work. In 1921, Ougen acquired a chateau in Champagne and began the production of his sparkling drink.

To this day the creators of the drink adhere to the traditions of production, which were used in his lifetime, in spite of modern technology.

Krug Grande Cuvée Brut Champagne
Another famous French house of Champagne wines. A key feature of this particular sparkling drink from its “brethren” is the complexity of its production and a long aging period. Champagne Krug comes on sale only after the full maturation.

The history of this wine house is interesting and unusual. Its founder, Johann-Josef Krug, was of German descent. He was far from being a winemaker. He was an accountant by training and moved to France to look for work. There he met an important wine merchant and together with him opened his own company in 1843. Since then the production of one of the most exquisite champagnes began, with a storage potential of 40, and even 50 years.

Krug’s main goal was to create a Champagne, the taste of which would not be tied to the year of harvest and seasonal changes in climate. Over the following years he managed to gather a rich collection of wines from the best terroirs of France. The result of many years of work was the Krug Grande Cuvee, which was considered a model of refined taste.

Armand de Brignac Brut Champagne
Armand de Brignac Champagne is the only wine in the world that is completely handcrafted, from harvesting the grapes and producing it using only traditional methods to applying the tin label. It is made in the style of multi-vintage wines (such as Grande Cuvee by Krug) as opposed to well-known vintage Champagnes (such as Louis Roederer Cristal or Dom Pérignon by Moët et Chandon).

The design for the unique product was created by renowned French designer Andre Courreges. The strikingly chic, gold-coated bottle with a pewter label is placed in a luxurious black wooden box, varnished and covered with velvet on the inside, embossed with the brand’s emblem.

Since its foundation as far back as 1763 this wine house has been family-owned and independent, employing only 20 people.

Bollinger Special Cuvée Brut Champagne
Bollinger is one of the elite champagne brands with an unsurpassed image. The origins of this wine go back to 1650 when the family of Count Hennequin de Villermont came to the town of Au in Champagne, the abode of the art of winemaking.

The history of the wine house dates back to 1829, when Admiral Atanas Louis Emmanuel and Placide Bollinger set out to run a common family business. Already in 1920 the Bollinger house reached the level of almost the most sold brand in the world. The brand name was known by millions of people around the world.