Champagne Louis Roederer

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His successor, Louis Roederer II, carried on this work and continued to expand the family’s estate. Beginning in 1870, Louis Roederer Champagnes were exported , notably to Russia for Tsar Alexander II, for whom he created the famous Cristal cuvée in 1876.

It was not until the 1920s, when Léon Orly Roederer took over the house, that the desire to create a consistent, non-vintage cuvée emerged with the first drafts of the Brut Premier.

Today, the House of Louis Roederer remains a family-owned business, led by Frédéric Rouzaud, a descendant of Louis Roederer. It owns 240 hectares of vineyards—comprising 420 plots—located exclusively in the Premier Crus and Grands Crus of the Marne region.