Canard-Duchêne

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Canard-Duchêne is a champagne house founded in Ludes in 1868 . The champagne brand, which now belongs to the Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton Group, was bought out by Alain Thiénot in 2003 and has been operated independently since then.

The family history of the old wine growing family can be traced back to the year 1756. The carpenter and cooper, Victor Canard, not yet 30 years old, and his wife Léonie Duchêne, daughter of a winemaking family, decided to press their grapes themselves from 1860 and market them under their own name. Champagne production began in 1868 and a company was founded for it. In 1890, the two sons Edmond and Alfred joined their parents' business. Edmond knew how to give his sparkling wines an unmistakable character; the house became the purveyor to the court of Tsar Nicholas II. The family coat of arms with the Russian double-headed eagle and the insignum of the champagne saber also date from this period .

From 1930, Edmonds' charismatic son, Victor, joined the family business. With numerous offices and functions, he was in the midst of social life at that time. He also knew how to carefully modernize the company and its image. Canard-Duchêne was a sponsor of the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble . This year the centenary of the company was celebrated with numerous events. In the cathedral of Reims a special vintage bottling was blessed.

Ten years later, in 1978, they joined the Veuve Cliquot group with an annual production of 2.8 million bottles . Today the company is considered one of the most economically successful champagne houses.

The main varieties:

  • Grand Cuvée Charles VII brut blanc de noirs (share of total production: 36%): 73% Pinot Noir , 27% Pinot Meunier
  • Brut (proportion of total production: 15 to 20%): 35 to 40% Pinot Noir, 20 to 25% Chardonnay , 15 to 20% Pinot Meunier
  • Grand Cuvée Charles VII brut rosé (proportion of total production: 15–20%): 52% Pinot Noir, 36% Chardonnay, 12% Pinot Meunier

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Hugh Johnson : The great Johnson , 6th edition, Graefe and Unzer, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-8338-1621-5 , p. 174
  2. ↑ Angélique de la Chaize, Éric Glâtre : Champagne. Le plaisir partagé. Éditions Hoëbeke, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84230-110-2 , pp. 140-145

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