Cramant through the centuries: an exceptional Grand Cru cuvée

In the autumn of 1882, Maison Mumm acquired its first plot of vines in the village of Cramant. This Grand Cru village is located on the Côte des Blancs, southeast of Épernay, and is renowned for the freshness and minerality of its Chardonnay. This grape variety benefits from plots with chalky subsoils, located on south-east facing slopes and bathed in sunshine all day long.
Aware of the remarkable qualities of this terroir, the House created its first cuvée of Cramant in 1892, a single-vineyard, produced in very limited quantities for the Friends of the House.

Over the following decades, Maison Mumm continued to acquire plots of land in Cramant. In 1914, the archives mention a harvest from 22 hectares. From 1904 onwards, it marketed vintage cuvées of Cramant, single-growth, most often under the name Crémant de Cramant.

In the 1930s, Maison Mumm produced limited edition Crémant de Cramant cuvées for some of the great restaurants of the time, such as La Pyramide in Vienne and Georges Bise in Valloires. However, poor harvests followed after the Second World War and Maison Mumm Crémant de Cramant became scarce again, to the point of being available only to friends of the House.

In 1974, Maison Mumm offered a new vintage Cramant which also mentioned “Blanc de Blancs” on the bottle label. The House then continued to produce a few vintages from Cramant, only in years of exceptional harvests.

The vintage Blanc de Blancs cuvées of RSRV are the heirs of this remarkable champagne. These elegant and distinguished wines, always 100% Grand Cru, come from the historic Chardonnay plots of the Maison Mumm in Cramant. They have been tasted by connoisseurs for 140 years now.