PIPER-HEIDSIECK | |
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Wine region | Reims |
Appellation | Champagne (wine region) |
Known for | Rare (prestige) Brut (non-vintage) |
Varietals | Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier |
Website | piper-heidsieck.com |
Piper-Heidsieck is a Champagne house founded by Florens-Louis Heidsieck on 16 July 1785 in Reims, France.[1] Heidsieck joined with Piper in October 1839. In the late 1980s, Piper-Heidsieck became part of the Rémy Cointreau wine and spirits group.[2] It was sold in 2011 to Européenne de Participation Industrielle, a privately owned holding company of French luxury brands.[3]
Marilyn Monroe was one of the House's earliest supporters, rumoured to have kept a month's supply of champagne in her kitchen.[4]
Piper-Heidsieck produces different champagnes, all with a non-malolactic, low-dosage method:[2]
Owning no vineyards of their own, Piper-Heidsieck sources grapes from 60 vineyards in the Champagne region, and produces around five million bottles of champagne a year.[citation needed]
After founder Florens-Louis Heidsieck died in 1828, the business was taken over by his nephew, Christian Heidsieck, and his cousin Henri-Guillaume Piper. These combined to form the Piper-Heidsieck house after Henri Piper married the widow of Christian Heidsieck in 1838.[5]