Champagne Laurent Perrier

Laurent-Perrier was founded in 1812 when Alphonse Pierlot bought two pieces of land, which he later left to his cellar master Eugene Laurent and his wife Mathilde Emile Perrier, the latter appending her family name to the winery when her husband died. Although the widowed Perrier had some success in building up the company, WWI brought disruption and reversal of fortunes with the company being sold to the de Nonancourt family in 1939, in whose family the company still remains. The house had acquired other champagne marques, including Salon and its sister winery Delamotte and became a large conglomerate. It became the third best selling champagne after Moet and Veuve Clicquot.

Personally, I take different wines from different marques. I have only tasted their NV range (except Cuvee Grand Siecle) and their basic vintage and of that the ones that have impressed me the most are their rose and their ultra brut. I have heard that their ultra brut has fallen in quality recently and have not retasted - that is something that I must rectify soon.