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Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte

Chouilly cooperative Champagne with Organic Extra Brut, Premier Cru wines and Palmes d'Or prestige cuvées.

The producer

Based in Chouilly, Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte is a cooperative winegrower brand with a range that includes Organic Extra Brut, Réserve Exclusive Premier Cru Extra Brut, Palmes d'Or Brut and Palmes d'Or Rosé Intense. Palmes d'Or Brut is nearly 95% Grands Crus, divided equally between Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. The wines show chalky minerality, citrus, pastry and fruit, with a rare saignée rosé in the prestige collection.

Known for

Cooperative prestige Champagne

Notable facts

The story

Champagne For American Friends

In 1976, Nicolas Feuillatte was 50 years old when he created and produced the Champagne bearing his name for his American friends. He came from a family of wine and spirits merchants and had made his fortune importing African coffee to the United States. His first clients included the Kennedys and Aristotle Onassis. The brand began with Champagne made for a private circle, before becoming the cooperative producer now based in Chouilly.

From the atlas

Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte

A Chouilly cooperative Champagne brand with Organic Extra Brut, Premier Cru Champagne and prestige cuvées.

At A Glance

FieldDetail
RegionChampagne
VillageChouilly
Producer typeCooperative of winegrowers
Signature cuvéePalmes d'Or Brut
Defining featureOrganic Extra Brut and prestige cuvées

The Producer

The cellar of Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte is located in Chouilly, and the brand operates as a cooperative of winegrowers. Its range includes Organic Extra Brut alongside Premier Cru and prestige cuvées, giving the portfolio several levels of dryness and vineyard classification.

By 2014, Nicolas Feuillatte had surpassed 10 million bottles sold annually. The cooperative model remains central to the brand, while the wines move from accessible dry Champagne to Palmes d'Or bottlings with a high proportion of Grand Cru fruit.

Place

Chouilly is the village where the Nicolas Feuillatte cellar is located. The range also uses Champagne's vineyard classifications: Réserve Exclusive carries the Premier Cru designation, while Palmes d'Or Brut is nearly 95% Grands Crus, divided equally between Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.

Premier Cru and Grand Cru are classified vineyard levels in Champagne. Grand Cru is the higher classification, so the wording on the Palmes d'Or label signals a different position from the Premier Cru Réserve Exclusive.

Story

On January 1, 2022, the Centre Vinicole, Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte merged with the Coopérative Régionale des Vins de Champagne. The new group was named Terroirs & Vignerons de Champagne, and the brand became part of that group.

The group then acquired Champagne Henriot in March 2023. The purchase followed a search for alternative houses to complement the international success of Nicolas Feuillatte, widening the group beyond its cooperative Champagne brand.

Vineyards And Cellar

Winegrowers sit at the base of the Nicolas Feuillatte model because the producer operates as a cooperative. The portfolio also includes Organic Extra Brut, showing that organic farming is represented among the brand's cuvées.

Extra Brut is a dry Champagne style, with little added sugar after disgorgement. The term describes the finished wine's dosage category, while Organic identifies the farming approach attached to that cuvée.

Wines

Réserve Exclusive Premier Cru Extra Brut occupies the Premier Cru tier. Organic Extra Brut provides a separate dry cuvée identified by organic farming. The prestige collection includes Palmes d'Or Brut and Palmes d'Or Rosé Intense, a rare saignée rosé.

Palmes d'Or Brut is nearly 95% Grands Crus, divided equally between Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Blanc de Blancs adds a named cuvée to the range, while the rosé brings a different colour and production method through saignée, the drawing off of lightly coloured juice from red grape maceration.

In The Glass

Réserve Exclusive Premier Cru Extra Brut opens with acacia honey, pear, white fruits and fresh citrus. On the palate, chalky soil minerality leads into spicy Pinot Noir, with power and a soft texture.

Palmes d'Or Brut moves toward bitter lemon, exotic citrus, butter biscuits and gingerbread. Blanc de Blancs shows acacia, orange blossom, honeycomb and ripe peach. Palmes d'Or Rosé Intense brings kirsch cherry, pastry and fresh lemony fruit.

A Bottle To Understand It

Choose Réserve Exclusive Premier Cru Extra Brut. It places two concrete Champagne terms on one label: Premier Cru, a classified vineyard level, and Extra Brut, a dry dosage category. Palmes d'Or Brut and Palmes d'Or Rosé Intense occupy the prestige cuvée tier, while Réserve Exclusive presents the brand through its Premier Cru designation and dry style.

Anecdote

In 1976, Nicolas Feuillatte was 50 years old when he created and produced the Champagne bearing his name for his American friends. He came from a family of wine and spirits merchants and had made his fortune importing African coffee to the United States. His first clients included the Kennedys and Aristotle Onassis. The brand began as a personal Champagne made for a private circle, before becoming the cooperative producer now based in Chouilly.

Final Word

Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte is a Chouilly cooperative with a range that runs from Organic Extra Brut to Palmes d'Or prestige cuvées, including a rare saignée rosé.

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