Cuvée de Prestige

Common name (also Prestige Cuvée or Cuvée Spéciale) for the top product of a Champagne house. Such a champagne comes from particularly large vintages and has usually been stored or matured on the yeast for many years. These brands are often up to five times more expensive than the standard products of the houses. Often creatively named, these champagnes were often created and/or named for a famous personality or specially created after a significant event. Well-known Cuvée de Prestiges from renowned Champagne companies are:

• Binet - Binet Elite Rosé, Binet Elite Blanc de Noirs and Médaillon Binet Rouge.
• Bollinger - Grande Année
• Canard-Duchêne - Charles VII
• Deutz - William Deutz and Amour de Deutz
• Gosset - Celebris
• Heidsieck Monopole - Diamant Bleu
• Henriot - Cuvée des Enchanteleurs
• Joseph Perrier - Cuvée Royale (house brand of Queen Victoria) and Josephine
• Krug - Clos du Mesnil
• Lanson - Noble Cuvée
• Laurent-Perrier - Grand Siècle
• Moët et Chandon - Dom Pérignon (in honour of Pierre Pérignon)
• Mumm - Mumm de Cramant
• Nicolas Feuillatte - Palmes d'Or Brut Vintage
• Perrier-Jouët - La Belle Époque
• Pol Roger - Sir Winston Churchill (in honour of the English politician)
• Pommery - Cuvée Louise (after the founding wife)
• Roederer - Cristal (created for Tsar Alexander II)
• Ruinart - Dom Ruinart
• Taittinger - Comtes de Champagne
• Veuve Clicquot-Ponsardin - Grande Dame (after the legendary foundress)

Products from a single and usually also exclusive vineyard are called mono-cuvée. A list of other Champagne houses can be found under the keyword Champagne.