Timeline of Drinking

Your guide to understand what to drink now (2026/2027)

List of Prestige Cuvées

Your guide to understand what to drink now (2026/2027)

The prestige cuvées and when they were launched. I published the list in my book Drinking Dom Pérignon 1921 to 2013 and now updated it for you here.


  • Salon 1905, Salon (part of Laurent Perrier since 1988).

  • Dom Pérignon 1921, Moët & Chandon (launched in 1936).

  • Clos des Goisses 1935, Philipponnat.

  • Cristal 1945, Louis Roederer.

  • Comtes de Champagne 1952, Taittinger.

  • R.D. 1952, Bollinger.

  • Grand Siècle, Laurent-Perrier (blend of 1952, 1953 and 1955 launched in 1959).

  • Dom Ruinart 1959, Ruinart.

  • Dom Pérignon 1959 Rosé, Moët & Chandon (first commercial release vintage 1962 released in 1970).

  • Nicolas François Billecart 1959, Billecart-Salmon (launched in 1964).

  • Œnothèque 1959, Dom Pérignon (launched in 2000)

  • Cuvée William Deutz 1961, Deutz.

  • La Grande Dame 1962, Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin (first commercial vintage 1969 launched 1972).

  • Belle Epoque 1964, Perrier-Jouët.

  • Dom Ruinart Rosé 1966, Ruinart.

  • René Lalou 1966, G.H. Mumm.

  • Comtes de Champagne 1966 Rosé, Taittinger (on market 1972).

  • Vieilles Vignes Françaises 1969, Bollinger.

  • Grande Cuvée 1970s, Krug (multi-vintage Champagne launched 1979).

  • Cristal Rosé 1974, Louis Roederer.

  • Sir Winston Churchill 1975, Pol Roger (only in magnums 1979 onwards in demi-magnums too).

  • Rare 1976, Piper Heidsieck (launched in 1984 to replace the Florens-Louis).

  • Belle Epoque 1978 Rosé, Perrier-Jouët.

  • Clos du Mesnil 1979, Krug.

  • Cuvée Louise 1979, Pommery.

  • Blanc de Millenaires 1983, Charles Heidsieck (before Champagne Charlie).

  • Grande Cuvée 1980s Rosé, Krug.

  • P3 1985, Dom Pérignon (launched in 2014, eplaced the Œnothèque series)

  • La Grande Dame 1988 Rosé, Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin (launched 1995).

  • Elisabeth Salmon Rosé 1988, Billecart-Salmon (launched in 1995).

  • Celebris 1988, Gosset (launched in 1995) 

  • Belle Epoque 1993 Blanc de Blancs, Perrier-Jouët.

  • Amour de Deutz 1993, Deutz (launched in 1999).

  • Clos d’Ambonnay 1995, Krug.

  • Le Clos Saint-Hilaire 1995, Billecart-Salmon (launched in 2005).

  • P2 1998, Dom Pérignon (launched in 2014, replaced the Œnothèque series).

  • Clos des Goisses Juste Rosé 1999, Philipponnat.

  • Argonne 2002, Henri Giraud (launched in 2012).

  • Armand de Brignac, Cattier (non-vintage base 2002 launched in 2010. Acquired by LVMH in 2021).

  • Argonne Rosé 2004, Henri Giraud (launched in 2014).

  • Carbon 2006 (launched in 2010).

  • Rare 2008 Rosé, Piper-Heidsieck.

  • Fleur de Miraval ER1 Rosé (2020 launched).