Champagne Canard Duchene

Canard Duchêne has long been established as one of the major Champagne houses, based in the small village of Ludes just outside Reims. A bottle is opened every 10 seconds in France making it the most popular Champagne sipped. Canard Duchêne is a fruit driven style with a classic lean structure.

In Canard-Duchêne, all the wines have long matured in the Ludes cellars. The wines rest in the coolness of the cellars for an average of three years for the Brut. In the classic range, five to six years for the Grande Cuvée Charles VII and seven to eight years for the vintage wines.

The Chef de Caves creates a blend by marrying wines of different aromatic qualities. His objective is to create a Champagne which reflects the Style of the House, that he will try to perpetuate all the characteristics as the years go.

Symbol of enjoyment and elegance, Champagne is a gift from nature. From the 300 crus in the Champagne region, Canard-Duchêne has chosen 60 of them, blending Pinots and Chardonnay, in order to create year after year fruity, balanced and rounded wines.

Dug by hand during the 19th century in the chalk subsoil of the Champagne region, the cellars are open to the public (click on « The cellars » for more details). House a stunning allegory of the history of Champagne wines and the House, created by artist Michel Le Brun. In the Visitors’ Centre, you can also discover the six kilometres-long cellars and select various tailor-made formulas: lunch, dinner or buffet picnics in the garden, tasting...