Henriot
In 1808, Apolline Henriot, young widow of Nicolas Henriot, founds Maison Henriot.
Owner of a vineyard in the heart of the Montagne de Reims, Apolline has a deep love for the Champagne region, the beauty of its vines and its landscapes. This is how her desire « To to shed light on her lands through a Champagne » was born.
She then founded the House and created the first Henriot cuvée, now known as Henriot Brut Souverain. In 1880, Apolline Henriot’s great grandson, Paul Henriot, married a young woman from the Côte des Blancs, Marie Marguet. This marriage gave way to a real transition of the Maison Henriot’s vineyards. Initially composed exclusively of three crus from the Montagne de Reims planted with Pinot Noir, three crus planted with Chardonnay from the Côte des Blancs were added: Avize, Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, Chouilly. Many members of the line of Apolline Henriot, founder of Maison Henriot, trained as agricultural engineers, have contributed to developing the expertise and strengthening the care given to the vines. In 1920, the family carried out many soil analysis. Maison Henriot therefore launched a soil knowledge project at that time. In the early 1970s, Joseph Henriot, 7th generation of the Henriot family, decided to enhence the library wines collection of
Maison Henriot, which had been initiated by Apolline Henriot more than two centuries earlier, when she founded the House.