R de Ruinart

It was in 1729 that Nicolas Ruinart founded the House that bears his name. This was the foundation of the first de Champagne in the very early 18th century, the century of the Enlightenment when the French Court shone throughout the world, known and recognized for its art of living and also its knowledge of wines initiated by King Louis XIV, an admirer of, among other things, the Tokaj wines of Hungary.

Nicolas Ruinart is the son of a Drapier from the Champagne region, where the famous Foire de Troyes is held, crossroads of all trades including that of Aÿ wines, which would later be called Vin de Champagne in the 19th century.

He is also the nephew of Dom Thierry Ruinart, a Benedictine monk, born in 1657 and died in 1709 at Hautvillers Abbey in Champagne where precisely he initiated and discovered with Dom Pérignon the Secrets of Champagnisation.

Dom Ruinart, from the nobility, is a visionary, an author, a scholar who also worked alongside Dom Mabillon at the Abbey of Saint Germain des Prés. Dom Ruinard was close to the Court, its social life, its fads and its art of living. From there, he was able to pass on his erudition and insights into Champagne wine to his nephew, inviting Nicolas Ruinard to found his own Maison.