P. Lancelot Royer

The champagne house P. Lancelot-Royer was founded in 1960 in Cramant and sees itself as a hands-on family estate. Cramant is a grand cru village in the heart of the Côte des Blancs, where the Lancelot family has been tending vines for several centuries. Pierre Lancelot built up the estate from the family's own vineyards. His wife Françoise Royer founded it together with him.

Family and generations

The estate was taken over in 1996 by their daughter Sylvie and her husband Michel Chauvet. In 2023 their grandson Edouard and his wife Marie followed. Michel Chauvet works in the cellar. Management is therefore now in the third generation since the founding.

Vines, methods and cuvées

The vineyard is planted 100% to Chardonnay and covers 5 hectares in four grand cru villages: Cramant, Avize, Chouilly and Oger. Around 40,000 bottles are produced each year. The estate holds the certifications Champagne de Vignerons, Viticulture Durable en Champagne and Haute Valeur Environnementale.

• Cuvée des Chevaliers: Chardonnay from Cramant, Avize, Chouilly and Oger, blended with reserve wines from oak barrels.
• Cuvée de Réserve R.R.: Chardonnay from grand cru sites in the Côte des Blancs and from Bisseuil.
• Cuvée Dualissime (Extra Brut): The grapes come from two vineyards in Chouilly and Avize, and the wine is aged in enamel-lined tanks.
• Millésime: Made exclusively from vines in the grand cru site of Cramant.

Visit and tasting

The blanc de blancs cuvées age in a cellar dug at ground level into the chalk hillside behind the house. According to Rue des Vignerons, the one-hour tour with cellar visit and a tasting of two blanc de blancs costs €20 per adult. The longer visit with three champagnes costs €30. Please check current prices and dates in advance.

Address: 540 Rue du Général de Gaulle, 51530 Cramant.