Club Trésors de Champagne (also Special Club) was founded in 1971 by 12 of the oldest families of the

Champagne wine region The wine region within the historical province of Champagne in the northeast of France is best known for the production of champagne, the sparkling white wine that bears the region's name. EU law and the laws of most countries reserve the term ...

; current membership includes 24 producers of

grower Champagne Grower Champagnes or Artisan Champagnes are Champagnes produced by the estate that owns the vineyards where the grapes are grown. ''Récoltant-Manipulant'' is the term in French language, French, and Grower Champagnes can be identified by "RM" on t ...

s.What is “Special Club” Champagne?
''Fat Cork'' The Special Club designated Champagnes are the

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of each producer. The original group of twelve growers first called it ''Club de Viticultures Champenois'', and in 1999 changed their name to Club Trésors de Champagne.Champagne's Special Club
Skurnik Wines Special Club Champagnes must be produced, bottled and aged at the member's estate, including a minimum of three years aging on lees. The purpose of the club is to highlight the unique

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of each family holding. Current members who were part of the founding of the group include Pierre Gimonnet, Gaston Chiquet and Paul Bara.Members
clubtresorsdechampagne.com In 2003, the

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was deemed unbalanced, and so the Club decided not to produce any Special Club wines that year.

Current Members

24 members present in the 4 wine-growing regions of the Champagne appellation. * Champagne Paul Bara,

Bouzy Bouzy () is a commune of the Marne department in northeastern France, the Montagne de Reims subregion of Champagne. Population Champagne The village's vineyards are located in the Montagne de Reims subregion of Champagne, and are classified ...

*Champagne Roland Champion,

Chouilly Chouilly () is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France. Champagne The village's vineyards are located in the Côte des Blancs subregion of Champagne, and are classified as Grand Cru (100%) in the Champagne vineyard classif ...

*Champagne Charlier & Fils, Montigny Sous Chatillon * Champagne Gaston Chiquet, Dizy *Champagne Dumenil, Sacy *Champagne Forget-Chemin, Ludes-Le-Coquet *Champagne Fresnet-Juillet,

Verzy Verzy () is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France. Champagne The village's vineyards are located in the Montagne de Reims subregion of Champagne, and are classified as Grand Cru (100%) in the Champagne vineyard classifica ...

* Champagne Pierre Gimonnet et Fils, Cuis * Champagne Henri Goutorbe,

Aÿ Aÿ ( ; also Ay) is a former communes of France, commune in the Marne (department), Marne Departments of France, department in northeastern France. On 1 January 2016 it was merged into the new commune Aÿ-Champagne. Champagne Aÿ is most famous a ...

*Champagne Grongnet, Etoges *Champagne Marc Hebrart,

Mareuil-Sur-Aÿ Mareuil-sur-Ay (, literally ''Mareuil on Ay'') is a former commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France. Since January 2016, Mareuil-sur-Aÿ is part of the administrative commune Aÿ-Champagne. Its population was 1,067 in 2022. The ...

*Champagne Hervieux-Dumez, Sacy *Champagne Vincent Joudart, Fèrebrianges *Champagne Juillet-Lallement,

*Champagne J. Lassalle,

Chigny-les-Roses Chigny-les-Roses () is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France. See also * Cattier *Communes of the Marne department *Montagne de Reims Regional Natural Park Montagne de Reims Regional Natural Park (French: ''Parc naturel ...

*Champagne Pertois-Moriset,

Le Mesnil-sur-Oger Le Mesnil-sur-Oger (, literally ''Le Mesnil on Oger, Marne, Oger'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Marne (department), Marne Departments of France, department in the Grand Est region in north-eastern France. Champagne The village's vine ...

*Champagne Loriot-Pagel, Festigny *Champagne A. Margaine, Villers-Marmery *Champagne Rémy Massin et Fils,

Ville-sur-Arce Ville-sur-Arce () is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France. Population See also *Communes of the Aube department The following is a list of the 431 communes of the Aube department of France France, officially ...

*Champagne José Michel, Moussy *Champagne Nomine-Renard, Villevenard *Champagne Salmon,

Chaumuzy Chaumuzy () is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France. See also *Communes of the Marne department *Montagne de Reims Regional Natural Park Montagne de Reims Regional Natural Park (French: ''Parc naturel régional de la Mo ...

*Champagne Sanchez Le Guedard,

Cumières Cumières () is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France. Twin towns Cumières is twinned with: * Felino, Italy * Assesse, Belgium See also *Communes of the Marne department The following is a list of the 610 commu ...

*Champagne Vazart-Coquart et Fils,

Current Members

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