champagne wine region known for rare prestige brut non vintage varietals pinot noir chardonnay pinot meunier website 1 piper heidsieck champagne brut piper heidsieck is a champagne house from the champagne region of france . founded by florens louis heidsieck on july 16 1785 in reims the heidsieck name was combined with the piper name in october 1839 . in the late 1980s piper heidsieck became part of the r my cointreau wine and spirits group 1 and was sold in 2011 to epi europ enne de participation industrielle a privately owned holding company of french luxury brands . 2 contents 1 champagne 2 history 3 references 4 external links champagne edit piper heidsieck currently produces different champagnes all produced using a non malolactic low dosage method 1 cuv e brut non vintage composition 55 % pinot noir 15 % chardonnay 30 % pinot meunier . ros sauvage non vintage composition 45 % pinot noir 15 % chardonnay 40 % pinot meunier . cuv e sublime non vintage a demi sec champagne . composition 55 % pinot noir 15 % chardonnay 30 % pinot meunier . brut vintage 2006 vintage a special release from a year considered exceptional by piper heidsieck . composition pinot noir chardonnay . cuv e rare vintage 2002 composition 30 % pinot noir 70 % chardonnay . owning no vineyards of their own piper heidsieck sources grapes from 60 vineyards in the champagne region for use in their wines . piper heidsieck currently produces around five million bottles of champagne a year . history edit after founder henri louis heidsieck died in 1828 the business was taken over by his nephew christian heidsieck and his cousin henri guillaume piper . these combined to form the piper heidsieck house after henri piper married the widow of christian heidsieck in 1838 . 3 references edit a b stevenson tom . christie s world encyclopedia of champagne & sparkling wine . san francisco ca wine appreciation guild . p. 111 . isbn 1 891267 06 x. r my cointreau c de piper et charles heidsieck epi . winealley.com . 14 june 2011 . retrieved 26 september 2011 . http www.piper heidsieck.com us since index2.php rub since2 external links edit media related to piper heidsieck at wikimedia commons champagne piper heidsieck official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title piper heidsieck & oldid 732873054 categories champagne producerscompanies established in 1785hidden categories commons category with page title same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutsch fran aisitalianonederlands edit links this page was last modified on 3 august 2016 at 20 16 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view