Champagne Label Nomenclature

Question 1

NM

Answer 1

Négociant-manipulant

Champagne producers that purchase and use their own fruit, such as the Grandes Marques

Question 2

RM

Answer 2

Récoltant-manipulant

Champagne producers who vinify their own grapes, such as “grower champagne”

Question 3

RC

Answer 3

Récoltant-coopérateur
Vigneron associated with a coop brings fruit to the coop, which vinifies it; wine is retrieved and sold under private label

Question 4

SR

Answer 4

Société de récoltants

Growers who come together to vinify and sell one or several communal brands

Question 5

CM

Answer 5

Coopérative de manipulation

Coop that vinifies grapes of member growers

Question 6

MA

Answer 6

Marque auxiliaire, marque d’acheteur, or marque autorisée

Private label registered by an individual, group, or society (restaurant, supermarket, etc)

Question 7

ND

Answer 7

Négociant-distributeur

Wine buyer who purchases a finished wine and sells under their own private label