Boizel

House · Épernay · founded 1834

Boizel is a Champagne house in Épernay founded in 1834 by Auguste Boizel and Julie Martin.1,2 The Union des Maisons de Champagne lists it in the Lanson-BCC group.2

History

According to the house, Auguste Boizel and Julie Martin, a newly married couple from the Côte des Blancs, founded the business in Épernay in 1834 as Boizel-Martin.1 The house writes that exports to England began in 1851 and that Édouard Boizel, who took over in 1872 with his wife Adèle, launched the first Brut wines of the house.1 Jules and Louise Boizel made its first blanc de blancs in 1929, and René Boizel launched the prestige cuvée Joyau de France with the 1961 vintage.1

In 1972 Évelyne Roques-Boizel and her husband Christophe took over.1 The house dates its first Cuvée Sous Bois, made in old casks, to 1990, and its first zero dosage wine, Ultime Zéro, to 2008.1 Florent and Lionel Roques-Boizel, the sixth generation, joined in 2010; in 2018 the house opened new premises on avenue de Champagne with a cask cellar and the Atelier 1834 visitor space.1

Today

The UMC profile gives the address 46 avenue de Champagne, the group Lanson-BCC and 7 ha of own vineyard.2 Its brand list includes Brut Réserve, Rosé Absolu, Ultime Zéro, Grand Vintage, Cuvée Sous Bois, the Joyau range and a Ratafia Champenois.2 Other houses of the group: Lanson, Chanoine Frères, de Venoge.

See also

LansonProducersde VenogeProducersChanoine FrèresProducersBlanc de blancsStylesdosage zéroGlossaryWhen the Champagne houses were foundedHistory

Sources

  1. La famille (Champagne Boizel, official site)
  2. Union des Maisons de Champagne. Boizel (UMC profile)
  3. Union des Maisons de Champagne (UMC). The Champagne Houses (member list)

Facts checked on 2026-10-21