Delamotte

History

According to the house, François Delamotte, born in Reims in 1722, an alderman of the city and a vineyard owner in Cumières, founded a champagne house under his name in Reims in 1760, with cellars under his residence.¹ He later went into partnership with his eldest son Alexandre as Delamotte Père & Fils.¹ His youngest son Nicolas-Louis returned from Malta in 1798 and joined the house; as president of the Chamber of Commerce he helped organise the coronation of Charles X in 1825.¹

Le Mesnil-sur-Oger and Laurent-Perrier

In 1927 Marie-Louise de Nonancourt revived the house in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger in the Côte des Blancs.¹ Her son Charles ran it from 1948 to 1988. In 1988 her other son, Bernard de Nonancourt, head of Laurent-Perrier, brought Delamotte into the Laurent-Perrier group and in the same year bought the neighbouring house of Salon.¹ Since 1997 Didier Depond has managed both houses.¹

Vineyard and wines

The Union des Maisons de Champagne lists the house in the Laurent-Perrier group with 5 vineyard villages and no published area.² It lists four wines: Brut, Blanc de Blancs, Blanc de Blancs Millésimé and Rosé.² See blanc de blancs.