History
In 1996, Chanoine Frères launched a new Champagne brand that would achieve great success: Tsarine.
With its innovative fluted bottle evoking one of the domes of St. Basil’s, Tsarine is a tribute to the historic and privileged relations between Chanoine and Russia that reach back to the 18th century. Already in 1999, Tsarine Cuvée Premium was awarded 3 stars in the Hachette Wine Guide.
The French language echoes through the palace corridors in Saint Petersburg, Parisian fashion is all the rage, interesting discussions take place on the major works of the age of enlightenment. At this period, Russian high society took a liking to French culture, and especially to its finest illsutration: champagne.
Introduced to the court of the Empress Anna Ivanovna, it quickly became the guest of honour at all banquets, especially at the table of Catherine the Great and the highest nobility in the Empire.
It is to pay tribute to this period in Russian history that Maison Chanoine, founded in 1730, created Tsarine Champagne.
Its exclusively designed, long, curved bottle bears certain similarities to the architecture of the great Russian monuments. Its emblematic colours, its rounded label and its evocative name are all redolent of the period of the great Russian dynasties.