Champagne Veuve Doussot

Name

Champagne Veuve Doussot

Legal name

SARL Chatet

Website

https://champagneveuvedoussot.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1970

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Champagne

NAICS

Wineries (312130), Grape Vineyards (111332), Beer, Wine, and Liquor Retailers (445320)

SIC

Beverages (2080)

akta.pro primary industry

Wine & Sparkling Wine Wineries & Brands (CRADAIAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Wine Production & Winemaking (AFAFAAAB), Wine Tastings & Vineyard/Winery Tours (THAJAGAD), Luxury Farmhouses, Country Houses & Vineyard Estates (THAMAEAG), Wine Bars (CRANACAE)

Keywords

• Champagne production
• Sparkling wine
• Wine tourism
• Vineyard management
• French wine

Headquarters

HQ city

Noé-les-Mallets

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel

Revenue model

1. Direct E-commerce Sales (B2C): The winery operates its own online boutique (champagneveuvedoussot.com) selling all cuvées directly to individual consumers in France. Orders are prepared and shipped within 48 hours. Prices are all-inclusive (TTC). Payment processed securely via Stripe. Delivery is exclusively in mainland France (France Métropolitaine) with shipping costs calculated by bottle count.
2. Professional Trade Sales (CHR, Cavistes, Importers): The winery sells directly to CHR (horeca), independent wine merchants (cavistes), and international importers without intermediaries. A pro contact form generates custom quotes, professional pricing, and sample requests. The relationship is built for durability over multiple vintages. B2B orders are handled personally by Stéphane Joly's team.
3. Experiential Tourism & Events: Revenue from on-site experiences: guided cave visits and tastings (reservation required), private events in 18th-century caves (dinners, seminars for up to 50 persons), with a partner caterer. Three gîtes (Chez L, L'Atelier, Chez Loup) are available for booking via Airbnb, extending the wine tourism offering.
4. Depot / Click-and-Collect Sales: Customers across France can order via the website and collect from nearby depot locations, eliminating shipping costs. Orders are coordinated directly by the house within 48 hours. This supports B2C volume in regions without direct delivery.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Champagne Veuve Doussot is a family-owned grower-producer (Récoltant-Manipulant) Champagne house in Noé-les-Mallets, Côte des Bar, Aube, that cultivates its own vines and produces, ages, and bottles its Champagne cuvées, still wines, and ratafia on-site. The estate also sells gîte accommodation and offers paid cave visits as wine tourism offerings. Sales are made via direct e-commerce (France), on-site estate visits, a depot network, and trade (CHR, cavistes, importers).

Product overview

Champagne Veuve Doussot is a family-owned Champagne house founded in 1746 in Noé-les-Mallets, Côte des Bar, Aube, now run by seventh-generation Stéphane Joly. The product portfolio centers on 16 distinct champagne cuvées spanning five ranges: Les Classiques ( Tradition Brut/Demi-Sec, Grande Cuvée Brut/Extra-Brut, Blanc de Blancs, Ultra Pinot Blanc, Tendresse Rosé), Les Éphémères (Ultra Pink), Les Millésimes (Ernestine, Mémory), Prestige L by VD (Blanc de Blancs, Rosé, Blanc de Noirs - all Zéro Dosage), and Vins & Alcools (Côteaux Champenois Blanc/Rouge, Ratafia de Champagne). The house also offers wine tourism services including three four-star gîtes in the vineyard (Chez L, L'Atelier, Chez Loup), cave visits with tastings, private events for up to 50 guests, and direct B2B services for restaurants, wine merchants, and importers. Pinot Noir dominates the vineyard (approximately 80%), complemented by Chardonnay, with rare parcels of Pinot Blanc. All winemaking is conducted on-site from vine to bottle with manual harvesting and reasoned viticulture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• L by VD: Prestige cuvée line named for Lise, Lucas and Loup (Stéphane Joly's children), featuring single-parcel Champagnes including Blanc de Blancs, Rosé, and Blanc de Noirs, all Brut Nature.
• Les Éphémères
• Les Millésimes
• Les Classiques
• Les Vins & Alcools

Products and services

• Champagne cuvées Estate-grown and estate-bottled Champagne cuvées produced by Champagne Veuve Doussot as a Récoltant-Manipulant in the Côte des Bar sub-region of Aube, sold to individual consumers (e-commerce, on-site, depot) and to trade (CHR, cavistes, importers).
• Still wines Estate-produced still wines (coteaux champenois) complementing the Champagne cuvées, sold through the same direct and trade channels.
• Ratafia Ratafia, a fortified aperitif typical of the Champagne region, produced at the Veuve Doussot estate and sold alongside the Champagne and still wine range.
• Gîte accommodation On-site vacation rental (gîte) accommodation offered at the Veuve Doussot estate, providing a wine-tourism hospitality option for visitors to the Côte des Bar.
• Cave visits Guided visits of the cellars (caves) at the estate with tastings, offered as a wine-tourism experience at the Champage Veuve Doussot domaine in Noé-les-Mallets.

Quantifiable outcome

• Four Gold Medals at international competitions in 2026 (Gilbert & Gaillard — Grande Cuvée Brut 85/100, Cuvée Ernestine 87/100, Cuvée Tradition Demi-Sec Gold; Elle à Table — Tendresse Rosé Gold)
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Partner Caterer (for private events)minorOthersChampagne Veuve Doussot partners with an unnamed catering company for private events (dinners, seminars) held in the estate's 18th-century caves. The caterer works with the estate's team to compose each service and pair menus with the house's cuvées. This is a tactical operational partnership rather than a strategic commercial alliance.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Champagne Egly-Ouriet: Iconic grower Champagne house in Ambonnay (Côte des Bar / Marne border), seventh-generation family operation. Comparable as a prestige grower-producer with deep parcel knowledge, long lees aging, and direct trade relationships — a benchmark for what Veuve Doussot's prestige tier can aspire to.
• Champagne Jacques Selosse: Avize-based grower-producer under Anselme Selosse, recognized as one of the most terroir-driven and chemistry-intensive houses in Champagne. Comparable direct-to-consumer focus, parcel-by-parcellaire philosophy, and influence on the prestige grower category Veuve Doussot targets.
• Champagne Drappier: Family-owned grower Champagne house based in Urville, Côte des Bar — the same subregion as Veuve Doussot. Same Récoltant-Manipulant model, Pinot Noir-dominant style, and reliance on direct trade. Highly comparable on terroir, scale, and customer positioning.
• Champagne Pierre Péters: Family-owned grower Champagne in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger (Côte des Blancs) — comparable multi-generational family model, Blanc de Blancs focus, direct trade relationships, and emphasis on single-parcel cuvées such as 'Les Chétillons' that map to Veuve Doussot's L by VD single-parcel cuvées.
• Champagne Vilmart & Cie: Grower-producer in Rilly-la-Montagne (1er Cru) with comparable family ownership, oak-aged reserve wines, long lees aging, and high proportion of direct sales to restaurants and cavistes — a useful comparable on price positioning and cellar philosophy.
• Champagne Larmandier-Bernier: Independent grower-producer in Vertus (Côte des Blancs) with biodynamic farming (since 1999), low-dosage craftsmanship, parcellaire bottlings (e.g., Les Chemins d'Avize). Useful comparable for the 'organic conversion + parcellaire + low dosage' trajectory Veuve Doussot is pursuing.
• Champagne Roses de Jeanne (Cédric Bouchard): Aube-based grower-producer (Côte des Bar) specializing in parcel-by-parcel Pinot Noir Champagne — directly comparable to Veuve Doussot's parcellaire and Côte des Bar focus, with similarly terroir-driven, low-dosage style.

Broad incumbents

• Champagne Krug: Iconic prestige house within LVMH focused on long-aged, multi-vintage and single-vineyard expressions (Clos du Mesnil, Clos d'Ambonnay). Overlaps in long-lees-aging craftsmanship and prestige positioning, contrasting with Veuve Doussot's small family-grown scale.
• Champagne Bollinger: Major prestige grower-house based in Aÿ, mostly Pinot Noir vineyard focus (Vieilles Vignes Françaises), owned by Société Jacques Bollinger. Overlaps with Veuve Doussot on Pinot Noir emphasis and style but operates at much higher scale and international distribution.
• Champagne Salon: Le Mesnil-sur-Oger prestige Champagne house (Delouvin-Bollack group) famous for single-cuvée, single-vintage, single-vineyard Cuvée S Le Mesnil. Comparable on 'long lees aging, single-vintage orthodoxy, low dosage' but operates at substantially larger scale via Laurent-Perrier group distribution.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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