Champagne on Superyachts: From Ruinart to Krug Clos du Mesnil
Champagne is the language of celebration aboard a superyacht. It marks arrival and departure, sunsets and anniversaries, the banal pleasure of a Thursday afternoon at anchor. Our Champagne programme is the broadest in the yacht provisioning industry — from our best-selling Ruinart Blanc de Blancs (791 bottles last season) to the extraordinary Krug Clos du Mesnil, which we supplied . This article maps the entire landscape.
The Volume Champions: What Yachts Actually Drink
Data from our most recent full season tells a clear story. Ruinart Blanc de Blancs NV was our highest-volume Champagne — a remarkable figure that reflects the wine's extraordinary consistency, its Chardonnay-driven elegance, and its visual impact in the distinctive clear Ruinart bottle. Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label, Laurent-Perrier Cuvée Rosé, and Billecart-Salmon all moved in serious volume. These are the workhorses of the superyacht Champagne programme — reliable, recognised, and genuinely excellent.
Across the range we also supplied Billecart-Salmon Brut, Bollinger Special Cuvée, Louis Roederer Collection, and Veuve Pelletier as more accessible options. The breadth of this volume is only possible because we maintain significant standing stock throughout the charter season — not ordering to request but anticipating demand. When a vessel needs six cases of NV Champagne today, we have it. Others do not.
The Prestige Tier: Where Onshore Cellars Is Unique
Dom Pérignon 2015 was our top-revenue Champagne last season from 315 bottles. The 2012 vintage moved 40 bottles; the 2013 moved 14. We supplied Dom Pérignon P2 2006 (the second-maturity release), Dom Pérignon Rosé 2009, and the Dom Pérignon Luminous Collection 2013. No other yacht provisioner maintains this depth of Dom Pérignon inventory.
Louis Roederer Cristal 2016 generated . Cristal Rosé 2014 moved 58 bottles each. Laurent-Perrier Cuvée Alexandra Rosé 2012 — one of the most beautiful Champagnes made — moved 190 bottles , These are not figures achieved through luck. They are the result of long-standing relationships with Champagne houses, maintained allocations, and a client base that trusts our recommendations.
We supplied 315 bottles of Dom Pérignon 2015, 143 bottles of Cristal 2016, and 190 bottles of Laurent-Perrier Cuvée Alexandra Rosé 2012 last season. This is what Champagne provisioning for the world's finest yachts actually looks like.
The Rarest Bottles
Salon Le Mesnil 2013 — 8 bottles each. Krug Clos du Mesnil 2006 — 2 bottles . Krug Clos d'Ambonnay 2006 — 2 bottles . Bollinger Vieilles Vignes Françaises Blanc de Noirs 2012 — 2 bottles . Dom Pérignon 2010 — 4 bottles . These are wines produced in quantities so small that most retailers never see them. They are available to our clients because we are first in the queue with the houses that produce them.
Grower Champagne: The Knowledge Signal
We supplied 13 bottles of Egly-Ouriet Brut Grand Cru — the most celebrated small-grower Champagne in the world — and 4 bottles of Egly-Ouriet Blanc de Noirs. We supplied Jacquesson Cuvée No. 748, De Sousa Reserve Grand Cru, Chavost Eureka Brut Nature, and Champagne Agrapart Terroirs magnum. These are wines that signal knowledge — that tell the guest who knows Champagne that the person who sourced this list takes the category seriously.
Format: The Magnum Opportunity
Magnums of Champagne age more slowly and present more magnificently than standard bottles. We stock magnums of Ruinart Blanc de Blancs, Veuve Clicquot, Bollinger Special Cuvée, and Louis Roederer Collection 244 as standard items. For truly special moments — a vessel's first charter of the season, an owner's landmark birthday — we can source jeroboams, Methuselahs, and larger formats of Dom Pérignon and Cristal with sufficient lead time.
