Gault&Millau - The 2026 Champagne Book: 324 Estates, 1530 Cuvées, 75 Favorites (French Edition)

Gault&Millau – The 2026 Book of Champagnes is the essential work for all lovers of fine bubbles and exceptional terroirs.
Edited by Gault & Millau, an international reference in gastronomy and tasting, this guide dedicates its 14th edition In Champagne, a mythical region where ancestral expertise is expressed.

Since 2013, the Gault&Millau expert committee tastes, evaluates, and comments on the most beautiful Champagne vintages. For this edition 2026, these are 1,530 champagnes derived from 324 estates, independent winemakers, and large houses who have been rigorously selected.

There is an incredible variety of styles:

• Prestige cuvées and vintages for lovers of great moments,

• Whites of whites and blancs de noirs from the noble grape varieties of the region,

• Non-vintage brut and extra-bruts synonyms of purity

• Rosés, , half-dry, , undosed, or single-varietals (pinot noir, pinot meunier, chardonnay),

• Not forgetting the vintages from Rare grape varieties such as theArbane, the Petit Meslier or the Pinot gris, witnesses to the diversity of Champagne winemaking.

Each cuvée is accompanied by precise tasting notes, of a Gault&Millau rating and of a Domain presentation. These detailed sheets serve as a true identity card for today's Champagne, highlighting the work of the men and women that make this appellation resonate.

This new 2026 edition highlights 75 favorites, chosen for their personality, their expression of the terroir, and their aromatic finesse. These exceptional champagnes illustrate the creative vitality and technical excellence of a region in perpetual renewal.

From the vineyard of the Marne to the Slopes of the Aube, passing through theAisne, the Haute-Marne and a few municipalities of the Seine-et-Marne, The book explores Champagne in all its geological and stylistic mosaic.
Each page invites a sensory and cultural journey through unique vineyard landscapes, between chalk, clay, and limestone, where wines of emotion are born.

Work tool for the wine professionals, reference for the Wine merchants, , sommeliers and buyers, it also constitutes a source of inspiration for the enlightened amateurs wishing to discover new producers or deepen their knowledge of the vineyard.

Celebrating the art of Champagne in all its forms, this book pays tribute to those who produce it, as well as to those who savor it, for all occasions : a Family event, a party time, a victory or an moment of sharing.

Richly documented, precise, and illustrated, the Gault&Millau – The 2026 Book of Champagnes establishes itself as a indispensable tool to understand the dynamics of an ever-evolving vineyard and grasp the major trends of contemporary Champagne:

• return to theParcel identity,

• rise of the winegrowers-harvesters,

• rise of the organic blends or without dosage,

• assertion of a purer and more sincere style, reflection of the terroir.

By browsing its pages, one discovers not only the iconic large houses – Bollinger, Roederer, Pol Roger, Jacquesson, Krug… – but also a myriad of Family domains that redefine Champagne excellence through their boldness and precision.

A valuable reference for any enthusiast wishing to deepen their wine knowledge and enrich their cellar with discernment.

📘 Book features

• Full title : Gault&Millau – The 2026 Book of Champagnes: 324 estates, 1,530 cuvées, 75 favorites

• Author / Editor : Gault & Millau

• Collection : Gault & Millau

• Language : French

• Publication date : November 6, 2025

• EAN13 : 9782375571194

• ISBN : 978-2-37557-119-4

• Dimensions : 21.7 × 14.3 × 3.3 cm

• Weight : 718 g

• Type of work : Wine Guide / Champagne / Oenological Reference