Maison Mumm

Definitely worth every penny! Got a very in-​depth and interesting tour about champagne and the process it takes to make it. And, of course, the tasting was excellent!

We had a wonderful experience at G.H. Mumm as part of a tour package from Paris. When you pull up, you don’t feel like you’re in a champagne house, but once you go inside, the experience livens up immediately. Everyone is friendly and knowledgeable about this craft of champagne making. The guides take you through a host of extravagant tunnels and passageways where the creators of Mumm champagne have stored and made champagne for years. Our tour started with a video providing a little background — ours was presented in English as most of our tour were Americans. Then our guide led us through the different levels below street level and provided us with excellent commentary on the champagne making process. We got to see tunnels and nooks for the storage and transport of champagne as well as reserve bottles that have been stored there for years. Our tour finished with a champagne glass of our choice between a demi sec and a brut. We were given an opportunity to peruse through the store and purchase our own bottles as well.

AMAZING. We toured a number of these in Reims and Esperney, This was the best experience. they cared, the champs were delicious and it was my highlight from this whole region.

The reception area of this place is just a gem and credit to the huge conglomerate that owns Mumm for not just leaving it «as is» to be an institution, but also for having a great tasting area with friendly and helpful staff. I got an impromptu lesson on the proper way to uncork a champagne bottle (hint: it’s not letting the cork fly). There’s also a good deal for a gift in the gift shop: a bottle their Cordon Rouge with two glasses included for 30 €. Deal, definitely.
Book ahead, if possible.

This was an ok tour. The tour lasted about an hour which is approximately the right amount of time. The guide was rather difficult to understand and not that interesting. The tasting at the end was ok but neither the brut nor the demi-​sec bowled us over, although the demi-​sec is by far better. We were part of a group tour and it was nice to see the countryside and a small town.

A long, long over-​do review.
Mumm, not to be mistaken with America’s Mumm Napas a large scale winery and tasting room in Reims.
Little did I know, how much more I would appreciate champagne after a trip to a place such as this.
There are no flights or tastings, you must do the tour. Tours are about an hour long with a predetermined amount of tastings at the end. Our tour was in English, (thankfully) but our guide had a thick accent and was extremely hard to understand. Add in the echos of caves and you have a clusterfuck of frenglish with repeated syllables. Despite the language barrier, there were plenty of cool things to see and tons of history to learn. We even got to see the stash of vintages dating back over 100 years, nice. They keep them to reference and maintain their authenticity thought the years. They also explained and showed us how they hand turned the bottles, etc. At the end of cellar there is a long corridor of machines in there used the yester years.
Finally, at the end of the tour you go to a small bar and get your tastings in a slightly more intimate area. I think I got to taste three champagnes, with the addition of the grand cru. I’d say most of them were above average.
I brought home an excellent bottle of Rose that’s still begging to be consumed.
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Note: Champagne houses are elitist, and a bit greedy ! They don’t operate quite like winerys in the US. I had anticipated on paying homage to Dom and Moet & Chandon while in the Reims area. You know how many I got to hit? Nada ! With the exception of wandering around and taking a few photos outside. They don’t do flights of tastings that I’m so familiar with in the states… no. they push you to do the whole entire tour with X amount of glasses at the end. X increases with the euros paid. Oh and did I mention you need to make reservations for such tours at least two weeks in advance. What?! I started planning which ones to hit on a whim, 4 days prior while in another country.

This was the highlight of our champagne tasting in Reims. Mumm is located within walking distance of the train station, and it is required to book in advance for your tour in the language you prefer. I had booked in advance on their website, and within a very short time received a reply, with very helpful information attached describing the tour in more detail. Once I confirmed a time and date, and requested information on how to locate Mumm, they immediately sent me a PDF file with a map and additional information. The customer service was beyond what I had expected, and very informative.
Upon entering the Mumm establishment, you feel as if you are entering the site of a working winery. You enter the reception area, and are warmly greeted, pay for your tasting selection, and wait on some comfy chairs for the tour to begin. All the tours are 45 minutes and the price determines which tasting you want to take with your tour. We choose the 28Euro option for two glasses to taste of their Grand Cru, great deal concerning the price per bottle of these two options.
The tour starts out in a room watching a 5 minute video highlighting the history, and overview of the champagne process at Mumm. Very informative and great to have some visuals. The tour guide was extremely friendly and took our group on a tour of the Mumm chalk tunnels. This tour vs. Pommery felt more intimate, more personal, and they provided great visual displays along the way. You could tell the tour guide was very passionate and knew her stuff. At the end of the tour is a very interesting museum of machines used to make champagne at Mumm from it’s early years.
At the end of the tour, you are taken to a special tasting room with some comfortable stools to sit on in a elegant intimate setting. We had the chance to talk more with our tour guide about what we were tasting as well, which was a bonus. The champagne was incredible.
Overall had a fantastic experience, and would definitely return in future visits.

Kilimeterwanderung unter der Erde Flaschen Flaschen Flaschen!
Oben dann bei 40 – 45 Grad 3 Gläschen probiert und super Laune!
Interessant zu wissen, wie Sekt bzw. Champagner hergestellt wird!

L’une des visites les mieux commentées et pédagogique
Vous passerez une heure dans les caves de Mumm. Cette visite est aussi bien historique que pédagogique. Il y a une réelle harmonie entre les deux que l’on né retrouve pas dans les autres maisons de champagne. Je vous conseille vivement cette visite. Comme toute visite cela se termine par une dégustation. Les différents prix sont: 12 euros (dégustation de craimant), 15 euros (dégustation de brut), 16 euros (dégustation brut et millésimé).

This was the highlight of our champagne cave experience. I know it is a big, commercial winery but the tour was great and the staff was very friendly. We arrive right at opening and were asked if we had a tour reservation — we didn’t. No problem! We sat in their luxurious waiting area until the English tour started a half an hour later. Our tour guide Brian was excellent, very energetic and informed. We toured the caves, which are miraculous, and got an overview on how champagne is made. It was honestly, the most interesting winery tour I’ve ever been on. There is even a special part of the cave that is only accessible to the cellar master; it holds vintages from the last 100 years, so that they can be consistent with their brand. Imagine getting the keys to that! And the best part, is the champagne tasting at the end. Something about truly understanding what goes into making the champagne, made us appreciate it that much more. Definitely worth a visit here if you are in France.

I visited Mumm with a tour to the Champagne Region, and would give it 3 ½ stars. We also visited Moet & Chandon, which in a way is unfair to Mumm since I now have a basis for comparison.
While I enjoyed the Mumm tour, particularly the caves and learning the process of making champagne, it’s hard for me not to compare it to Moet & Chandon, particularly since both tours were on the same day. Although the Mumms tour was fine and there was nothing bad about it, it simply wasn’t as impressive as Moet & Chandon, which seemed to just be on another level and added a bit more class and sophistication to their tour.
I would still recommend the Mumm tour to others, but it may pale in comparison if you’ve already done Moet & Chandon.

super guide, la visite est assez rapide mais vaut détour. a faire absolument!

Aktualisierung: 31.01.2011:
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Mumm kannte ich eigentlich bisher nur als Sekt, das es auch einen französischen Zweig gibt, der Champagner herstellt, war mir völlig neu.
Die erste von mehreren Kellerbesichtigungen hat uns hierher geführt.
Wir haben uns per Mail für die Deutsche Führung um 9:00 angemeldet (zur Zeit unseres Besuches gab es nur die eine am Tag) und haben das frühe Aufstehen nicht bereut.
Gleich beim Ticketkauf kann man sich entscheiden welche der Verköstigung man im Anschluss an die Besichtigung mitmachen möchte. Wann kommen wir schon mal hierher, haben wir uns gedacht, und gleich für 25,-EUR die
Besichtigung «Visite Grand Cru» gebucht :
Eine traditionelle Führung gefolgt von der Verkostung 3 verschiedener Champagner.
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Aber zunächst die Tour: 1 Stunde dauert sie und ist sehr informativ. Zunächst wird ein 10 minütiger Film gezeigt, dann geht es ab in den historischen Keller.
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Es werden die verschiedenen Stationen der Champagnerherstellung erklärt und uns wird bei der Führung klar, warum Champagner seinen Preis hat. Noch Heute ist die Herstellung sehr aufwendig, auch wenn nicht mehr alles Handarbeit ist.
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Jedes Haus hat da seine eigenen Traditionen, bei Mumm wird der «günstigste» Champagner erst ab 3 Jahren Herstellungszeit verkauft.
Die teureren Sorten sind entsprechend älter und noch aufwendiger produziert.
Nach der Führung nun also zur Praxis, 3 Crand Crus bekommen wir serviert, sehr stilvoll, mit ausreichend Zeit zum genießen. Jedes Glas wird auch tatsächlich bis zum Rand vollgeschenkt, die 25,-EUR sind gut investiert. Nach einem Besuch im Shop, einer der 3 probierten Champagner war sofort unser Favorit und mußte mit nach Hause, brachten wir uns gegenseitig beschwingt und heiteren Gemüts in die Pension zurück.
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We booked in here for a tour and tasting and it was an interesting experience. Mumm is one of the larger Chanpagne houses in the region and they run a very commercial style tour and tasting. it cost 20Euro for the Grand Cru tasting tour which gave you 2 glasses of bubbly at the end of the tour (one of the premium Grand Cru and the other a rose). There would have been about 20 people in the tour group and the guide walked us through the chalk ‘caves’ after a 10 minute promotional video. Although shown through the cellars the tour was rather limited compared to others we went on — and rather pricy considering. However we were with good friends so drinking bubbly out in the sunshine on holidays — can’t go to far wrong!

mumm! j’aime beaucoup la visite des caves mumm! on passé par un petit historique avec les anciens pressoirs, les anciennes machines à gerber le raisin etc. pour finir par les nouvelles machines en plein travail! en passant par les laboratoirs.
la visite s’acheve par une degustation de ce precieux nectar! parfois on a même le droit au salon VIP!
vraiment un tres bon moment

Bei unserem Besuch in Reims wollten wir natürlich einige Champagnerkellereien aufsuchen und einige Verkostungen mitmachen. Erster Anlaufpunkt war die Kellerei Mumm. Das Anwesen ist sehr groß und wir hatten Glück und konnten beireits 5 Minuten nach unserer Ankunft — die wir zuvor nicht angemeldet hatten — mit der Führung beginnen.
Vorher muss man sich jedoch für die Anzahl der anschließend zu verkostenden Champagnersorten entscheiden. Wir haben uns für die Millésimé-​Variante für 14 Euro entschieden. Man verkostet dann einen Cordon Rouge und einen Jahrgangschampagner, doch dazu später mehr.
Der Rundgang beginnt mit einem kurzen Film über den Weinanbau, die Ernte und die anschließende Verarbeitung und gibt einen guten Gesamtüberblick. Anschließend wird man durch die Keller geführt und sieht dort viele Fässer und natürlich 1000de Flaschen. Schritt für Schritt bekommt man das aufwändige Verfahren zur Herstellung des hochwertigen Getränks erläutert. Das ganze dauert etwa eine Stunde und war in unserem Fall auf englisch — es finden jedoch auch Führungen in anderen Sprachen statt.
Danach geht man in den Verkostungsraum und genießt die tollen Getränke — man kann auch nur einen (9 Euro) oder 3 Sorten (21 Euro) probieren. Hierfür kann man sich ruhig Zeit lassen.
Der Weg nach draußen führt nicht unbedingt durch den Shop, man wird auch nicht genötigt, etwas zu kaufen. Wir haben trotzdem einen Abstecher gemacht und ein bisschen Proviant mitgenommen — die Preise sind ein bisschen günstiger als im Laden und natürlich ist die Auswahl auch größer.