Thiénot champagne tour: visits, prices & booking

History

Alain Thiénot established his Champagne house in 1985 after twenty years as a broker. His family’s earlier links to the trade included his father’s management of Champagne Irroy and his grandfather’s glassmaking. The founding date places Thiénot among the region’s more recent houses, with a background in sourcing grapes and wines.

Garance and Stanislas, Alain’s children, subsequently became the company’s leaders. The Family Collection gives their first names to separate cuvées, alongside the bottle named for Alain. Dated examples in the official range include Stanislas 2011, Alain Thiénot 2012 and Garance 2016.

The historic headquarters on rue des Moissons contain two kilometres of cellars. Nicolas Uriel joined the business in 2008 and became cellar master in 2017. The house’s own vineyard holdings total thirty hectares, including Grand Cru land in Aÿ and the Côte des Blancs and Premier Cru parcels in Dizy and Cumières.

Le N°3, the public setting at 3 rue du Marc, brings an older architectural layer into the family’s story. Its underground visitor route incorporates a 13th-century cellar and almost one kilometre of galleries. It is a different address from the rue des Moissons headquarters.

The restored rue du Marc complex covers 5,000 square metres. Its ground-floor interpretation includes a model of Reims Cathedral, historic wine tools, a six-square-metre relief map and a vine model. Local Saint-Pierre-Aigle limestone and French oak appear in the architectural account. The site combines this display and a tree-lined cloister with cellars, a hotel and a rooftop bar.

Thiénot: the place and its story

The free route includes a cathedral model, a 6m² relief map of Champagne crus, a vine model, winemaking exhibits and a grape-aroma workshop. The paid cellar route covers almost 1km of galleries and includes a 13th-century cellar, films, a riddling demonstration and the Vinothèque.

Origine wines include Brut, Blanc de Blancs, Rosé and Vintage. The Family Collection names Stanislas Blanc de Blancs, Garance Blanc de Noirs and Alain Thiénot. Le N°3 also has a champagne bar serving finger food and a boutique hotel; its own FAQ states that it has no restaurant.

The house owns thirty hectares, including Grand Cru vines in Aÿ and the Côte des Blancs and Premier Cru parcels in Dizy and Cumières. The estate also includes vines south of Épernay. Its own vineyards provide more than half of the house’s grape supply.

Nicolas Uriel joined the company in 2008 and became cellar master in 2017. The historic headquarters on rue des Moissons have two kilometres of cellars, where some vintage bottles have matured for sixteen years. This production address is separate from the public Le N°3 reception at rue du Marc.

Origine Brut is currently listed as 50% Chardonnay, 40% Pinot Noir and 10% Meunier. Origine Blanc de Blancs uses only Chardonnay, while Origine Brut Rosé combines 50% Chardonnay, 35% Pinot Noir and 15% Meunier. The named Vintage 2015 is 60% Pinot Noir, 30% Chardonnay and 10% Meunier, with 19% Grand Cru and 45% Premier Cru origins.

The Family Collection uses vintage wines. Stanislas 2011 is entirely Chardonnay; Garance 2016 combines 80% Pinot Noir and 20% Meunier, with 75% Grand Cru and 25% Premier Cru origins. Alain Thiénot 2012 is an equal blend of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. These named bottles underpin the Family Collection tasting, although its selection may change with the vintage.

Vinothèque 2002 is another Family Collection release, containing 70% Chardonnay and 30% Pinot Noir. Its stated origins are 60% Grand Cru and 35% Premier Cru. The official range also separates Vignes aux Gamins, Immersion and the Thiénot x Penfolds collaboration as Special Release wines.

Le N°3 hotel lists Cosy rooms at 22m², Superior rooms at 25m², Executive rooms at 35m² and a 60m² suite with a 40m² terrace. Executive rooms and the suite accommodate up to three people. The hotel has no connecting rooms, private parking or valet service; check-in starts at 15:00 and check-out is noon.

The hotel’s spa includes a Nordic pool, hammam, sauna, sensory shower and hydromassage equipment. Access is included for resident guests and requires a reserved time slot; it is not offered to non-residents. The hotel states that it does not provide massages or body treatments. These residential facilities are separate from a standard cellar-tour ticket.

Visits and tastings

The rooftop bar: a separate reservation

Le N°3’s rooftop terrace covers 500 square metres and overlooks the cathedral and city. The bar admits the public as well as hotel guests and serves the Thiénot range, wines from partner growers, cocktails and finger food. Its direct reservation number is +33 3 26 77 12 69.

The bar’s own current page lists Wednesday–Saturday service from 15:30 to 23:00 and Sunday from 12:30 to 18:00 (checked October 2026). The boutique has different hours: daily from 10:00 to 19:00. A Sunday morning arrival for the boutique consequently does not coincide with the rooftop bar’s opening time.

For a hotel stay, breakfast is served on the top floor from 07:00 to 10:30. The room page describes views of the inner garden or the Demeure des Comtes de Champagne. Its concierge can arrange station or airport transfers; these are requested through the hotel team, separately from the cellar-tour booking.

Access and facilities

The bar page states that the venue is accessible to guests with reduced mobility. The cellar visitor page separately asks visitors with reduced mobility to make contact ahead of arrival so the team can arrange access. The ground-floor discovery route, paid underground tour and rooftop table are three different parts of the rue du Marc site.

Alain Thiénot founded the family house in 1985. Its visitor site Le N°3 is at 3 rue du Marc, in central Reims. The restored site covers 5,000m², with a tree-lined cloister and a free ground-floor discovery route.

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