The man who finally gives his initial to the house is also the man to whom we
can owe the iconic cuvee. "Only the best" was the only motto that drove the
winemaker Georges Hermann Mumm. In 1876, as a tribute to wine, Mumm decided to
take a red silk ribbon as an ornament for the bottle. It serves as a symbol for
the highest French honors, the royal "Ordre et Militaire de Saint Louis" and for
the "Grand Cordon de la Legion d'Honneur". As the champagne for the sovereign,
so great became the fame of the Cordon Rouge wine, so that it became the symbol
of the house and the champagne as a whole.