Champagne Flashcards
What are the top vintages of Champagne from the 1970s?
1970 1971 1973 1975 1976 1979
What are the top vintages of Champagne from the 1980s?
1982
1985
1988
1989
What are the top vintages of Champagne from the 1990s?
1990
1995
1996
What are the top vintages of Champagne from the 2000s?
2002
2004
2006
2008
What was the first vintage of Krug Clos du Mesnil?
1979
What was the first vintage of Krug Clos d’Ambonnay?
1995
What are the vintages of Krug Clos d’Ambonnay that have been produced?
1995 1996 1998 2000 2002
What are three vintages for Krug Clos du Mesnil for each decade from the 80s to today?
80s: 1982, 1985, 1989
90s: 1990, 1996, 1998
2000s: 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006
What was the first commercial vintage of Salon prodcued? What is peculiar about this release?
1921 (1905 was the first but not commercially released); 1921 It is considered the first Blanc de Blancs commercially released.
What is the minimum lees aging for Salon?
min 10 years
What is the assemblage of Egly Ouriet’s Les Vignes de Vrigny?
100% Meunier
What are three producers that ferment their base wines in small oak?
Egly-Ouriet Krug Villmart & Cie Bollinger Jacques Selosse
What are three producers that ferment their base wines in Stainless Steel and whose style is known to be more reductive?
Pol Roger
Salon
Taittinger
Louis Roederer
What are three words to describe Pol Roger?
Creamy, aromatic, and floral
What are three words to describe Krug?
Oaked, nutty, and complex