Champagne Flashcards
Billecart Salmon
The majority of the vineyard holdings are in the Marne Valley plus 4 hectares are located in the Côte des Blancs.
- Inaugural Vintage (for top wines):
1955 for Nicolas François, 1988 for Cuvée Elisabeth Salmon Rosé, 1995 for Clos Saint-Hilaire.
- Base wines may be fermented in oak or stainless steel. Those that are fermented in oak do not go through malolactic fermentation. Wines are fermented slowly and at cool temperatures to preserve freshness, and are aged on their lees for four to five months before the bottle fermentation.
Bollinger
160 ha. 64% of which are Grand Cru and Premier Cru. This includes their two vineyards Clos St. Jacques and Chaudes Terres
in Aÿ, which have never succumbed to Phylloxera and are trained
en provignage.
- Vieilles Vignes Françaises: 1969 (released in 1974).
RD
Grande Année
Grande Année Rosé
Vieilles Vignes Françaises
Special Cuvée
Style: About a quarter of the base wine for the Special Cuvée ferments and ages in oak it is the only house that produces all of it’s own barrels. Reserve wines kept in magnum. Lees aging for 3/4 years. Vintage wines are fermented in oak casks.
Charles Heidsieck
60 ha.
Top products: Champagne Charlie (79-81-82-83-1985), Blancs de Millenaires (1985).
- Long agins sur lie for Millesime (10Y), Blanc de Millenaires (15Y).
Deutz
-Negociant
Cuvee William Deutz Rose (1959).
Amour de Deutz Blanc de Blanc (1993)
Reserve wine is kept in concrete tanks for 4 years.
- No oak
- Time on lees varies from 3 to 8 years.
Dom Perignon
Moet Largest landowner.
- Wines favour Chardonnay, tipically 60%.
- Vintage, P2, P3.
- Inaugural Vintage: 1921 for Dom, 1959 for Dom Rose’.
- Wines are made reductively.
Egly-Ouriet
Wines are Pinot noir dominant.
Tradition Brut Grand Cru NV.
V.P. Extra Brut Grand Cru NV: “Vieillisement prolongé” or “extended aging;” the wine spends at least seven years on the lees prior to disgorgement.
Les Vignes de Vrigny Brut Premier Cru NV: 100% Meunier.
Les Crayères Blanc de Noirs Grand Cru NV.
- Base wines fermented in oak, malolactic fermentation not always used.
Low dosage, aging 3 to 4 years.
Gaston Chiquet
They are known for having a high proportion of Meunier in many of their wines, with about 40% of their total vineyard plantings devoted to the variety.
- No oak is used during any of the vinification process. Malolactic fermentation is used
Gosset
Chardonnay for its top cuvees. Top Cuvee: Celebris (1988). All receive an extra brut dosage.
Stainless steel and no malo.
Jacques Selosse
Substance (1987)
Initiale
Les Carelles
La Cote Faron
Some of the lowest yields in Champagne
Ambient yeast for fermentation
Malo is free. Fermenting in a mix of pieces.
Base wine is aged in barrel for 12 months.
Low dosage.
-Substance 1987 Solera
-Initiale, Grand Cru
-Les Carelles, Le Mesnil sur Oger, Solera began 2010
-La Cote Faron, single vineyard in Ay.
Jacquesson
Bottling 4 different single vineyard wines.
NV: rappresentative of the vintage. Since 2000 labeled by bin number 728.
- Cuvee 7 (2000)
-Come Bautray Extra brut vintage (1995)
-Champs Cain Extra Brut
-Veuzelle Terme (1996)
- Terre Rouge
Fermentation in large oak foudre.
Malolactic fermentation and lees aging (4 months) before secondary fermentation.
Very low dosage
Krug
Signature is the art of blending.
Each parcel is fermented separately.
Grand Cuvee: selection of 200 wines, vast array of reserve.
Fermentation in small cask. Malolactic fermentation not mandatory.
Large proportions of reserve wines.
Clos du Mesnil (1979)
Clos d’Ambonnay (1995).
96-98-2000-2002-2006
Laurent Perrier
NM: the group own Salon, De Castellane, Delamotte.
Rose’ Alexandra (1982), Grand Siecle (1959).
Fermentation in stainless steel tank. No oak used.
Brut no vintage made with 50% chardonnay.
Grand Siecle: tipically is a blend of 3 vintages from 11 GC vineyards, but it is also made vintage in great years. Long years aging.
Cuvee Rose is made 100% PN and it is always vintage.
Louis Roderer
214 HA all GC and PC.
Cristal, Cristal Rose’.
1876 inaugural vintage for Cristal, 1974 for the Rose’.
No herbicides, fermentation using ambient yeast.
3 years on lees after fermentation.
Cristal: blend of 60% PN, 40% Chardonnay. 15 to 25% of the base wine ages in oak (fudre 6,000l)
Rose’: PN goes throught Saignee process. Maloctic fermentation is avoided.
Perrier Jouet
It was the first producer to designate a vintage on the bottle in 1825.
Vineyard holdings: Avize, Cramant, Mailly, Ay, Dizy.
Elegant and floral style heavily reliant on Chardonnay.
Belle Epoque: 3 styles. BdB, rose’, blended version.
Philipponnat
Best known for single vineyard holding.
Clos de Goisses (1935- 1999 for the rose’): 5.5 hectare with 45 degree slope, southern facing.
The house employs very low dosage.
They rely on PN.
-Cuvee 1522 extra brut Grand Cru vintage.
Wines fermented in large foudres and 228l large barrels.
