Champagne Flashcards
Current Iteration of Grand Siecle
26
(2007, 2008, 2012)
Salon current vintage
2013
Vieilles Vignes francaises
Current vintage
2013
The current # of cuvee Jacquesson
747 Based on 2019
744 DT (2014)
Champagne aged in the ocean
Abiss
Leclerc-Briant
grand mousseux
4.5 to 5 atmosphères
the official champagne brand of James Bond
Bollinger
the official champagne of Harry and Meghan’s wedding as well as William and Kate’s
Pol Roger
James Bond favourite champagne
Bollinger RD
p. 78, 79 What three individuals are credited with developing the Champagne Method
Dom Perignon (utilizing spanish corks to seal the bottle), Brother Jean Oudart (adding sugar and yeast to the base wine to initiate a secondary fermentation), and Nicole Barbe Ponsardin (Veuve Cliquot - credited with developing the process know as remauge/riddling)
Gosset (Tête de Cuvée)
Aÿ
“Celebris”
La vigne d’Antan
Tarlant
Oeuilly
Chardonnay Ungrafted
Extra Brut
When was originally released Philipponnat’s “Clos de Goisses,”.
1935
From one of the few walled vineyards of the region, remains a benchmark bottling.
Many sources cite the 18 L bottle as a Melchior, as it is called in Bordeaux instead of (A)__________ like in Champagne.
Solomon 18 L (24 bottles)
Lanson
Noble Cuvée
What are the Champagne Grand Cru Villages of Valee de la Marne . - 2
Tours-sur-Marne
(red grapes 100%, white grapes 90%)
Aÿ
Inaugural vintage for Comtes de Champagne
1952 for Comtes de Champagne
Name two AOCs in Savoie produces traditional method sparkling wines
- Vin de Savoie AC: Altesse, Aligoté, Gamay, PN
- Seyssel AC: Altesse, Chasselas, Molette
Name two Tête du Cuvées that are not vintage-dated
Laurent-Perrier ‘Grand Siècle’
Gosset ‘Celebris’
Clos des Goisses current vintage
2013
Pierre Peters
Commune
Le Mesnil-sur-Oger
How is it consider the vin Champenoise vintage of 1914?
The 1914 vintage is considered as one of the finest vintages of the 20th century.
bidule - definition
crown cap (equipped with a bidule, a plastic capsule that will serve to capture the sediment during remuage.<br></br><img></img>
Henriot
“Cuvée des Enchanteleurs”
What are the wine styles and requirements of Coteaux Champenois AC?
Still wine in Champagne
- White, rosé and red
- Char, PN, PM, Arbane, Petit Meslier, PB, PG
- min. 9% abv
## Bouzy Rouge
MCR
moût concentré rectifié
RD - definition
Récemment Dégorgé
Philipponnat (Mareuil-sur-Ay)
Clos des Goisses
Bruno Paillard (Reims)
“Nec-Plus-Ultra”
Who founded the estate in Kent, England
Taittinger
Paul Bara
Commune
Bouzy
Montagne de Reims
When did the CIVC abolished the vineyard rating system entirely.
In the early 2000s
*but the premier and grand cru villages retain their titles, and producers may continue to label wines from these villages as such.
How many Champagne Grand Cru Villages are?
17
What is it called a 9 L (12 bottles) bottle in Champagne ?
Salmanazar<br></br><img></img>
Where did Roederer establish in US ?
Anderson Valley in Mendocino California<br></br><img></img>
Epernay producers
8
De Castelane
Perrier-Jouet
Pol Roger
Boizel
Moet Chandon
Dom Pérignon
De Venoge
Alfred Gratien
What is the max. press yield of Crémant wines in France?
How about champagne?
- Crémant: 100L/150KG (2666L / 4000KG)
- Champ: 102L/160KG (100L/ 157KG) (2550L / 4000KG)
What sweetness classification is giving to 50+ grams per liter.
Doux
Special Club Members
Paul Bara
Roland Champion
Charlier et Fils
Gaston Chiquet
Duménil
Forget-Chemin
Fresnet-Juillet
Pierre Gimonnet et Fils
J.M. Goulard
Henri Goutorbe
Grongnet
Marc Hébrart
Hervieux-Dumez
Vincent Joudart
Juillet-Lallement
Larmandier Père et Fils
J. Lassalle
Joseph Loriot-Pagel
A. Margaine
Rémy Massin et Fils
José Michel et Fils
Moussé Fils
Mouzon-Leroux et Fils
Nominé-Renard
Pertois-Moriset
Salmon
Sanchez-Le Guédard
Vazart-Coquart et Fils
When was originally released Philipponnat’s “Clos de Goisses,”.
1935
From one of the few walled vineyards of the region, remains a benchmark bottling.
Taittinger was established in what year and where are they located?
1734 and Reims
Gaston Chiquet
Dizy - RM - Stainless Steel - Special Club
Nicolas Feuillatte
Chouilly - CM - “Palmes d’Or” [Brut and Brut Rosé] 1985, 1996
What is the size of a Rehoboam in Champagne.
3 L (4 bottles) - (discontinued in 1989)<br></br><img></img>
Where did Moët et Chandon establish in US ?
In Yountville Napa California.<br></br><img></img>
The 24th Grand Siecle
Vintages
2007
+2006 & 2004
Name the flagship wine from Egly-Ouriet
‘Les Crayères’
100% pinot noir. Mono-parcel released as a non-vintage wine
What is the leading varietal for all of Veuve Clicquot’s wines?
All of the wines, from the Yellow Label to La Grande Dame, are Pinot Noir dominant. For the top wines, vineyard plots are fermented separately.
Laurent-Perrier (Tours-sur-Marne)
“Grand Siècle” (typically NV), “Alexandra” (Vintage Rosé)
Cuvée Louise is produced by
Pommery - Reims
(Brut and Brut Rosé)
Brut: 60% Chardonnay, 40% Pinot Noir<br></br><img></img>
What is it called a 6 L (8 bottles) bottle in Champagne ?
Methuselah<br></br><img></img>
Billecart-Salmon was established in what year and where are they located?
1818 and Mareuil-sur-Aÿ (Vallée de la Marne)
Top wines from Gaston Chiquet
Sélection Brut NV
Tradition Brut Premier Cru NV
Blanc de Blancs d’Aÿ Brut Grand Cru NV
Rosé Brut Premier Cru NV
Cuvée de Réserve Brut Premier Cru NV
Cuvée Or Brut Premier Cru Vintage
Spécial Club Brut Grand Cru Vintage
Cuvée Rosé
Laurent-Perrier
saignée rosé created in 1968
Where is Salon located?
Le Mesnil sur Oger
Egly-Ouriet
Where
Ambonnay
What is the size of a Methuselah in Champagne.
6 L (8 bottles)<br></br><img></img>
Pol Roger ()
Épernay
“Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill”
Dom Pérignon Oenothèque (élevage)
Épernay
Moët et Chandon
(both Brut/Brut Rosé)
Chardonnay and Pinot Noir
1921<br></br><img></img>
Inaugural vintage for Laurent Perrier’s “Grand Siecle”, “Cuvee Rose”, and “Cuvee Alexandria”
Grand Siècle, released in 1959
Cuvée Rosé, released in 1968.
Cuvée Alexandra, 1982, released in 1987.
Charles Heidsieck
Champange Charlie (discontinued)
Blanc de Millénaires (BdB)
Moët and Chandon
“Dom Pérignon” and “Dom Pérignon Oenothèque”
Eric Rodez
Commune
Ambonnay
Montagne de Reims
Bistrotage
Charles Dufour
Ruinart (élevage)
Reims
“Dom Ruinart” - (Blanc de Blancs and Rosé)
Rosé: 85% Chardonnay, 15% Pinot Noir
1959 - Dom Ruinart
1962 - Dom Ruinart Rosé
Who runs Bollinger today
Today Jérôme Philipon is the first non-family member to run the firm, taking charge in 2008.
Gilles Descôtes is now Chef de Cave.
In the late 17th century, the English transferred Champagne from cask to stronger,_______ that could contain the pressure, and were likely the first to enjoy true sparkling Champagne.
coal-fired glass<br></br><img></img>
Last vintage of Dom Pérignon Oenoteque
1996
Was repalced by P2 and P3
BAM
Tarlant
Pinot Blanc, Arbane, Petit Meslier
<img></img>
Lanson
Reims - NM - “Noble Cuvée” [Brut, Blanc de Blancs, NV Rosé]
Herbert Beaufort (Bouzy, Montagne de Reims)
RM
10.5k cases
Est: 1820
Winemaker Henry Beaufort
The Beauforts have been making wine in Champagne since the 16th Century. In the early 1900s, Marcellin Beaufort became famous for his Bouzy still wines, and in 1929 he and his son, Herbert began to bottle Champagne wines. Today, Herbert’s son Henri and grandsons Hugues and Ludovic, continue this tradition. The family owns 13 hectares; 10 Ha of Pinot Noir and 3 Ha of Chardonnay, mainly in Grand Cru Bouzy, but also in Grand Cru Ambonnay and some 1er cru vineyards. In the wine-making, malo-lactic fermentation is blocked and dosage is kept to a minimum, being close to Extra Brut. All the wines produced are from their own grapes and the average age of all their vines is 45 years with the oldest being 95 years.
Brut Reserve: (NV CH, PN)
Cuvee du Melomane: (NV 100% CH)<br></br><img></img>
Along what parallel is Champagne
48th<br></br><img></img>
During the 2006 harvest, yields surpassed (A)___ hl/ha.
A- 82 hl/ha.
House - member of Primum Familiae Vini?”
Pol Roger
What is the blend for “Amour de Deutz”?
100% Chardonnay
Egly-Ouriet was established in what year and where are they located?
1950’s and Ambonnay
Rémy Massin
Ville-sur-Arce (Aube) - RM - Special Club
Name the Prestige cuvée of the following houses:
- Moët & Chandon
- Bollinger
- Taittinger
- Louis Roederer
- Laurent-Perrier
- Perrier-Jouët
- Pol Roger
- Veuve Clicquot-Ponsardin
- Moët & Chandon: Dom Pérignon
- Bollinger: Vieilles Vignes Françaises BdN
- Taittinger: Comtes de Champagne
- Louis Roederer: Cristal
- Laurent-Perrier: Grande Siècle
- Perrier-Jouët: Belle Époque
- Pol Roger: Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill
- Veuve Clicquot-Ponsardin: La Grande Dame<br></br><img></img>
Henri Billiot
Cuvée Laetitia
Cuvée Julie
Duval Leroy
Vertus - NM
Femme de Champagne [89%Chardonnay, 11% Pinot Noir] 1990
“Clos des Bouveries” [monoparcel, 100% Chardonnay]
What are the wine styles of Crémant de Jura?
Blanc & Rosé (Traditional method)
- PG, PN, Poulsard, Trousseau, Char, Savagnin
- min. 9% abv
- min. 9 mths on lees (12 mths aged)
- min. 3.5 atmosphere pressure
Inaugural vintage of Pommery’s “Cuvee Louise”
Cuvée Louise, first vintage 1979. Current vintage in 2013 is the 2002.
What year was Pierre Péters established and where are they located?
1919 and Les Mesnil-sur-Oger
The smallest Grand Cru
Puisieulx
18.8 ha
Louis Roederer was founded in
1776
The size of the bottle Midas/Mrlchizedec
30 l
40 bottles
How many grams per liter does Extra Dry have ?
12-17 grams per liter
Salon
commune
Le Mesnil-sur-Oger
A grower whose grapes are vinified at a co-operative, but sells the wine under his own label. Is an _ _
RC (Récoltant Coopérateur)
What is “MCR?”
Concentrated and rectified grape must used for dosage.
How many grams per liter does Sec have ?
17-32 grams per liter
Bollinger Cuvées
Special Cuvée [Brut, NV] - Rosé [Brut, NV] - “La Côte aux Enfants [Coteaux Champenoise Red]
first to release a rosé special club
Paul Bara
Name the monoparcel wine of Billecart-Salmon, its makeup and where it’s from
Clos St. Hilaire, 1er cru Mareuil-sur-Aÿ. 100% pinot noir
What grape accounts for the largest acreage in Champagne?
Pinot Noir<br></br><img></img>
Allowed yield
66 gl/ha
What are the Champagne Grand Cru Villages of Montagne de Reims. -9
Ambonnay
Bouzy
Beaumont-sur-Vesle
Louvois
Mailly-Champagne
Puisieulx
Sillery
Verzenay
Verzy*
Aside from Special Club bottlings, what is the top offering from Paul Bara?
Comtesse Marie de France
Code noir
Henry Giraud
Only four pruning methods are permitted ?
-Cordon de Royat
-Chablis
-Vallée de la Marne (only for Meunier)
-Guyot (double and simple)
What is the average vine age in Champagne?
20 years.
Because lowered productivity of old vines is undesirable to most houses in Champagne
Inaugural vintage for “Bin series,” “Vauzelle Terme” and “Corne Bautray” by Jacquesson
2000 for bin series - #728
1996 for Vauzelle Terme
1995 for Corne Bautray
Pommery
“Cuvée Louise”
What Champagne was originally released for the 1935 vintage from one of the few walled vineyards of the region, remaining a benchmark bottling.
Philipponnat’s “Clos de Goisses”
Tarlant
3
Oeuilly - RM
“La Vigne d’Or” [monoparcel, 100% Meunier]
“La Vigne d’Antan” [monoparcel, 100% Chardonnay]
“Cuvée Louis” [monoparcel, NV, 50% Pinot Noir, 50% Chardonnay]
Jacques Selosse was established in what year and where are they located?
1960 and Avise
Name the only wine produced by Salon, its makeup and aging regimen
Salon Blanc de Blancs; only produced in vintage years from chardonnay and aged sur lie for 10 years before release
Louis Roederer
Cristal
What sites and grapes are used for Bollinger’s Vieilles Vignes Français?
100% pinot noir
Clos St. Jacques (Aÿ Champagne)
Chaudes Terres (Aÿ Champagne)
Croix Rouge (Bouzy, not used after ‘05)
These sites have never been affected by phylloxera, hence the name and minimal production
Ployez-Jacquemart
Liesse d’Harbonville
MCR
moût concentré rectifié
Champagne acreage
34 000 ha
The largest Grand Cru
Chouilly
522 ha
Taittinger (producer location and tête du cuvée)
Reims
Comtes de Champagne (BdB)
Taittinger Collection (50% chard/50% PN)
Jaques Selosse Exquise
Style
Sec!
Jaques Selosse La Cote Faron
Ay Grand Cru
BdN
Terres Rouges
Jacquesson
Dizy
Rose de saignee till 2012
Now White!
first 100-percent meunier champagne in the history of the Special Club
Mousse
Since 2005
Lanson (Reims)
“Noble Cuvée” (Brut, Blanc de Blancs, NV Rosé)
Ampelos
organization, which provides certification and oversight for sustainable farming methods.
Taittinger (Mono)
Les Folies de la Marquetterie NV
Veuve Clicquot-Ponsardin
Reims - NM - “La Grande Dame” [Brut and Brut Rosé] 1969, 1988
What is the oldest Champagne house still in operation today?
Gosset (Aÿ) was founded in 1584 *as a still wine producer.
Name 2 grand cru villages of Vallée de la Marne
1) Aÿ
2) Tours-sur-Marne (100%R / 90% W)<br></br><img></img>
The biggest producers in champagne
5
LVMH
Vraken-Pommery
Lanson-BCC
Laurent Perrier
Pernod Ricard
AR Lenoble
“Cuvee Les Aventures” NV, “Cuvée Gentilhomme”
Philipponnat
Clos des Goisses
Grand Cellier d’Or
Vilmart & Cie
Louis Roederer was established when and where are they located?
1776 and Reims
Biggest bottle before 2023
Armand de Brignac Midas
30 liters
vin de taille - translation
T- (French) - wine size
D- (the following 500 liters) after the first 2,050 liters “vin de cuvée”
*usually richer in pigment and tannin
wiki: the fourth pressing, was of darker color and would not be used at all.
Diebolt-Vallois (Cramant)
“Fleur de Passion”
Jaquesson
The last Cuvee 700 on the market
747
Based on 2019 vintage
Champagne Moutard et Fils
Cuvee des Six Cepages
Which of the 7 grapes is not used?
Pinot Gris
The first Brut produced
Perrier-Jouët in 1846
Jérôme Prévost
Gueux - RM
Current vintage of Cristal
2016
What was the nickname of: Nazi-appointed agent Otto Klaebisch
Weinführer<br></br><img></img>
Cedric Bouchard
Celles-sur-Ource
Oeuilly producers
Tarlant
Clos des Goisses first vintage
1935
Salon
Last vintage
2013
Deutz
“Cuvée William Deutz”, “Amour de Deutz”
Shaman
Marguet
Grand Cru Extra Brut
Blanc and rose
Paul Déthune
Ambonnay
RM
“Brut Prestige”
NV 50% Pinot Noir, 50% Chardonnay
Dieboit-Vallois
Fleur de Passion
Every bottle of Champagne bears a series of digits—the (A)________ number—a code assigned to each producer by the CIVC. A set of initials precedes the number, denoting the type of producer who made the wine.
A- matriculation
The northernmost Grand Cru
Sillery
Henriot (Reims)
“Hemera”
Top wines produced by Krug
Top Wines Produced / Blends
Grand Cuvée Brut NV
Brut Vintage
Clos du Mesnil Blanc de Blancs Brut Vintage
Clos d’Ambonnay Blanc de Noirs Brut Vintage
Agrapart
Avize
RM
Barrel fermented and aged
“Vénus” [Monoparcel, Brut Nature, 100% Chardonnay]
La vigne d’Or
Tarlant
Meunier
Brut Nature
Cristal 2009
Released before 2008!
Reims producers
Krug
Lanson
Veuve Clicquot
Piper-Heidsieck
Charles Heidsieck
Henriot
Ruinart
Taittinger
Pommery
Jacquart
Louis Roederer
Bruno Paillard
G. H. Mumm
Paul Bara
Bouzy
agrafe - definition
cork secured by metal clip, the cork is used to capture the sediment during remuage.<br></br><img></img>
Vilmart & Cie. was established when and where
1890 and Rilly la Montagne
When was Bollinger established and where are they located?
1829 and Aÿ, Vallée de la Marne
What is the blend for Bollinger’s “Vieilles Vignes Françaises”?
100% Pinot Noir
De Castellane
Épernay - NM
“Cuvée Commodore” Brut and NV Brut Rosé]
(A)______ and (B)_______ Estate, both located in Sussex, lead the way in England for traditional method sparkling wines.
A- Nyetimber
B- Ridgeview<br></br><img></img>
Belemnite and (A)_______ , named for fossilized sea urchins, are the two main types of chalk soils in Champagne.
Micraster<br></br><img></img>
Maximum the RM is allowed to buy to keep the RM status
0.05
Name the only Champagne house that produces all of its own barrels
Bollinger
Dom Pérignon current vintage
2015
Inaugural vintage for “Substance” and “Les Carelles” by Jacques Selosse
Inaugural Vintage (for top wines):
The Solera for Substance was started in 1987.
The Solera for Les Carelles was started in 2003.
Who owns Delamotte?
Laurent-Perrier (Salon)
Alfred Gratien
“Cuvée Paradis” NV
Les Alliees
Chartogne-Taillet
Merfy
Meunier
Extra Brut
Dom Pérignon rose
First vintage
1959
How long does Non-vintage styles must remain in the cellar for ?
Minimum of 15 months (including the period of lees aging 12 months)
Les bleus de ville - translation & definition
-The blue city
-Referring to the blue bags that the rubbish was shipped in, these bags never fully decomposed and small flecks can still be seen in soils of Champagne vineyards today.<br></br><img></img>
Drappier
Charles de Gaulle
Drappier
Commune
Urville
What is the size of a Solomon in Champagne.
18 L (24 bottles)<br></br><img></img>
Perrier-Jouët
“Belle Epoque”, “Fleur de Champagne” (USA)
Inaugural vintage for Dom Perignon and Dom Perignon Rose.
Inaugural Vintage: 1921 for Dom Pérignon and 1959 for the Rose (although the first commercially available Rose was the 1962)
La Grande Dame Brut rose
Last vintage
2015
What did André François did
In 1836 he measure the precise amount of sugar required to induce it without breaking the bottle, allowed Champagne houses to produce sparkling wines with greater confidence.
Labels from Pommery
Cuvée Louise
Cuvée Louise Rosé
Apanage Brut
Apanage Rosé
Grand Cru, Millésimé
What firm owns many wineries, including Champagne Deutz, Roederer Estate and Scharffenberger, Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande, Chateau de Pez, Domaine Ott in Provence and Ramos Pinot in the Douro Valley.
The Roederer firm
Marguet
Where
Ambonnay
When (year) was Louis, son of Charlemagne, was crowned at Reims?
816<br></br><img></img>
chef de cave of Laurent-Perrier, Delamotte and Salon
Michel Fauconnet
Bonnaire
Cramant - RM - “Cuvée Prestige” [100% Chardonnay]
Cuvée Louis
Tarlant
Single vineyard
Besserat de Bellefon
Cuvée de prestige
Cuvée Brigitte Bardot
Inaugural vintage for Blanc de Millenaires and Champagne Charlie by Charles Heidsieck?
Blancs de Millénaires, 1983.
Champagne Charlie was produced between 1979 and 1985
Lanson
“Noble Cuvée”
What is it called a 15 L (20 bottles) bottle in Champagne ?
Nebuchadnezzar<br></br><img></img>
Fleury
Courteron - RM
Mailly Grand Cru
3
Mailly-Champagne - CM
“Les Échansons” [75% Pinot Noir, 25% Chardonnay]
L’Intemporelle” [60% Pinot Noir, 40% Chardonnay]
“Exception Blanche” [Vintage, 100% Chardonnay
First 7… Cuvée of Jaquesson
728 in 2000
How are Veuve Clicquot’s “Yellow Label” and “Rose” vinified?
In the case of the Yellow Label and the Rosé the wines are made with 25% to 40% reserve wine. Both NV wines are about 50% Pinot Noir with 28-33% Chardonnay, and 15 to 20% Meunier with an average dosage of 9 g/l. The NV wines age for thirty months on their lees, and all vintage wines age for a minimum of five years.
Veuve Clicquot was founded in
1772
Billecart-Salmon
Commune
Mareil sur Ay
A Margaine (Villers-Marmery, Montagne de Reims)
RM
6.5ha (16 acres) 90% PN despite being in the MdR vineyards are located in the Villers-Marmery a village known for Chardonnay. The CH is much more muscular and powerful coming from this village nestled in fine PN villages.
Oak is used but not marked oakiness in the wine.
“Recipe-free” winemaking. may or may not see malo.
average age of vines are 32 years
winemaking changes according to vintage demands
keeps an unusual amount of reserve wines going back 7 or 8 years. up to 50% reserve wines in the brut making a brut of rare depth and detail
5k cases
Winemaker: Arnaud Margaine
Cuvee Traditionnelle (NV 90% CH, 10% PN)
Cuvee Extra Brut (NV exceptional value 100% CH)
Special Club Blanc de Blanc (V 100% CH)<br></br><img></img>
Bottlings from Perrier Jouet
Grand Brut NV
Blason Rosé NV
Belle Epoque Vintage
Belle Epoque Rosé Vintage
Ayala
Aÿ
NM- Stainless Steel
“La Perle”
80% Chardonnay, 20% Pinot Noir
Top wines from Veuve Clicquot
La Grande Dame
La Grande Dame Rosé
Cave Privée
Vintage Brut
Vintage Rosé
Dom Pérignon cellarmaster
From 2019
Vincent Chaperon
What are the requirements for Blanquette Méthode Ancestrale?
1) 100% Mauzac
2) Single fermentation
3) min. 2 mths on lees
4) min. 3 atmosphere pressure
5) RS 60-80 g/l
6) Below 7% abv
7) NO Liqueur de Tirage/ Liqueur d’Expedition
Henri Goutorbe
Aÿ - RM - Special Club
What is vin de cuvée?
The first 2,050 liters to be extracted from 4,000 kg of grapes
What sweetness classification is giving to 0-6 grams per liter.
Extra Brut
What is the size of a Quarter Bottle (Piccolo) in Champagne.
187 ml<br></br><img></img>
In 1988 the winery was purchased by Laurent-Perrier. Today it is run side-by-side with Champagne Delamotte, the fifth-oldest winery in Champagne. ______ is a Négociant Manipulant.
What Champagne house is this?
Salon
Pol Roger
Commune
Epernay
What is it called a 12 L (16 bottles) bottle in Champagne ?
Balthazar<br></br><img></img>
First brut nature on the market
Pommery Nature
1874
Grand Siecle Cuvée 571J
For the 200th anniversary of Laurent Perrier
1995 (majoritaire), 1993, 1990
Released in 2012
What is the size of a Solomon in Champagne.
18 L (24 bottles)<br></br><img></img>
Where did Roederer establish in US ?
Anderson Valley in Mendocino California<br></br><img></img>
Argonne
Henry Giraud
“Fleur de Passion”
Diebolt-Vallois
Cramant
100% Chardonnay
Name a Champagne made entirely from pinot meunier
Egly-Ouriet ‘Les Vignes de Vrigny’ 1er cru Vrigny
p. 82 What is the Tete de Cuvee (prestige bottling) for Roederer?
Cristal
When and where was Laurent-Perrier established?
1812 and Tours-Sur-Marne
Pierre Peters
Commune
Mesnil-sur-Oger
Cote de Blancs
Charles Heidsieck was established in what year and where are they located?
1851 and Reims
What is the inaugural vintage for Clos des Goisses, Cuvee 1522 and Clos de Goisses Juste Rose by Philipponnat?
1935 for Clos des Goisses,
1996 for Cuvée 1522,
1999 for Clos de Goisses Juste Rosé
Dom Pérignon 3 stages of aging
8 years
16 years - P2
25 years - P3
Dom Pérignon first release by LVMH
1936
Mareuil-sur-Ay and (A)__________ are the only two premier cru villages rated 99% in the échelle de crus.
A- Tauxières<br></br><img></img>
Cuvee des 6 cepages
Champagne Moutard et Fils
What were the Champagne Grand Cru Villages approved after 1985. - 5
-Montagne de Reims
Verzy*
-Côte des Blancs
Chouilly* (white grapes 100%, red grapes 95%)
Oiry*
Oger*
Le Mesnil-sur-Oger*
Pommery was established in year and where are they located?
1836 and Reims
Inaugural vintage for Gosset’s “Celebris”?
1988 for Celebris
Krug was founded in
1843
ChampagneGuide
Author
Peter Liem
Who works with qvevri?
Tarlant
Argilite
What is the oldest Champagne house still in operation today?
Gosset (Aÿ) was founded in 1584 *as a still wine producer.
Joseph Perrier
Cuvée Josephine
What grape is allowed in Champagne but has not being replanted since the 1930s
*-Gamay - No longer plated anywhere and the last of it was torn up in the 1930s out of the Aube.<br></br><img></img>
Fut de Chene
Henry Giraud
Ay
Jacques Selosse Contraste
Style
BdN
Agrapart
Where
Avize
Cristal wasnt produced in 2000s
4
2011
2010
2003
2001
Henri Billiot
Ambonnay
RM
Cuvée Laetitia” [NV, Predominantly Chardonnay]
“Cuvée Julie” [NV, 50% Pinot Noir, 50% Chardonnay] 1999
Boizel (Epernay)
“Joyau de France” (Brut and Brut Rosé)
Jacques Selosse
Commune
Avize
Cote de Blancs
Name all the Special Club Producers you can think of and the village they are from
A. Margaine [Villers Marmery] - Gaston Chiquet [Dizy] - Henri Goutorbe [Aÿ] - J. Lassalle [Chigny-les-Roses] - Marc Hébrart [Mareuil-sur-Aÿ] - Paul Bara [Bouzy] - Pierre Gimonnet [Cuis] - Moussé [Cuisles] - Rémy Massin [Ville-sur-Arce] - Larmandier Père et Fils [Cuis]
Dom Pérignon (élevage)
Épernay
Moët et Chandon
(both Brut/Brut Rosé)
Chardonnay and Pinot Noir
1921<br></br><img></img>
The most expensive bottle
Dom Pérignon rose gold 1996
Le Clos du 3 clochers
Leclerc-Briant
Epernay
Chardonnay
Sweetness Levels for Champagne (7)
Brut Nature/Non-Dosé 0-3 g’s per L, no added dosage
Extra Brut 0-6 grams per liter
Brut 0-12 grams per liter
Extra Dry 12-17 grams per liter
Sec 17-32 grams per liter
Demi-Sec 32-50 grams per liter
Doux 50+ grams per liter
How many grams per liter does Doux have ?
50+ grams per liter
Champagne with all the 7 grapes
the Laherte Freres Champagne 7
Ayala
“Cuvée Perle d’Ayala”
Vauzelle Terme
Jacquesson
Aÿ
PN 100%
J. Lassalle
Chigny-les-Roses - RM - Special Club
Taittinger Comtes de Champagne current vintage
2013
Inaugural vintage for Louis Roederer’s Cristal and Cristal rose
1876 was the first vintage for Cristal, but it was not commercially available until 1945. The first vintage of Cristal Rosé was 1974.
What was Louis Roederer’s original name and why did they change it?
Original name of the estate was Dubois Père et Fils. It was named after Louis Roederer in 1833 after he inherited the estate from his uncle.
ND - definition
Négociant Distributeur
A middleman company that distributes Champagne it did not make.
Rene Geoffroy top wines
Expression Brut NV
Empreinte Brut NV
Volupté Brut Vintage
Rosé de Saignée Brut NV
Krug Cuvées
Grande Cuvée [Brut, NV] - Rosé [Brut, NV] - Vintage [Brut] - Krug Collection [late released, vintage]
Duval-Leroy (Vertus)
“Femme de Champagne”
Salon is run in concert with what other Champagne house? What other producers are under the same umbrella?
Delamotte
Laurent Perrier & De Castellane
BAM
Tarlant
NV
Since INAO’s decision in 2009, how much has the number of villages that can grow grapes for the appellation.
(before) 319 to 357 (now)
La Cote Faron
Selosse
Ay Grand Cru
De Meric
Aÿ - NM - “Catherine de Medici” [MV - 50% Chardonnay, 50% Pinot Noir]
Nicolas Feuillatte (Chouilly) (CM) (Coopérative-Manipulant)
Palmes d’Or (Brut and Brut Rosé)
In what two years was Laurent Perrier’s ‘Grand Siècle’ released as a single vintage wine?
1985
1990
Salon
Where
Le Mesnil-sur-Oger
Les Barres
Chartogne-Taillet
Merfy
Extra Brut
Meunier
Ungrafted vines
Name the top bottling of Bérêche & Fils
Le Cran, from 1er cru Ludes in the Montagne de Reims
First biodynamic producer in Champagne
Fleury
Pommery (élevage)
Reims
“Cuvée Louise” - (Brut and Brut Rosé)
Brut: 60% Chardonnay, 40% Pinot Noir<br></br><img></img>
sur latte - definition
Horizontal storage of the bottle, during the second fermentation.<br></br><img></img>
Where is Egly-Ouriet located?
Ambonnay (GC Vallée de la Marne)
Salon
Le Mesnil-sur-Oger - NM - {100% Chardonnay] 1905 (1921 first commercially available)
Salon current vintage
2013
Henriot (producer location and tête du cuvée)
Cuvée des Enchanteleurs
Drappier
“Charles de Gaulle”
The Year of the Comet
1811
Bollinger
Aÿ - NM - Barrel Fermented
“La Grande Année” 1976
“R.D.”
Vieilles Vignes Françaises [100% Pinot Noir - Two plots in Aÿ] 1969
In the spring of 2013, what Champagne producer had their cellar robbed of wine and winemaking equipment?
In the spring of 2013 burglars stole 300 cases of Champagne from Selosse’s cellars, worth nearly $350,000. Interestingly they took 16,000 front labels, 12,000 neck labels, and 2,500 caps, which leads to the conclusion that they were also planning on counterfeiting the Selosse wines as well. Selosse is a Recoltant Manipulant.
Gosset (élevage)
Aÿ
“Celebris” Brut:
66% Chardonnay and 34% Pinot Noir
Brut Vintages produced, 98, 95, 90 & 88<br></br><img></img>
First vintage of Clos des Goisses from 100% PN
2011
(uprooted some Chardonnay vines)
Самое дорогое шампанское
Esprit Du Siècle Moët & Chandon
323 магнума выпущено
L. Roederer Cristal -Millenium Cuvee
Vintage
Aging
Bottle
1990
aged for 10 years
only in Methuselah bottle
Veuve Clicquot-Ponsardin (tête de cuvee)
La Grande Dame
(Brut and Brut Rosé)
Reims
Brut: 60-65% Pinot Noir, 30-35% Chardonnay
Brut: 1969 04 (last I saw)
Rosé: 1988
Delamotte
Les-Mesnil-sur-Oger - NM - “Nicholas Louis Delamotte” [90% Chardonnay, 10% Pinot Noir] no longer produced
How many grams per liter does Sec have ?
17-32 grams per liter
It is considered to be the first blanc de blancs Champagne.
Salon
L. Roederer Cristal
Ageing
6 years on yeast
8 in bottle
Larmandier-Bernier
Vertus - RM
Vieille Vigne de Cramant” [monoparcel, 100% Chardonnay]
Terre de Vertus” [monoparcel, 100% Chardonnay]
Champagne of Agrapart made with 6 varieties (except PG)
Complantée
Extra Brut
The widow Clicquot’s breakthrough of the pupitre, how many holes had (around) ?
The pupitre is a 2 large wooden planks fastened together in an upright “A” shape, with 60 angled holes cut into each plank of wood. 120 total angled holes.<br></br><img></img>
Chartogne-Taillet
Les Barres
What other grapes are authorize besides the 3 main; for Champagne AOP production, but are rarely encountered?
Only 0.27% of the vines planted are not the 3 main;
4- Pinot Blanc Vrai
(“true” Pinot Blanc, a white form of Pinot Noir)
5- Arbane
6- Pinot Gris
7- Petit Meslier
8- Fromenteau Gris
*-Gamay - No longer plated anywhere and the last of it was torn up in the 1930s out of the Aube<br></br><img></img>
Vertus
Where
Cotes de Blancs
Where was Dom Pérignon cellar master at?
Vallee de la Marne
Abbey of Hautvillers (1668-1715)<br></br><img></img>
100% Arbane champagne
3
Moutard Vieilles Vignes Cepage Arbane Brut
Champagne Gruet cuvée Arbane
Serge et Olivier Horiot Arbane Brut Nature
Name 5 producers that make Champagne in a reductive style
Salon
Pierre Peters
Ruinart
Pierre Gimmonet
Laurent Perrier
In (1)______ the French government define the region of (2)______ and its means of production and viticulture.
1-1927
2-Champagne<br></br><img></img>
Savart
Écueil - RM
Who explained the fermentation process in 1857.
Louis Pasteur
Jura (department) - Dole (commune)
December 27, 1822 - September 28, 1895)
French chemist and microbiologist<br></br><img></img>
Eric Rodez
Cuvée de prestige
Cuvée des Grands Vintages
NV
Jacques Selosse Sous Le Mont
Mareil sur Ay
Jacques Lassaigne
Where
Montgueux
Dom Pérignon
Former Chef de cave
Richard Geoffroy
La Cote aux Enfants Rouge
Bollinger
What is the name of oldest Champagne house still in operation today,that was founded in 1584 as a still wine producer.
Aÿ - Gosset<br></br><img></img>
the current chef de cave of Dom Pérignon
Vincent Chaperon
Marc Hébrart
Mareuil-sur-Aÿ
RM
Special Club
The oldest champagne house still owned by its foundind family
Henry Giraud
Boizel
Joyau de France
Favourite champagne of Robert Parker
Egly Ouriet
Type of oak used for Charles Heidsieck
There is no oak used in the cellars of Charles Heidsieck.
The southernmost Grand Cru
Mesnil-sur-Oger
The first producer to age Champagne in a gold barrel
Leclerc Briant
Bollinger Vieilles Vignes Francaises
Grapes
Pinot Noir
Charles Heidsieck
“Champagne Charlie” (discontinued after 1985 vintage), “Blanc des Millénaires”
The largest sub-region
Valee de la Marne
12 000 ha
Ay producers
Bollinger
Gosset
Deutz
Ayala
Cuvée Sainte Anne
Chartogne-Taillant
Merfy
Brut
NV
Salon was established in what year and where are they located?
1905 and Le Mesnil-Sur-Oger
De Venoge
Épernay - NM
“Grand Vin des Princes” [100% Chardonnay]
“Louis XV” [50% Chardonnay, 50% Pinot Noir]
Top wines from Louis Roederer
Cristal
Cristal, Rosé
Blanc de Blancs, Vintage Brut
Vintage Brut
Brut Premier
Brut Majeur
Ayala
Ay
Dom Pérignon P3
Last vintage
1993
Henriot
Cuvee des Enchanteleurs
Comtes Audoin de Dampierre
Bouzy - NM - “Prestige” [100% Chardonnay]
100% Arbane
2
Champagne Gruet
Champagne Moutard
The maximum alcohol of still wine in Champagne
10.5
What is the size of a Salmanazar in Champagne.
9 L (12 bottles)<br></br><img></img>
What size was discontinued in 1989 in Champagne.
Rehoboam 4.5 L (6 bottles)<br></br><img></img>
the first brut nature Vieilles Vignes Françaises
2005
What are the minor grape varieties of champagne production?
- Arbane
- Petit Meslier
- Pinot Gris
- Vrai (Pinot Blanc)
Who makes vintage champanges called Fleuron, Gastronome, Oenophile and Paradox?
Pierre Gimmonet
All wines are 100% chardonnay, except for Paradox, which is 50 chard/50 PN
Ployez-Jacquemart
Ludes
NM
“Liesse d’Harbonville” [70% Chardonnay, 30% Pinot Noir]
Champagne from Petit Meslier
Duval-Leroy Authentis
Laurent-Perrier
“Grand Siècle” NV, “Alexandra” (vintage rosé)
Tarlant
Commune
Oeuilly
(A)_______ (Champagne house) founded an American project in Yountville.
A- Moët et Chandon<br></br><img></img>
Vilmart & Cie (Rilly-la-Montagne) (RM)
Coeur de Cuvée
Mareuil-sur-Ay in the Vallée de la Marne and Tauxières in Montagne de Reims were the only premier cru villages with a (A)___% ranking
A- 99%
*growers in grand cru villages would receive the full price set by the CIVC, and other villages would receive a percentage equivalent to their échelle rating.<br></br><img></img>
André Clouet
Bouzy - RM - Stainless steel (some neutral barrel on top cuvées)
“Cuvée 1911” [100% Pinot Noir]
Laurent Perrier
Commune
Tours-sur-Marne
Leclapart
Commune
Trepail
Couarres Château
Chartogne-Taillet
Merfy
Pinot Noir
Extra Brut
Current vintage of Krug Clos du Mesnil
2008
Where is Vilmart & Cie based?
Rilly (1er cru Reims)
Louis Roederer Collection
Current number
245
How many Crémants are in France
8
Crémant de;
-Bordeaux
-Bourgogne
-Loire
-Limoux
-Die
-Jura
-Alsace
- Savoie
chef de cave at Roederer
Jean-Baptiste Lécaillon
Veuve Clicquot was established in what year and where are they located?
1772 and Reims
Ruinart
“Dom Ruinart”
ND - definition
Négociant Distributeur
A middleman company that distributes Champagne it did not make.
Jaques Selosse Les Carelles
Le Mesnil sur Oger
Chardonnay
Extra Brut
Solera
In the spring of 2013 burglars stole 300 cases of Champagne from ____________ cellars, worth nearly $350,000. Interestingly they took 16,000 front labels, 12,000 neck labels, and 2,500 caps, which leads to the conclusion that they were also planning on counterfeiting the _______ wines as well. __________ is a Recoltant Manipulant.
What producer did this happen to?
Jacques Selosse
Inaugural vintage on “Clos du Mesnil” and “Clos d’Ambonnay” for Krug
1979 for Clos du Mesnil
1995 for Clos d’Ambonnay
Where is Krug located?
Reims
Salon vintages since 2000
7
2013
2012
2008
2007
2006
2004
2002
De Castellane
Cuvée Commodore
“I drink Champagne when I’m happy and when I’m sad. Sometimes I drink it when I’m alone. When I have company I consider it obligatory. I trifle with it if I’m not hungry and drink it when I am. Otherwise, I never touch it—unless I’m thirsty.”
Lily Bollinger
Meunier 100%
4
Tarlant La vigne d’Or
Egly-Ouriet Vignes de Vrigny
Bereche Rive Gauche
Chartogne-Taillet Les Barres
Who first registered the brand Dom Pérignon
Eugene Mercier
Grand Siecle
Blend of 3 years
Excellence Brut NV
Grand Réserve Brut NV
Celebris Extra Brut Vintage
Gosset
Top wines from Jacquesson
Cuvée 7– Brut NV
Corne Bautray Extra Brut Vintage
Champs Caïn Extra Brut Vintage
Vauzelle Terme Extra Brut Vintage
Terres Rouges Extra Brut Rosé Vintage
Marguet Shaman # on the market
21
(2021 - reference vintage)
When did Veuve Clicquot trademark the yellow label and who currently owns the Champagne house?
The famous yellow label was trademarked in 1877. The firm went public in 1963 and merged with Louis-Vuitton-Moët-Hennessy in 1986.
Association des recoltants
Terres & Vins de Champagne
Cramant producers
3
Diebolt-Vallois
Bonnaire
Guy Larmandier
Diebolt-Vallois
“Fleur de Passion”
Canard Duchêne
Ludes
NM
“Charles VII”
[NV - Brut, Brut Rosé, Blanc de Blancs, Blanc de Noirs]
Jacques Selosse Chemin de Chalons
Cramant
Extra Brut
The mono-varietal Arbane
Champagne Moutard et Fils
Cepage Arbane Vieilles Vignes
Brut
2013
Henri Billiot
Ambonnay
RM
Cuvée Laetitia (NV)
Cuvée Julie (NV)
How is it consider the vin Champenoise vintage of 1914?
The 1914 vintage is considered as one of the finest vintages of the 20th century.<br></br><img></img>
Krug
Clos du Mesnil (100% chard)
Clos d’Ambonnay (100% PN)
Bollinger
“La Grande Anée”, “R.D.”, “Vieilles Vignes Françaises”
Drappier
Urville - NM
“Charles de Gaulle” [80% Pinot Noir, 20% Chardonnay] 1990
“Grande Sendrée” [monoparcel, Brut 55% Pinot Noir, 45% Chardonnay - Brut Rosé 90% Pinot Noir, 10% Chardonnay] 1975,1990
Who was the first Champagne producer to designate a vintage on their bottle and when?
Perrier-Jouët in 1825.
What is vins clairs?
- Base still wines for champagne production
- Undergo primary fermentation (high-acid, low alcohol)
- Often undergo MLF
- Approx. 11% abv
Ployez-Jacquemart (Ludes)
“Liesse d’Harbonville”
A maximum ____ percent of a year’s total harvest may be sold as vintage Champagne.
0.8
Cattier
Chigny-les-Roses
NM
“Clos du Moulin”
monoparcel in Ludes
50% Pinot Noir, 50% Chardonnay
1952
What is the name of Bérêche’s 100% pinot meunier champagne?
Rive Gauche
Billecart-Salmon Cuvées
NV Brut Rosé - NV Brut Réserve - NV Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru - NV Extra Brut - Brut Sous Bois (Under Oak) - Vintage Extra Brut - NV Demi-Sec
Salon vintages in 1990s
5
1999
1997
1996
1995
1990
Villages that achieved the maximum échelle (“scale”) of (A)_____ were classified as grands crus; villages that achieved an échelle of (C)___to___ were classified as premier cru.
A- 100
B- 90 to 99
*growers in grand cru villages would receive the full price set by the CIVC, and other villages would receive a percentage equivalent to their échelle rating.<br></br><img></img>
The first 2,050 liters of the pressing is called ?
vin de cuvée
Where is the village of Ambonnay?
Montagne de Reims<br></br><img></img>
Jacques Selosse Substance
Commune
Avize
De Venoge
Louis XV
The region warmest terroir
Clos des Goisses
South facing
45 degrees slope
Guy Larmandier (Vertus) (RM)
Cramant Grand Cru Cuvée Prestige
Inaugural vintage for Nicolas Francois, Cuvee Elisabeth Salmon Rose, and Clos Saint-Hilaire by Billecart-Salmon
1955 for Nicolas François,
1988 for Cuvée Elisabeth Salmon Rosé,
1995 for Clos Saint-Hilaire
Chartogne Taillet
Commune
Merfy
RM - %of the estate originated fruit
0.95
Pre-phyloxera champagne
Bollinger vielles vignes francaises
Cuvée Brigitte Bardot
Besserat de Bellefon
Wines from the Languedoc region are also produced by the traditional method, from a minimum 90% Mauzac, Chardonnay, and Chenin Blanc; are called
Blanquette de Limoux (AOP)
Club Tresors de Champagne
How many members
24
Lanson/BCC group =
Boizel Chanoine Champagne
Pierre Gimonnet
Cuis - RM - Stainless Steel - Special Club [Blanc de Blancs]
Sous le Mont
Selosse
Mareil sur Ay Premier cru
Hubert Dauvergne
Bouzy - RM - “Fine Fleur de Bouzy” [100% Pinot Noir]
Salon 2008
Only in magnums!
When was the Special Club Prestige Cuvée originated ?
1971
Lacking the marketing budgets of larger houses, these producers banded together to promote their prestige cuvées through identical packaging.<br></br><img></img>
Louis Roederer
“Cristal”
A. Margaine
Villers Marmery
RM
Stainless Steel (some foudre for Special Club) - Special Club [Blanc de Blancs]
6 grand cru villages of Côte des Blancs
1) Avize
2) Chouilly (95%R/ 100%W)
3) Cramant
4) Oiry
5) Oger
6) Le Mesnil-sur-Oger<br></br><img></img>
The process in which each bottle is briskly shaken in order to prevent the sediment from sticking to the sides; is called ?
pointage<br></br><img></img>
Inaugural vintage for Veuve Clicquot’s “La Grande Dame” and “La Grande Dame Rose”
La Grande Dame, 1966 released in 1972.
La Grande Dame Rosé, 1988 released in 1996.
Moussé
Cuisles (Marne) - RM - Special Club [100% Meunier]
Philipponnat was established in what year and where are they located?
1910 and Mareuil-sur-Aÿ
Piper-Heidsieck chef de cave
Émilien Boutillat
Inaugural vintage for Cuvee Sir Winston Churchill
1975
Name the grand marque of Jacques Selosse, its makeup, where it’s from and production method
Substance. 100% chardonnay from Avize. It’s a non-vintage Champagne from a solera system of 12 different vintages
What sweetness classification is giving to 32-50 grams per liter.
Demi-Sec
What are the Champagne Grand Cru Villages of Côte des Blancs.
6
Chouilly* (white grapes 100%, red grapes 95%)
Oiry*
Cramant
Avize
Oger*
Le Mesnil-sur-Oger*
Talk about Charles Heidsieck’s “Millesime”
The Millésime is 58% Pinot Noir and 42% Chardonnay, and ages for ten years on its lees before release.
In 1976 the firm was purchased by Henriot only to be sold again in 1985 to Rémy Martin. It was at this time that Daniel Thibault took over as Chef de Cave, who was credited for creating the mis en cave practice of putting a bottling date on the Brut Réserve non-vintage. Thibault also oversaw the creation of the Blanc de Millénaires, the prestige cuvée that replaced Champagne Charlie.
Charles Heidsieck
During the (A)_____ harvest, yields surpassed 82 hl/ha.
A- 2006
Selosse
Where
Avize
Clos des Goisses
Acreage
5.5 ha
Principal holdings and average total production for Krug
Principal Vineyard Holdings: Approximately 20 ha
Average Total Production: Approximately 50,000 cases
Where is Paul Bara located?
Bouzy (GC Reims)
Pol Roger
Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill
Moët & Chandon MCIII
blend of multi-vintage still wines and vintage champagnes matured in three different “universes
Top Wines by Billecart-Salmon
Brut Reserve NV
Blanc de Blancs Brut NV
Cuvée Nicolas François Brut Vintage
Clos Saint-Hilaire Brut Vintage
Cuvée Elisabeth Salmon Rosé Brut Vintage
Jacques Selosse Les Chantereines
Avize
Extra Brut
Still red from Meunier
Geoffroy Cumieres rouge
De Venoge
“Grand Vin des Princes”
Louis XV”
Canard Duchêne
Charles VII
Монраше Шампани
Les Chetillons Pierre Peters
BdB
Chardonnay
What were the Champagne Grand Cru Villages approved after 1985. - 5
Verzy*
Chouilly*
Oiry*
Oger*
Le Mesnil-sur-Oger*
Vilmart & Cie
Coeur de Cuvée
Upon its release, who was Roederer’s Cristal made for and when was it first made?
Russian Czar Alexander II. First produced in 1876, but not commercially released until 1974
What was the first prestige cuvée marketed and when?
Dom Pérignon 1921 in 1936
Name the monoparcel wine from Agrapart, its makeup and where it’s from
Venus, from Avize. 100% chardonnay
In (1)_________ the English developed heavy(2) ________ glass which was more suitable for sparkling wine. (3)________, ordered to save wood would not allow it to be used to make glass and production went to be fired by (4)______; which is a hotter fire making a stronger glass)
1- 1660
2- “verre anglais”
3- Charles II of England
4- coal
Les Genettes
Eric Rodez
Ambonnay Grand Cru
Chardonnay
Name the monoparcel release of Pierre Peters, its makeup and where it’s from
Cuvée Special les Chétillons
Mesnil-sur-Oger
100% chardonnay
The most expensive Champagne
Moet Chandon Esprit du Siecle
323 bottles produced.
made in the 90’s
a blend of the 11 best vintages
of the 20th century, 1900/1914/1921/1934/1943/
1952/1962/1976/1983/1985/1995
then fermented for a third time to get the bubbles back in.
What is the size of a Salmanazar in Champagne.
9 L (12 bottles)<br></br><img></img>
Gaston Chiquet was established in what year and where are they located?
1935 and Dizy, Vallee de la Marne
Ployez-Jacquemart
“Liesse d’Harbonville”
Empreinte
Rene Geoffroy
Cumières
Vintage
Pinot Noir
Eric Rodez
Where
Ambonnay
In (1)________, Champagne was enshrined in the new (2)___________ system.
1- 1936
2- Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée (AOC)<br></br><img></img>
Larmandier Bernier
Commune
Vertus
How many grams per liter does Extra Dry have ?
12-17 grams per liter
Henry Giraud commune
Ay
What does the Contrôle des Structures regulates ?
Prohibits any firm from farming more than 15 owned or rented hectares.
That is why today merchant houses own just over 10% of Champagne’s vineyards.<br></br><img></img>
Inaugural vintage for Dom Ruinart and Dom Ruinart rose
1959 for Dom Ruinart
1966 for Dom Ruinart Rosé
Current vintage of Krug Clos d’Ambonnay
2006
Jacques Selosse (Avize) (RM)
Substance NV
Initial BdB
The first 2,050 liters of the pressing is called ?
vin de cuvée
Les vignes de Vrigny
Egly-Ouriet
100% meunier
Bruno Paillard
Reims - NM - “Nec Plus Ultra” [Chardonnay and Pinot Noir] 1990
Jacquart (Reims) (CM)
Cuvée Alpha NV
Laurent-Perrier Grand Siècle Iteration #
?
26
Grand Siecle Iteration 25
Based on which 3 millesimes?
2008
2007
2006
Laurent-Perrier Grand Siècle
When did they start to mark the # of the Iteration on the bottle?
Since 2019
Authentis
Duval-Leroy
Petit Meslier
Bulles de Comptoir
Charles Dufour
Etienne Calsac
Avize
Cuvee Divine
Leclerc-Briant
Solera!
Jaques Lassaigne
Montgueux
Charles Dufour
Landreville
The only vineyard left in the city of Reims
Clos Lanson
1 ha
Chardonnay
Philipponnat is owned by
Lanson-BCC
L’inattendue
Henriot
Tauxieres
Where
Montagne de Reims
PN TX17
Bollinger
Pinot Noir
Tauxieres
Pouillon
Mareil-sur-Ay
David Leclapart
Trepail
Georges Laval
Cumieres
Cumières
Where
Vallee de la Marne
What grape did CIVC include on experimental basis?
Voltis
White
Vin de la riviere =
Commune
Ay
Current # of Krug Grande Cuvee
172
Base - 2016
Hommage a Camille
Louis Roederer
Coteaux Champenois
White and red
Côte aux enfants
Bollinger
Coteaux Champenois
The first vintage of Clos Lanson
2006
2015 La Grande Dame label and packaging has been designed by…
Italian artist and ceramicist Paola Paronetto
Clos d’Ambonnay acreage
tiny walled plot of 0.68 ha
Rebèche
(vinification) : terme champenois qui désigne un vin issu des dernières presses et qui ne participe pas à l’élaboration de cuvées destinées à la champagnisation. Ainsi, le pressoir champenois traditionnel reçoit 4000 kg de raisins. La première presse, appelée cuvée, permet d’obtenir 2050 l de moût ; les deux serrages suivants, 450 l. Un dernier serrage donne la rebèche, exclue de la vinification champenoise et destinée à la distillation.
the first to make a Champagne rosé
Ruinart has uncovered documents which it says prove it was in 1764
Abiss
Leclerc Briant
Aged in the ocean
Clos des Maladries
Etienne Calsac
Clos de l’Abbaye
Doyard
Clos Sainte Sophie
Jaques Lassaigne
Zeus bottle
45 l
Roederer was founded
1775
Clos des Goisses dosage
Extra Brut
Owner of Krug
LVMH
Design of la Grande Dame 2015
Author
Paola Paronetto
Clos du Moulin
Cattier
Ludes
Sténopé
joint venture between Champagne Devaux and Michel Chapoutier.
the biggest producer in the Aube
Devaux
the only ungrafted Chardonnay vines in Champagne
La Vigne d’Antan
Tarlant
The current vintage of Dom Pérignon P2
2006
Before:
2, 3, 4
Delamotte (Le Mesnil-sur-Oger)
“Nicolas Louis Delamotte” (no longer produced)
Goisse means
very steep slope
Best latest vintages
3
1996
2002
2006?
Cédric Bouchard
Celles-sur-Ource
- RM
What is it called a 18 L (24 bottles) bottle in Champagne ?
Solomon<br></br><img></img>
What vintages Salon did released?
7
- 1943, 1945-1949
- 1951-1953, 1955, 1959
- 1961, 1964, 1966, 1969
- 1971, 1973, 1976, 1979
- 1982, 1983, 1985, 1988
- 1990, 1995-1997, 1999
- 2002
- 2004
- 2006
- 2007
- 2008 only in magnums!
- 2012
- 2013
Jacquesson was established in what year and where are they located?
1798 and in Dizy (Vallee de Marne)
How many grams per liter does Demi-Sec have ?
32-50 grams per liter
Champ Caïn
Jaquesson
Avize
BdB
The size of the bottle Souverain
26.25 l
35 bottles
Taittinger Cuvées
Brut La Française - Pertige Rosé - Prélude [Brut, Grand Cru] - Vintage Brut [Grand Cru] - Nocturne [Sec] - Nocturne Rosé [Sec]
pétillant
2.5 - 3.5 atmospheres
very light mousse
used a lot is Loire<br></br><img></img>
First récoltant manipulant in Champagne
Gaston Chiquet
the official champagne brand of James Bond
Bollinger
The current # of cuvee Jacquesson
747
Based on 2019
Jacques Selosse Substance
Grapes
Blanc des Blancs
Pierre Gimonnet & Fils
Commune
Cuis
Pureté
Rene Geoffroy
Pas dose
What is the size of a Balthazar in Champagne.
12 L (16 bottles)<br></br><img></img>
Demi-sec
Cuvée producer
Tarlant
Chartogne Taillet
Where
Merfy
Les Fournettes
Eric Rodez
Ambonnay Grand Cru
Pinot Noir
Diebolt-Vallois
Cramant
NM
“Fleur de Passion” [100% Chardonnay]
1995
Comtes Audoin de Dampierre (Chenay)
“Prestige” (Blanc de Blanc)
Egly-Ouriet
Les Crayeres
Champagne of Royal family of Monaco
Perrier-Jouët
Alfred Gratien
Cuvée Paradis
Epernay
Top wines from Bollinger
RD
Grande Année
Grande Année Rosé
Vieilles Vignes Françaises
Special Cuvée
Bereche
Commune
Ludes
What Negociant Manipulant owns Salon, Delamotte, and De Castellane?.
Laurent Perrier
Where is Pierre Gimmonet located?
Cuis (1er cru Côte des Blancs)
When was “blocage” created ?
Authorities created blocage in the mid-1990s in expectation of a shortage of supply in the walk-up to the Millennium.
On some labels, the Coteaux Champenois title may be followed by the name of the commune in which the grapes were grown. This is the case for red wines - 5
Bouzy
Ay
Sillery
Cumieres
Vertus
First vintage Sir Winston Churchill Pol Roger
1975
Released 1984
Who made brut nature in collaboration with Philippe Starck
Louis Roederer
Bouzy producers
3
Paul Bara
Herbert Beaufort
Andre Clouet
Tarlant
Where
Oeuilly
Since INAO’s decision in 2009, how much has the number of villages that can grow grapes for the appellation.
(before) 319 to 357 (now)
Where are Salon grapes used in non-vintage years when the wine isn’t produced?
Mainly Delamotte, but could also end up with Laurent-Perrier
Where did Moët et Chandon establish in US ?
In Yountville Napa California.<br></br><img></img>
Comtes Audoin de Dampierre
“Prestige”
What is the size of a Jeroboam in Champagne.
3 L (4 bottles)<br></br><img></img>
Jerome Prévost produces “Les Béguines” from which village?
Gueux
La Grande Dame
Last vintage
2015
Where is the Clos des Goisses vineyard?
Mareuil-sur-Aÿ
Comptesse Marie de France
Bouzy Grand Cru
Paul Bara
Top wines from Vilamart & Cie
Top Wines Produced
Grand Cellier NV
Cuvée Rubis NV
Grand Cellier Rubis Vintage
Grand Cellier d’Or Vintage
Coeur de Cuvée Vintage
Ratafia
In 1836 who measure the precise amount of sugar required to induce it without breaking the bottle?
André François
Krug was established when and where are they located?
1843 and Reims
Who owns Deutz
Roederer
Chiny Les Roses
J. Lassale
What is the size of a Nebuchadnezzar in Champagne.
15 L (20 bottles)<br></br><img></img>
What size was discontinued in 1989 in Champagne.
Rehoboam 4.5 L (6 bottles)<br></br><img></img>
What is it called a 9 L (12 bottles) bottle in Champagne ?
Salmanazar<br></br><img></img>
Armand de Brignac (Ace of Spades) brand producer
Cattier
Owned by J-Z
Comtes Audoin de Dampierre
Prestige
What is the size of a Balthazar in Champagne.
12 L (16 bottles)<br></br><img></img>
Taittinger was originally established under what name?
The Taittinger house was established under the name Forneaux Forest in 1734, although it was not purchased by the Taittinger family until 1932.
The last vintage of Bollinger Grande Annee
2015
Champagne house to use qvevri
Tarlant
Pol Roger was established in what year and where are they established?
1849 and Epernay
agrafe - definition
cork secured by metal clip, the cork is used to capture the sediment during remuage.<br></br><img></img>
Acreage of Champagne
33000 ha
Volupté
Rene Geoffroy
Cumières
Chardonnay
Vintage
Vilmart
Rilly-la-Montagne - RM - Barrel Fermented - “Coeur de Cuvée” [80% Chardonnay, 20% Pinot Noir] 1989
BAM!
Champagne Tarlant
BAM! cuvée is so-called because it contains 25 percent each of and Pinot Blanc and Arbane, and 50 percent Petit Meslier
(A)____ villages have grand cru status and (B)___ are classified as premier cru according to their rankings in the Échelle de Crus.
A- 17
B- 42<br></br><img></img>
LVMH brands
4
Moët et Chandon
Krug
Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin
Mercier
When (year) was the first time the government delimited the region of Champagne.
1908<br></br><img></img>
Piece de Champagne
205 liters
Substance, Grand Cru
Initiale, Grand Cru
Champagne Extra Brut, “Version Originale”
Les Carelles, Le-Mesnil-Sur-Oger
Exquise, Demi-Sec
La Côte Faron, (used to be Contraste), single vineyard in Aÿ.
Who is the producer?
Jacques Selosse
Le Clos Saint Hilaire
Billecart-Salmon
Blanc de noirs
AR Lenoble
(Chouilly)
“Cuvée Les Aventures” (NV, BdB
“Cuvée Gentilhomme” (Vintage, BdB)
The Champagne of Louis Roederer that is 100% biodynamic?
Cristal rose
Dom Pérignon Plenitude
Concept
3 releases at different stages of the wine developement
Each vintage has 3 plenitudes:
- after 9 years
- after 12-15 years (P2)
- after 25 years (P3)
Dom Pérignon cellarmaster
1990-2019
Richard Geoffroy
Krug Clos d’Ambonnay
Last vintage
2006
Pierre Gimonnet was established in what year and where are they located?
1935 and Cuis (Cote de Blanc)
Billecart-Salmon (Mareuil-sur-Aÿ)
“Nicolas François Billecart”
“Grande Cuvée”
“Elisabeth Salmon Rosé”
9 grand cru villages of Montagne de Reims
N to S
1) Sillery
2) Puisieulx
3) Beaumont-sur-Vesle
4) Verzenay
5) Mailly Champagne
6) Verzy
7) Louvois
8) Bouzy
9) Ambonnay
Pierre Gimonnet
Top Wines Produced / Blends
Cuis Premier Cru Blanc de Blancs Brut NV
Gastronome Premier Cru Blanc de Blancs Brut Vintage
Fleuron Premier Cru Blanc de Blancs Brut Vintage
Oenophile Premier Cru Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut Vintage
Paradoxe Brut Vintage
Special Club Vintage
Who is the producer?
Inaugural vintage for “Cuvee Speciale” and “Rose for Albane” by Pierre Peters
1971 for Cuvée Spéciale
2009 for Rosé for Albane
Name 4 producers that make Champagne in an oxidative style
Krug
Jacques Selosse
Bollinger
Jacquesson
G. H. Mumm
Reims - NM
“Cuvée R. Lalou” [Chardonnay and Pinot Noir]
Perrier-Jouët
Belle Epoque (Fleur de Champagne)
Billecart-Salmon
Nicolas François Billecart
Elisabeth Salmon Rosé
Grand Cuvée
What is it called a 18 L (24 bottles) bottle in Champagne ?
Solomon<br></br><img></img>
What were the first two vintages of Dom Pérignon to be released?
1921
1928
What was the nickname of: Nazi-appointed agent Otto Klaebisch
Weinführer<br></br><img></img>
Louis Roederer (Reims)
“Cristal” (Brut and Brut Rosé) (1876 (not available commercially until 1945))
Best champagne vintages in 1990s
1995, 1996 (!), 1997, 1998, 1999
1990
What are the 7 denotations for the type of producer who made the wine.
1- NM (Négociant Manipulant)
2- RM (Récoltant Manipulant)
3- CM (Coopérative Manipulant)
4- RC (Récoltant Coopérateur)
5- SR (Société de Récoltants)
6- ND (Négociant Distributeur)
7- MA (Marque d’Acheteur)
Before to found his house Krug worked for
Jaquesson
What sweetness classification is giving to 32-50 grams per liter.
Demi-Sec
Pol Roger
Épernay - NM - Stainless Steel - Vintage-Dated Brut, Blanc de Blancs and Rosé - “Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill” [Pinot Noir and Chardonnay] 1975
Charles Heidsieck
“Blanc des Millénaires” (BdB)
(Reims)
Côte de Val Vilaine
Cedric Bouchard
BdN
Village Polisy
Named Inflorescence before 2012
Les Orizeaux
Chartogne-Taillet
Merfy
Pinot Noir
Extra Brut
The current # of cuvee Collection of Louis Roederer
245
Chartogne-Taillet, (Merfy) (RM)
Fiacre
La Grande Dame 2012
Painter
Yayoi Kusama
Largest landowner in Champagne
Moet
Who created the Comité Interprofessional du Vin de Champagne (CIVC)
Count Robert-Jean de Vogüé of Moët et Chandon - 1941<br></br><img></img>
Jaquesson
Where
Dizy
Valee de la Marne
Cuvée Divine
Leclerc-Briant
Epernay
Ayala
Cuvée Perle d’Ayala
Gerome Prevost
Commune
Gueux
Bruno Paillard
“Nec-Plus-Ultra”
The first house to put on the back label the main year, dosage and disgorgment date
Philliponnat
Les Beurys
Eric Rodez
Ambonnay Grand Cru
Pinot Noir
The first RD on the market
Bollinger R.D. 1952
released in 1967
Billecart-Salmon
Mareuil-sur-Aÿ - NM - Primarily Stainless Steel, Oak for some cuvées - “Cuvée Nicolas Françoise” [60% Pinot Noir, 40% Chardonnay, Partial Barrel Fermentation]1964 - “Elisabeth Samon Rosé” 1988 - “Cuvée Louis Blanc de Blancs” - “Clos St-Hilaire” [monoparcel, 100% Pinot Noir, Full Barrel Fermentation] 1995
Vigne d’Or
Tarlant
Who established in 1729 and can claim to be the oldest (only) sparkling Champagne house?
Ruinart (Reims)<br></br><img></img>
Name all the producers who ferment base wines in oak barrels
Krug - Egly-Ouriet - Jacques Selosse - Vilmart - Bollinger - Billecart-Salmon (top cuvées partially fermented in oak) - Jacquesson (large foudre) - Philipponat (foudre/barrel fermented, foudre aged) - René Geoffroy - Alfred Gratien - Agrapart - Louis Roederer (oak tuns)
Who practices the provignage system on the vineyards (in crowd growing)?
Bollinger
For Vieilles Vignes Françaises
Andre Beaufort
Ambonnay
Egly-Ouriet
2
Ambonnay - RM - Barrel Fermented
“Les Crayères” [100% Pinot Noir] 1989
Les vignes de Vrigny 100% Meunier
Krug Vintage Brut wasnt produced in 2000s
3
2007
2005
2001
Bollinger Vieilles Vignes Francaises
First vintage
1974
Cuvée des Crayères
Eric Rodez
Ambonnay Grand Cru
NV
Paul Bara
Bouzy - RM - Special Club [Brut and Brut Rosé]
What is vin de cuvée?
The first 2,050 liters to be extracted from 4,000 kg of grapes
Dame-Jane rose
Henry Giraud
Perrier-Jouët (Épernay)
“Belle Époque/Fleur de Champagne (USA)” (Brut, Brut Rosé, and Blanc de Blancs)
The current # of DT of Jacquesson
744
Based on 2016
Deutz
Aÿ - NM - Stainless Steel - “Cuvée William Deutz” {Blanc and Rosé]1959 - “Amour de Deutz” [100% Chardonnay] 1993
Dom Pérignon wasnt produced in 2000s
2
2007
2001
Moët et Chandon
Épernay - NM - Stainless Steel - “Dom Pérignon” [Vintage Brut and Brut Rosé] 1921 - “Oenothèque” [Vintage Brut and Brut Rosé]
Joseph Perrier
Châlons-sur-Marne
NM
“Cuvée Josephine”
[predominantly Chardonnay]
Joseph Perrier
Châlons-sur-Marne
NM
“Cuvée Josephine”
[predominantly Chardonnay]
Agrapart (Mono) (RM, Avize)
Vénus Brut Nature
Delamotte
Cuvée de prestige
Nicolas Louis Delamotte
Grosset - Celebris - Vintages produced
Brut Vintages produced, 98, 95, 90 & 88
Rose 03 (latest)<br></br><img></img>
Coeur de Cuvée
Vilmart & Cie.
only the finest 800 liters from the middle of this pressing
Who produced the first-ever Special Club rosé bottling and when?
Paul Bara
2004
The biggest family run house
Taittinger
Taittinger
Brut Reserve NV
La Folies de la Marquetterie NV
Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut Vintage
Comtes de Champagne Brut Rose Vintage
Top wines from Pierre Peters
Top Wines Produced / Blends
Cuvée de Réserve Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Brut NV
Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Extra Brut Vintage
Cuvée Spéciale les Chetillons Blanc de Blancs Brut Vintage
Rosé for Albane Brut Vintage
Laurent Perrier
Grand Siècle
Avize producers
Agrapart
Jacques Sellosse
On some labels, the Coteaux Champenois title may be followed by the name of the commune in which the grapes were grown. for white wines from 2 communes
Chouilly
Mesnil
Best vintages in 21 century
2000, 2002, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014
A maximum ____ percent of a year’s total harvest may be sold as vintage Champagne.
0.8
Who bought Charles Heidsieck in 2011?
Societe Europeanne de Participations Industrielles (EPI)
Dom Pérignon
Last vintage
2015
Corne Bautray
Jacquesson
Dizy
BdB
Taittinger Comtes de Champagne vintages in 2000s
7
2011
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2002
De Venoge
(Épernay)
“Grand Vin des Princes” (Blanc de Blancs)
“Louis XV” (Brut & Extra-Brut Rosé)
Jacquesson
Dizy - NM - Foudre Fermented - “Grand Vin Signature” [discontinued after 2002]
“Dizy Corne Bautray” [monoparcel, 100% Chardonnay] 1995
“Aÿ Vauzelle Terme” [monoparcel, 100% Pinot Noir] 1996
“Dizy Terres Rouges Rosé” [monoparcel, 100% Pinot Noir] 2002 - now white
“Avize Champ Cain” [monoparcel 100% Chardonnay] 2002
Perrier-Jouët was established when and where?
1811 and Epernay
V.P. Champagne
Egly-Ouriet
Vieillissement Prolongé
5-6 years
What year did Jacques Selosse’s Substance solera start?
1987
Gosset (Tête de Cuvée)
Aÿ
“Celebris”
*Brut Vintages produced, 98, 95, 90 & 88
(Blanc de Blancs NV, Vintage Brut Rosé and Vintage Brut)<br></br><img></img>
What is the requirements of pressing of grapes (yield) in Champagne?
CIVC set a limit (1992)
- 102L / 160KG grapes
- 2550L / 4000KG grapes
- Coquard basket press<br></br><img></img>
What is it called a 12 L (16 bottles) bottle in Champagne ?
Balthazar<br></br><img></img>
What is it called a 6 L (8 bottles) bottle in Champagne ?
Methuselah<br></br><img></img>
Duval-Leroy (Mono)
Clos des Bouveries
Perrier-Jouët
Épernay - NM - Stainless Steel - “Belle Époque”, “Fleur de Champagne” (USA) [Brut, Brut Rosé, Blanc de Blancs] 1964 [2002 last vintage for Fleur de Champagne]
Ruinart (Reims)
“Dom Ruinart” (Blanc de Blancs and Rosé)
Jean Milan
Oger - NM - “Terres de Noël” [monoparcel, 100% Chardonnay]
What is the size of a Rehoboam in Champagne.
3 L (4 bottles) - (discontinued in 1989)<br></br><img></img>
Boizel
Épernay - NM - “Joyau de France” [Pinot Noir and Chardonnay] 1961
Clos Saint Hilaire grapes, commune
Mareil-sur-Ay
Pinot Noir
Taittinger
Reims - NM - Stainless Steel (Rare inclusion of oak) - “Comtes de Champagne” [Blanc de Blancs and Rosé] 1952, 1973 - “Les Folies de la Marquetterie” [monoparcel, Pierry, NV, 55% Chardonnay, 45% Pinot Noir] 2006
Jacquart
Reims - CM - “Brut de Nominée” [NV, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir]
Alfred Gratien (Épernay)
“Cuvée Paradis” (NV) (Brut and Brut Rosé)
Clos des Goisses sugar
Extra brut
When did Louis Pasteur explained the fermentation process?
1857<br></br><img></img>
Veuve Fourny
Vertus - NM - “Clos Faubourg Notre Dame” [monoparcel, 100% Chardonnay]
Leclerc-Briant
Commune
Epernay
De Meric
“Catherine de Médicis”
AR Lenoble
Cuvée Les Aventures
Cuvée Gentilhomme
Claude Cazals
Le Mesnil-sur-Oger - RM
“Clos Cazals” monoparcel
100% Chardonnay
1995
René Geoffroy
Aÿ - RM - Barrel Fermented
Jaques Selosse Le Bout du Clos
Ambonnay
Chartogne-Taillet
Merfy - RM
“Fiacre” [60% Chardonnay, 40% Pinot Noir]
“Les Barres” [monoparcel, ungrafted vines, 100% Meunier] 2006 (sometimes NV)
Agrapart
Commune
Avize
Cote de Blancs
Pierre Peters
Les-Mesnil-sur-Oger - RM - Stainless Steel- “Cuvée Spéciale les Chétillons” [monoparcel, 100% Chardonnay] 1971 - “Rosé for Albane” 2009