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1914 and 1915 are know as what vintages in Champagne?

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The blood vintages due to World War 1

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Clos d’ Ambonnay

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Ambonnay, Krug, Reims

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Clos l’ Abbe

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Cramant, Champagne Hubert Soreau, Cramant

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Clos de l’ Aurore

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Ville- Dommange, Champagne Bergeronneau- Marion, Ville- Dommange

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Clos Cazals

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Oger, Champagne Claude Cazals, Le Mesnil- sur- Oger

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Clos des Champions

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Cumieres, Champagne Lecletc Briant, Epernay

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Clos des Chaulins

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Pargny- Les- Reims, Champagne Medot, Reims

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Clos des Faubourgs de Notre Dame

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Vertus, Champagne Verve Fourny, Vertus

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Clos des Goisses

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Mareuil- sur- Ay, Philiponnat, Mareuil- sur- Ay

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Clos Jacquesson

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Dizy, Jacquesson, Dizy

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Clos du Moulin

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Chigny- Les- Roses, Cattier, Chigny- Les- Roses

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Le Petit Clos

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Bouzy, Champagne Jean Vesselle, Bouzy

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Clos des Plant de Chenes

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Moussy, Champagne Jose Michel and Fils, Moussy

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Clos Saint- Hilaire

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Mareuil- sur- Ay, Billecart Salmon, Mareuil- sir- Ay

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Clos Sainte- Sophie

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Montgueux, Champagne Lassaigne, Montgueux

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Clos Virgile

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Beaumont- sur- Vesle, Champagne Portier, Beaumont- sur- Vesle

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Clos Saint- Jacques and Clos Chaudes

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Mareuil- sur- Ay, Bollinger, Ay
The two Clos, which are planted with ungrafted vines planted in the old system called en folle as opposed to trellised rows are combined to produce the Champagne Vielles Vignes Francaises

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Champagne AOP

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Coteaux Champenois AOP (Départements: Aisne, Haute- Marne, Marne, Seine- et- Marne)

Rose des Riceys AOP (Communes of Production: Les Riceys)

Champagne AOP (Départements: Aube, Aisne, Marne, Haute- Marne, Seine- et- Marne)

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Montagne de Reims- Grand Cru Villages:

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Sillery
Puisieulx
Beaumont- Sur- Vesle
Verzenay
Mailly- Champagne
Verzy
Louvois
Bouzy
Ambonnay
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Montagne de Reims- 1er Cru Villages:

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Avenay- Val- d'Or
Bezannes
Billy-le-Grand
Chamery
Chigny-les-Roses
Cormontreuil
Coulommes-la-Montagne
Ecueil
Jouy-les-Reims
Ludes
Les Mesneux
Montbre
Pargny-les-Reims
Rilly-la-Montagne
Sacy
Sermiers
Taissy
Tauxieres-Mutry
Trepail
Trois-Puits
Vaudemagne
Villers-Allerand
Villers-aux-Noeuds
Ville-Dommange
Villers-Marmery
Vrigny
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Vallee de la Marne: Grand Cru Villages

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Ay

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Vallee de la Marne: 1er Cru Villages:

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Bisseuil
Champillon
Cumieres
Dizy
Hautvillers
Mareuil-sur-Ay
Mutigny
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Cotes Des Blancs: Grand Cru Villages:

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Chouilly (Grand Cru for Whites)
Oiry
Cramant
Avize
Oger
Les Mesnil-sur-Oger
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Cotes Des Blancs: 1er Cru Villages:

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Bergeres-les-Vertus
Cuis
Etrechy
Grauves
Etrechy
Grauves
Pierry
Val-des-Marais (Coligny)
Vertus
Villeneuve-Renneville- Chevigny
Voipreux
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When was Dom Perignon first launched?

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  1. Its bottle was a take on a bottle shape launched in 1735. It was launched during the Great Depression as a true luxury/ illitest brand
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When was ‘Cristal’ first released?

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  1. But it had been produced since the 1800s for the Russian Czar, Alexander the Second, who preferred his champagne sweet. To differentiate it from the court his was clear, whilst there’s was green.
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In 1960 Bollinger took on who in court?

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Michael Grylls, who had formed the Costa Brava Wine company. In promo materials he mentioned ‘Champagne’. This was the precident the champagne producers needed to start suing other producers who used the word champagne.

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What was Louis Roederer first known as?

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Dubois Pere et Fils.

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What year was Cliquot established?

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1772

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What year was Jacquesson established?

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1798 Founded in Chalons-sur- Marne, eventually moving to Reims; it was purchased by the Chiquet family in 1974 and moved to Dizy.

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What was the first we’ll know single Cru of village champagne?

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Salon in Le Mesnil sur Oger. Was initially produced for the sole consumption of its founder Eugene- Aime Salon in 1905

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Which single vineyard champagne was started in 1935 when Pierre Philipponnat bought a vineyard on the Marnie River?

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Clos de Goisses

33
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1979 was the Krug first made….

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Clos du Mesnil, in Les Mesnil- sur- Oger

34
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What is the free run juice also known as in Champagne?

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Autopressurage

35
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What is the series of runs when in pressing champagne called?

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A serre

36
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Both Cuvée and Taille…..

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Can be used for champagne making. The cuvée has more finesse, whilst the taille (in a clean ripe vintage) can provide fruity aromas and soften the blend.

37
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How long does debourbage (settling) take in champagne?

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It’s overnight

38
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To reach 6 atmospheres of pressure how much sugar must you add?

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Typically 24 grams per litre

39
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Why is 6 atmospheres usually decided upon in Champagne?

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Because base wines used to be stored under cork. However now under crown seal a lot of producers are deciding to go with lower atms.

40
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What is the Maillard reaction?

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When the lees are removed from Champagne the amino acids react with the sugars of dosage to create the Maillard reaction. This creates biscuity, briochelike flavours over a long period of post- disgorgement aging

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Who was responsible for restablishing the heirloom grapes of Champagne?

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Pierre and Philippe Aubry, they replanted them for the bicentennial of their Estate in 1986

42
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Who was the first winery to become biodynamic in Champagne?

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Fleury in 1992

43
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Who is he largest biodynamic producer in Champagne?

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Louis Roederer in 2007

44
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Côte Des Blancs

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  • Villages: 11
  • Vineyard area: 3,142 hectares (7765 acres)
  • 98% Chardonnay, 2% P/ Noir
  • Exceptional pure bedrock of chalk, combined with predominately east- facing slopes, provides ideal conditions for creating Chardonnay of unsurpassed finesse and poise
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What is the difference in styles between the north and south of the Côte De Blanc?

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Nth is richer whilst the Sth is more precise

46
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What were the first grand cru vineyards of the Côte De Blanc?

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Cramant and Avize

47
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What was the Côte De Blanc know as prior to being named the Côte De Blanc?

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Côte d’Avize

48
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What year was Le Mesnil prompted to Grand Cru?

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1985

49
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What are the Grand Cru of the Côte De Blanc?

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Le Mesnil
Oger
Chouilly
Oiry

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Montagne De Reims

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  • Number of Villages: 97
  • Vineyard area: 20,453 acres (8,277 hectares)
  • Grape Varieties: 41% Pinot Noir, 34% Meunier, 25% Chardonnay
  • Known for: P/ Noir, other grapes work in different soils. Chard is dominant in Trepail, Villers- Marmey. Meunier works in Petit Montagne.
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What are the villages of the Grande Montagne?

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South Facing GCs: Bouzy and Ambonnay

Each facing Chardy terroirs: Trepail and Villers- Marmery

North facing GCs: Verzenay and Verzy

Northern Premier Crus: Ludes, Chigny- Les- Roses, Riley- la- Montagne

52
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Who is the famous single grower Estate in Ambonnay?

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Egly- Ouriet

53
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What is the difference between Bouzy and Ambonnay?

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“Bouzy has the name, Ambonnay has the fame”

54
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What style of wine is Bouzy (Montagne de Reims) present?

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Wines that are broader, ripe and fuller bodied. They lie on a bedrock of hard chalk.

55
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Which producer is the most famous from Trepail?

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David Leclapart, famous for being biodynamic

56
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What are the villages of the Grande Vallee?

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Bisseuil
Mareuil-sur-Ay
Avenay- Val-d’Or
Mutigny 
Ay 
Dizy
Champillon
Hautvillers
Cumieres
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Grande Vallee

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Number of villages; 9
Vineyard Area: 4,517 acres (1,828 ha)
Grape Varieties: 65% Pinot Noir, 19% Chardonnay, 16% Meunier
Known For: Expansive, full bodied champs, most notably from Pinot Noir, although some excellent Chardonnay can be grown here, two.

58
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Where is the village of Mareuil- sur- Ay located?

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Grand Vallee
Northern Banks of the Marne River
EST of Epernay

59
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What is the Grande Vallee also known as?

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The Grande Vallee de la Marne

60
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What is the Grande Vallee home to?

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Some of the greatest Pinot noir vineyards in Champagne

61
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What are the three famous villages in Champagne that face south?

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Bouzy
Ambonnay
Ay

62
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Sillery- Montagne de Reims

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Moet owns a vineyard in Sillery, now with old vine Meunier. Ruinart retains holdings in Sillery and Puisieulx as key Chardonnay elements in its Dom Ruinart. The only recoltant- manipulant in Sillery is Francois Seconde

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Verzenay- Montagne de Reims

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  • Up the slopes from Puisieulx, tucked between its famous windmill and lighthouse
  • Northeast facing
  • Provides vigor, precision, clarity and Vinosity to the champagne blend
  • Lieux dots: les Correttes, les Pertois, les Bruyeres, les Hautes Coutures.
  • Of the 415 acres of vines planted most are Pinot Noir which is suited to these calcareous soils
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Verzy- Montagne de Reims

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  • Elevated from Premier Cru in 1985
  • Less powerful and voluminous than Verzennay
  • Tends to have a salinity on the palate
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Villers- Marmery- Montagne de Reims

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  • Better know for Chardonnay than PN

- Piercing acid. Grapes are usually astringent

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Bouzy- Montagne de Reims

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  • Southeastern limit
  • More opulent than Verzenay, due to warmer conditions
  • Famous for its still red wines from Pinot Noir
  • Best sites: Les Egarilles, Les Vaudayants and Clos Colin (face south or southeast)
  • Paul Bara is famous for making a still red in this area
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Ambonnay- Montagne De Reims

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  • Long history for being a community dating back to Roman times
  • 370 ha (914 acres), south- southeast facing vineyards
  • Best sites (ie Les Crayeres) have chalk running through the soil. Chalk is estimated to go down 100 ft (30 m) under the soil. This provides the Pinot noir with its voluptuous, mineral character.
  • Krug owns a single vineyard here that is used to produce Clos d’ Ambonnay. First released in 1995
  • Excellent winemaking, like Verzenay
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Louvois- Montagne de Reims

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  • Northwest of Ambonnay, between the southeast flank of Montagne and west of the Valley of the Marne
  • Not the best village for champagne and lot of people ask why it is a grand Cru
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Mailly- Champagne and the Premier Crus

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  • Faces north
  • Some clay but mainly chalk, more powerful but lack the crystalline focus of the greats
  • Small, 173 acres (70ha)

Premier Crus:
- Souls change: less pure chalk more sandstone/ clay. This suits Meunier very well

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Krug:

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  • Champions of Pinot Meunier, they believe it adds palate- filling fruitiness and a whiff of “baker’s shop”
  • Krug 1981 is still regarded as one of the best champagnes ever produced
  • Collector Series: About 20 years after a vintage champagne is released it realises a second life and is release to collectors. The wines have been stored in proper cellars in Reims
  • 1971, bought 2 ha (5 acres) in Le Mesnil- Sur- Oger, it was originally just used as a Chardonnay source, but is now used to produce Clos du Mesnil- 1986 first released due to quality of the vineyard
  • Clos d’ Ambonnay, tiny (0.685 ha, 1.7 acres), acquired mid 90s- Pinot Noir. Debuted in 2008, the 1995 vintage
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Charles Heidseck

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  • 3rd and youngest of the 19th century Heidseck houses.

- Founded in 1851, by Charles- Camille Heidesck, “Champagne Charlie”

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Louis Roederer

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  • Owned by Roederer/ Rouzards since 1827
  • In 1932, Camille Olry- Roederer she had a bankrupt house, but put her money back in. Bought great vineyards in Montagne de Reims and Cote des Blanc that have been the house’s rock ever since.
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Mis en Cave?- Champagne

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Means bottling date. Started in mid 1990s at Charles Heideseck. Basically a non- vintage with a bottling date. Was seen as ridiculous at the start but is now seen as something quite regular

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Does Gosset own any vineyards?

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Negotiants

75
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Ay?

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  • One of the three great towns of Champagne
  • Smallest of the three with 800 people
  • Duetz, Gosset, Ayala, Bollinger are all based in Ay
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Mareuil- sur- Ay?

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  • Not quite a grand Cru- graded at 99%

- “Ay has the reputation, but Mareuil has the wine”- old saying

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