Champagne Flashcards
What is Ayala’s Prestige cuvee
Cuvee Perle d’Ayale
80 chard, 20 Pinot N
Who makes la Grande anee
Bollinger
Where is Salon?
Special cuvee encapagemant
who owns
Le Mesnil-Sur-Oger
Just Salon, Blanc de Blanc first in champ
Laurent Perrier owns, works with Delamotte
Who makes Vignes de Vrigny Brut
Egly Ouriet
100%.Meunier BdN
Make and Style of Egly Ouriet location
Ripe, low yields, Pinot Noir dominant
Aged in Barrique
in Ambonnay
Who makes “substance”? Style?
Jacques Selosse RM
Oxidative, low dosage, Solera of 12 vintages,
Thieves Stole a ton of wines in 2013
also labels and caps for counterfeit
Who makes Les Carelles?
Selosse, 2010 inaugural vintage, Solera aged
How many liters in champed. Piece and fut
228 and 400
Location of Pierre Peters
Les Mesnil sur Oger
Who makes cuvee Speciale le Chetillons
Pierre Peters, Blanc de Blanc
Stainless, 2-6 dosage
Style and location of Vilmart & Cie
In premier cru of Rilly, old vines, low yields, powerful Style, all wines see oak
Who makes Coeur de Cuvee?
Vilmart & Cie, vintage 60 chard 40 pinot, Means “Heart of Pressing
Who makes Grand Cellier?
Vilmart & Cie, NV but if cellier before d’Or or Rubis it means Vintage
Who makes cuvee Rubis
Vilmart & Cie, NV, vintage called collier Rubis
Pierre Gimonet location and Style
PC village Cuis
Stainless, Blanc de BIanc focused
Pierre Gimonet Wines produced
All BdB Cuis PC NV Gastronome PC V Fleuron PC V Oenophile PC V Paradox V (notBdB) Special club V
Ruinart location and style
oldest champ house
In Reims, most fruit from Sillery and Verzenay not Core de Blancs, gives some richness
Stainless, full malo, moderate dosage
Ruinart Wines
BdB Brut
Dom Ruinart BdB V
Dom Ruinart Rose V
who makes “Vielles Vignes francaises” what it be
Bollinger, from phylox free Clos St. Jacques and Chaudes Terres in Ay
Bollinger location and style
Ay, Vallee de la Marne
fermented and aged in Barrel
Makes their own barrels (only house that does)
Special Cuvee Mostly PN, 25 chard, 15 meunier
Who makes grand Annee
Bollinger
60 months on lees, 2/3 PN, 1/3 Chard
Describe “RD”
based on Grand Anee but aged on lees longer, ext brut
Min PA Champers
9%
When may tirage take place in champers
Jan. 1st following harvest
When may Wines be disgorged champers
12 months post tirage
Tirage bottles Champers
Champer must be sold in bottle within which tirage occurred
exception 375mil or larger than 3 liter
Vintage champer laws
max 80% harvest can be declared vintage
Juice must be 100% of vintage (liqueur tirage/expedition excepted)
aged 36mo. post Tirage
Champer elevage (aging)
NV. 15 months post tirage
V. 36mo. post tirage
Maximum press yield
102 liters/ 160 kg
rest is “rebech” end of pressing. used for distillate
All sparkling wines of PGI or PDO must be how many bars of pressure
3.5
Champers encepagement
PN, Chard, PM, Pinot Banc, Pinot Gris, Arbane, Petit Meslier
Billecart location and style
Mareuil sur Ay Higher acid, low alcohol, oak and stainless most holdings in Marne: Damery,, Ay, Mareuil- Sur-Ay 50 red fruit driven some GC BdB
Cuvees of Billecart Salmon
Blanc de Blanc, GC NV
Cuvee Nicolas francois V
Cuvee Elisabeth Salmon Rose V
Clos Saint Hilaire V
Where is Clos Saint Hilaire
Mareuil Sur Ay
Pol Roger location and Style
Epernay owns 50% rest is Premier and GC Sourced BdB is GC Vintage brut is 60 pinot 40 chard Stainless, reductive
Jacquesson location and Style
Dizy
4 single vineyard Cuvees and NV driven by vintage character of base grapes, NV has bin # starting with 728
foudre fermentation and aromatics
full malo, very low dosage,
Difference between pre 2010 and current sugar designation Champer
Starting with brut range gets smaller
Nature, ext brut, Doux are the same
Current Brut-sec amounts champer)
0-12
12-17
17-32
pre: 0-15, 12-20, 17-35
Gaston Chicquet style and location
first RM in Champagne
In Dizy
known for having lots of Meunier (40% plantings) plus rare plot of chard in Pinot Noir focused Ay
No oak, full malo
Gaston Chicquet Cuvees
BDB Ay grand cru NV
Special club Brut GC V
3 levels of Brut: Selection, tradition, cuvee reserve, cuvee Or V, plus a Rose PC
Charles Heidsiek location and style
Reims
No oak, Started practice of labeling bottled date on NV
Charles H and Ernest Henriot
Charles pushed his Bubbles in NY and became well known socialite and was christened “Champagne Charlie”
Charles Heidsiek cuvees
Champ. Charlie is fucking dead
following have regular and rose, all brut, Reserve, Millesime, Blancs de Millenaires (CDB from GC and PC, is years on lees)