Champagne Flashcards

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What is the tête de cuvée of Ayala?

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Cuvée Perle d’Ayala

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What are the 3 tête de cuvées of Billecart Salmon?

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Nicolas François Billecart

Grande Cuvée

Elisabeth Salmon Rosé

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What are the 3 tête de cuvée of Bollinger?

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La Grand Année

R.D.

Vieilles Vignes Françaises

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What is the tête de cuvée of Boizel?

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Joyau de France (Brut and Brut Rosé)

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What is the tête de cuvée of Canard Duchêne?

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Charles VII (NV All Styles)

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What is the tête de cuvée of Comtes Audoin de Dampierre?

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“Prestige” Blanc de Blancs

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What is the tête de cuvée of De Castellane?

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Cuvée Commodore (White and Rosé)

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What is the tête de cuvée of De Meric?

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Catherine de Médicis

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What are the 2 têtes de cuvées of De Venoge? Which is no longer produced? When was it made again?

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Grand Vin des Princes (no longer produced since the intro of Louis XV in 1994, but was created once more in 2000)

Louis XV

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What is the tête de cuvée of Delamotte? Is it still produced?

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Nicolas Louis Delamotte

no longer produced

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What are the 2 têtes de cuvées of Deutz?

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Cuvée William Deutz

Amour de Deutz (Blanc de Blancs)

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What is the tête de cuvée of Diebolt Vallois?

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Fleur de Passion (Blanc de Blancs)

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13
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What is the tête de cuvée of Drappier?

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Charles de Gaulle

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What is the tête de cuvée of Duval-Leroy

A

Femme de Champagne

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What is the tête de cuvée of Gosset?

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Celebris

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What is the tête de cuvée of Alfred Gratien?

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Cuvée Paradis

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What are the 2 tête de cuvée of Charles Heidsieck?

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Champagne Charlie (1985 was last vintage)

Blanc des Millénaires

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What is the tête de cuvée of Henriot?

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Cuvée des Enchanteleurs

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What is the tête de cuvée of Jacquesson?

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Grand Vin Signature

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What are the têtes de cuvées of Laurent-Perrier?

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Grand Siècle

Alexandra (Vintage Rosé)

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21
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What are the 2 têtes de cuvées of AR Lenoble?

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Cuvée Les Aventures

Cuvée Gentilhomme

both are Blanc de Blancs

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What is the tête de cuvée of G.H. Mumm?

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Cuvée R. Lalou

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What is the tête de cuvée of Bruno Paillard?

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Nec-Plus-Ultra

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What is the tête de cuvée of Joseph Perrier?

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Cuvée Joséphine

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What are the têtes de cuvées of Perrier-Jouët?

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Belle Époque/Fleur de Champagne (USA Market)

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What is the tête de cuvée of Piper Heidsieck?

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Rare

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What is the tête de cuvée of Ployez-Jacquemart?

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Liesse d’Harbonville

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What is the tête de cuvée of Pol Roger?

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Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill

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What is the tête de cuvée of Pommery?

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Cuvée Louise

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30
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What is the tête de cuvée of Louis Roederer?

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Cristal

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31
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What is the tête de cuvée of Ruinart?

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Dom Ruinart

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32
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What are the 2 têtes de cuvées of Taittinger?

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Comtes de Champagne

Taittinger Collection

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What is the tête de cuvée of Veuve Clicquot-Ponsardin?

A

La Grande Dame

34
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What are the 2 têtes de cuvées of Henri Billiot (RM)?

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Cuvée Laetitia

Cuvée Julie

35
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What is the tête de cuvée of Bonnaire (RM)?

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Cuvée Prestige

36
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What is the tête de cuvée of Chartogne-Taillet (RM)?

A

Fiacre

37
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What is the tête de cuvée of Hubert Dauvergne (RM)?

A

Fine Fleur de Bouzy

38
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What is the tête de cuvée of Paul Déthune (RM)?

A

Brut Prestige (NV)

39
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What is the tête de cuvée of Guy Larmandier (RM)?

A

Cramant Grand Cru Cuvée Prestige

40
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What is the tête de cuvée of Jacques Selosse (RM)?

A

Substance (NV)

41
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What is the tête de cuvée of Villmart et Cie (RM)?

A

Cœur de Cuvée

42
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What is the tête de cuvée of Nicolas Feuillatte (CM)?

A

Palmes d’Or

43
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What are the 2 têtes de cuvées of Jacquart (CM)?

A

Cuvée Alpha

Brut de Nominée (discontinued; made from ‘85-‘90)

44
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What are the 2 têtes de cuvées of Mailly Grand Cru?

A

Les Échansons

L’Intemporelle

45
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Who makes “Vénus” Brut Nature? What’s the village and grape?

A

Agrapart (RM)

Avize

Chardonnay

46
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Who makes “Clos St-Hillaire”? What’s the village and grape?

A

Billecart-Salmon

Mareuil-sur-Aÿ

Pinot Noir

47
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Who makes “Clos du Moulin”? What’s the village and cepage?

A

Cattier (NM)

Ludes

50/50 Chard and Pinot Noir

48
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What are Chartogne-Taillet’s (RM) 3 single vineyard bottlings? What is the grape in each and in what village are they all from?

A

Les Barres and Les Alliées are both Pinot Meunier

Les Orizeaux is Pinot Noir

All are in Merfy (Montagne de Reims) in the Massif de St-Thierry

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Who makes “Clos Cazals”? What is the village and grape?

A

Claude Cazals (RM)

Le Mesnil-sur-Oger

Chardonnay

50
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Who makes “Grande Sendrée”? What is the village and cepage? Styles?

A

Drappier

Urville (Aubes)

Mostly PN with Chard

Straight Champagne and Rosé styles

51
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Who makes “Clos des Bouveries”? What is the village and grape?

A

Duval-Leroy

Vertus

Chardonnay

52
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Who makes “Les Crayères” NV? What is the village and grape?

A

Egly-Ouriet (RM)

Ambonnay

Pinot Noir

53
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What are Jacquesson’s 4 single vineyard bottlings? Village and grape for each?

A

Dizy Corne Bautray
Chardonnay

Dizy Terres Rouges Rosé
Pinot Noir

Avize Champ Cain
Chardonnay

Aÿ Vauzelle Terme
Pinot Noir

54
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What are the first vintages of Krug “Clos de Mesnil” and “Clos d’Ambonnay”?

A

Clos du Mesnil (1979)

Clos d’Ambonnay (1995)

55
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What are the two top bottlings of Larmandier-Bernier (RM)? Grape and Villages?

A

Vieille Vigne de Cramant:
Chardonnay from Clamant

Terre de Vertus:
Chardonnay from Vertus

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Who makes “Terres de Noël”? Village and grape?

A

Jean Milan (NM)

Oger

Chardonnay

57
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Who makes “Cuvée Spéciale les Chétillons”? Village and grape?

A

Pierre Peters (RM)

Le Mesnil-sur-Oger

Chardonnay

58
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Who makes “Clos de Goisses”? What’s the village? Cepage?

A

Philipponnat

Mareuil-sur-Aÿ

Mostly Pinot with Chard

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What are the 4 major bottlings of Tarlant (RM)? What are the grapes and villages?

A

La Vigne d’Or:
Oeuilly, Meunier

La Vinge d’Antan
Oeuilly, Ungrafted Chardonnay

La Vigne Royale
Oeuilly, Pinot Noir

Cuvée Louis
Oeuilly, 50/50 PN and Chardonnay

60
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Who makes “Clos Faubourg”? What is the village and grape?

A

Veuve Fourny (NM)

Vertus

Chardonnay

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What are the inaugural vintages of all 3 of Billecart-Salmon’s prestige cuvées?

A

Nicolas François Billecart (1955)

Grande Cuvée (1982)

Elisabeth Salmon Rosé (1988)

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What are the inaugural vintages of R.D. and Vieilles Vignes Françaises?

A

R.D. (1952)

VVF (1969)

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What was the inaugural vintage of Diebolt-Vallois’s “Fleur de Passion”?

A

1995

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What is the inaugural vintage for Duval-Leroy’s “Femme de Champagne”?

A

1990

65
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What was the inaugural vintage of Gosset’s “Celebris”?

A

1988

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What was the last vintage of Charles Heidsieck’s “Champagne Charlie” and first vintage of “Blanc des Millénaires”?

A

Last vintage of Charlie in 1985

First vintage of BDM in 1983

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What was the first vintage of Jacquesson’s “Grand Vin Signature”? Last vintage?

A

First in ‘81

Last in ‘02

68
Q

What is the tête de cuvée of Lanson?

A

Noble Cuvée

69
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What were the first vintages of Laurent-Perrier’s “Grand Siècle” and “Alexandra”?

A

Grand Siècle (1960)

Alexandra (1982)

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What was the inaugural vintage of Dom Perignon? Dom Rosé?

A

Dom: 1921

Dom Rosé: 1959

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Q

What was the last vintage of Perrier-Jouët’s “Fleur de Champagne” label?

A

2002

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What was the inaugural vintage of Perrier-Jouët’s “Belle Epoque”?

A

1964

73
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What is the inaugural vintage of Piper Heidieck’s “Rare”?

A

1976

74
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What is the inaugural vintage of Pol Roger’s “Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill”?

A

1975

75
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What was the first vintage, but not available to the commercial market, of Cristal? When was it made available to the market?

A

1876

Made available in 1945

76
Q

What was the first vintage of Cristal Rosé?

A

1974

77
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Since 1970, what vintages of Salon have been produced?

A

‘71, ‘73, ‘76, ‘79
‘82, ‘83, ‘85, ‘88
‘90, ‘95, ‘96, ‘97, ‘99
‘02, ‘03, ‘04, ‘06, ‘07, ‘08

78
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For how long is Salon aged in its lees prior to release?

A

10 years