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Champagne cuvée Flashcards

1
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Who’s producing “Grande Cuvée”?

GV and First vintage?

A

Billecart-Salemon - Aÿ

60% Pinot Noir + 40% Chardo

1982

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Prestige cuvée of “De Castellane”?

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Cuvée Commodore

Brut: 70% P. Noir + Chardo

Brut Rosé: 80% P Noir + 20% Chardo

(not produced anymore)

Now: a cuvée called Commodore is produced for french supermarket: NV blend

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R. Lalou?

Producer, location, GV? First vintage?

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GH Mumm - Reims

(owned by Pernot Ricard group)

50% Pinot Noir, Chardo (can change slightly every vintages)

1966: First vintage

Stoped in 1985 to 1998

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Prestige Cuvée of Bruno Paillard?

Location, GV, First Vintage?

A

NPU= Nec Plus Ultra

Reims

P. Noir, Chardonnay

1990

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“Vieilles vignes de Cramant”?

Producer, location, GV, first vintage

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Larmandier-Bernier - RM

100% Chardo from Cramant

1990

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Monoparcel of Claude Cazals?

Location, GV, first vintage?

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RM in Mesnil sur Oger

“Clos Cazals”

3,5 Ha in Mesnil sur Oger

100% Chardonnay

1995

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Prestige cuvée of Nicolas Feuillate?

Location, Blend, first vintage?

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Chouilly - CM

“Palme d’Or”

Brut: 1985

Rosé: 1996

50% Chardo, 50% P. Noir

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What is the first vintage of “Hemera” Champagne?

Name the producer’s house?

A

Henriot - Reims

2005

50/ 50 P. Noir/ Chardonnay

* Replace “Cuvée des Enchanteleurs”, last produced in 2000 with the vintage

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What are the “tete de cuvée” of Bollinger?

GV and 1st VTG

A

La Grand Année: 70% PN + 30% Chardo - renamed in 1976

RD: Base of La Grande année, made in late disgorgment - 1952

VVF = “Vielles Vignes Françaises” 100% Pinot Noir: 1969

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What is the last vintage of Champagne Charlie?

Name the producer?

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Charles Heidsieck - Reims

Only produced btw 1979 and 1985

Replaced by “Blanc des Millenaires cuvée

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Monoparcels of Lamandier Bernier?

Location, First vintage and GV?

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“Vielles vignes de Cramant”: 100% Chardo - 1990

“Terres de Vertus”: 100% Chardo - 1995

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What is the first vintage of Dom Perignon?

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Blanc: 1921

Rosé: 1959

Oenotheque: 1959

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13
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Prestiges cuvées of De Sousa?

Location, GV?

A

Avize - NM

Umami Grand Cru: 70% Chardo from Avize / Mesnil+ 30% P. Noir from Ambonnay, Aÿ

Cuvée des Caudalie: 100% Avize Chardonnay, 50% reserve wine from 1995’s solera

Cuvée Caudalie Rosé: 90% Chardo, 10% P. Noir

3A: 50% Avize Chardo, 25% Aÿ P.Noir, 25% Ambonnay’s P. Noir - co-fermented aged in oak

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Vielles Vignes Françaises?

1st VTG / GV

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Bollinger - Aÿ

Ungrafted vine of P. Noir (100%)

1969

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15
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Who is producing “Champs Caïn” bottling?

Explain it?

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Jacquesson Champagne - Dizy

Avize parcel - 100% Chardonnay

1,30 ha

2002

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“Quattro”?

GV - Location?

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Drappier - Urville

Blend 1/4 of old grapes (“cépages oubliés”)

  • = Arbanne, Petit Meslier, Blanc Vrai, Chardonnay*
  • low dosage= extra brut*
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Prestige cuvée of Henriot?

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Cuvée des Enchanteleurs: Last vintage 2000

Hemera: 50% P. Noir / 50% Chardo - 2005 - Lauched in 2018

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“Terres de Noël”

Producer, location, first vintage, GV?

A

Jean Milan - NM

100% Chardo of Oger

1985

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prestiges cuvée of Deutz?

Location - GV - First VTG

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William Deutz: P.Noir base + Chardo, Meunier - 1959

Amour de Deutz: 100% Chardonnay - 1993

Hommage a William Deutz:“La Cote Glaciaire” and “Meurtet” are made in single parcel: 2012

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Who is the Head winemaker of Moet et Chandon?

A

Benoit Gouez

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21
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Prestige cuvée AR Lenoble?

Location?

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“Cuvée Gentilhomme”: 100% Chardo - Vintage - 1996

“Cuvée les Anventures”: 100% Chardo - NV

Chouilly

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Monoparcel of “Philliponat”?

location, first vintage, GV?

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“Clos des Goisses”

5,5 Ha in Mareuil sur Aÿ

70% P. Noir + Chardo

1935 (first single parcel champagne released)

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Cuvée Commodore?

1st vintage and GV?

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De Castellane

Epernay

Brut: 70% P. Noir + Chardo

Brut Rosé: 80% P. Noir + Chardo

1961 - Not produced anymore

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Tête de cuvée of Ayala?

GV?

Location?

A

Perle d’Ayala (Brut, Nature)

Aÿ

80% Chardonnay, 20% PN

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Monoparcel of Egly-Ouriet?

Location, Grape, first vintage?

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Ambonnay - RM

“Les Crayères”

100% P. Noir

1987

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26
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What are vineyards used for the Blend of Dom Perignon?

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8 grands cru, for Pinot Noir and Chardonnay

Aÿ, Bouzy, Verzenay, Mailly, Chouilly, Cramant, Avize, Le Mesnil

+ the legendary Hautvillers Premier Cru.

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“Sir Winston Chirchill”?

Producer, location, First VTG?

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Pol Roger - Epernay

Chardo, P. Noir

1975

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Prestige cuvée of Drappier?

First VTG

A

Urville - Aube

La Grande Sendrée: P. Noir + Chardo

Charles de Gaulle: 80% Pinot Noir + Chardo

1990

Quattro:“Cépage oublié”blended cuvée”:

Petit Meslier, Arbanne, Blanc Vrai, Chardonnay (1/4 each)

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Monoparcel wine of Benoit Lahaye?

location, first vintage, GV?

A

Bouzy (RM)

“Le Jardin de la Grosse Pierre”

field blend / and co-fermented of Chardo, P. Noir, Meunier, Arbanne, P. Bland, Pt Meslier, Gros Plant, Chasselas…

Oldest vines of the parcel are from 1923

2009

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30
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Don Ruinart?

Producer, location, First vintage?

A

Reims

BdB: 1959 - 100% Chardonnay

Rosé: BdB base + up to 15% P.Noir

oldest champagne house: 1729

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31
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When did Moet et Chandon buy the brand name “Dom Perignon” for its prestige cuvée?

A

1937

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32
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What are the produced vintages of Blanc des Millenaires?

How long time of ageing min for every cuvée?

A

1985, 1990, 1995, 2004

Min 10years

100% Chardonnay

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Prestige cuvée of Taittinger?

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Reims

Comtes de Champagne

  • BdB*: 1952
  • Rosé*: 70% P. Noir + Chardo - 1973

Collection: 50% Chardo, 50% P. Noir - 1978

Folies de la Marquetterie: 55% P. Noir, 45% Chardo - single vineyard - 2006

Domaine Evremont: English estate (not yet in production) - kent

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34
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“Cuvée Josephine”?

Blend, Location, Producer?

A

Joseph Perrier - Chalon en Champagne

Chardo, P. Noir

1982

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What is the first vintage of Salon “Le Mesnil”?

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1911

BdB: Chardonnay from Mesnil sur Oger

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Prestige cuvée of Diebolt Valliois?

Location / First Vintage?

A

Cramant

Fleur de Passion

100% Chardonnay

1995

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“Cuvée laetitia”?

Producer, location?

A

Henri Billot

NV Champagne, base in Chardonnay

Blend happens via an old solera back to 1983.

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38
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“Clos Saint Hilaire”?

Producer, location, GV and first VTG?

A

Billecart-Salmon - NM

1 Ha in Mareuil sur Aÿ

100% P. Noir

1995

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39
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Why Dom Perignon was famous for?

What does he discovered?

A

Monk of the Abbey of Hautvillier (near Epernay)

  • Develloped winemaking technique and mastered the blending process
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Prestige cuvée of “Veuve Clicot”?

Location, first vintage, blend?

A

Reims

La Grande Dame: 60/65% Chardo + P. Noir

Brut: 1969

Rosé: 1988

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41
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How many “Dom Perignon P3” have been released since the creation of the house?

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1971, 1975, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1990 ,1992, 1993

(20 to 30 years of ageing in the cellar prior lauching)

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Prestige cuvee of Comte Audoin de Dampierre?

GV and location?

A

“Prestige”

Chenay (Montagne de Reims)

100% Chardonnay

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What is the prestige cuvée of “De Meric”?

GV?

A

Catherine de Médicis

50% P. Noir, 50% Chardonnay

NV (Blend of 2 vintages often)

Aÿ

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44
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How many have Rosé vintage champagne been produced in Dom Perignon since 1959?

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26 vintages released so far

1959, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1986 (the only rosé vintage where the white version was not produced), 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005, 2006, 2008, 2012

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“Fiacre”?

Producer, location, blend?

A

Chartogne-Taillet - RM

Merfy (Montagne de Reims)

60% Chardo, 40% P. Noir : NV

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46
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Name the 2 single parcel of “Hommage à William Deutz” cuvée?

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“Meurtet”: cooler site, more presition and finess

(Southeast facing slope, higher alt)

“Côte glaciaire”: Warmer site, richer,

  • (South facing slope)*
  • Pinot Noir based wines in both cases*
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47
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“Palmes d’Or”?

Producer, location, blend and First vintages?

A

Nicolas Feuillate - Chouilly - CM

Brut: 1985

Rosé: 1996

50% Chardo, 50% P. Noir

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Prestige cuvée of Champagne Mailly?

Location, first vintage and blend?

A

Mailly Champagne Grand Cru

L’échanson: 75% P. Noir, + Chardo

L’intemporelle: 60% P. Noir, 40% Chardo

  • Brut*: 1990
  • Rosé*: 2004
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49
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“Fine fleur de Bouzy”?

Producer, location, GV?

A

Hubert Dauvergne - RM

Bouzy

100% P. Noir

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50
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“Nec Plus Ultra”?

Producer, Location, Blend, First vintage?

A

Bruno Paillard - Reims

P. Noir, Chardo

1990

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Prestige cuvée of Chartogne Taillet?

Location, blend?

A

Merfi - Montagne de Reims

RM

“Fiacre”: NV

60% Chardo, 40% P. Noir

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Prestige cuvée of Laurent Perrier?

Location of the house?

A

Tours sur Marne

Grand Siecle: 50% Chardo, 50% P. Noir - 1960

Often NV

Alexandra Rosé: 80% P. Noir + Chardo 1982

Vintage wine

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53
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Who is producing “La Corne bautray” bottling?

Explain it?

A

Jacquesson - Dizy

Single parcel bottling from Dizy

1 Ha of Chardo

1995

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54
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“Cuvée Paradis”?

Producer, GV, First VTG

A

Alfred Gratien - Epernay

Pinot Noir / Chardo

NV brut / NV rosé

1985

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Prestige cuvée of Gosset?

Location?

A

Aÿ originally, moved to Epernay since 2010

“Celebris”: BdB NV, Extra-brut Vintage, rose Vintage

Pinot Noir / Chardo (blend can vary through vintages)

1988

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Monoparce of Cattier?

Location, first vintage, GV?

A

Cattier: Chigny les Roses - NM

“Clos du Moulin”

2.2 Ha in Ludes

50% Chardo, 50% P.Noir

1952: on NV since its first release

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57
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“Fleur de Passion”?

First Vintage / GV?

A

Diebolt Vallois - Cramant

100% Chardonnay

1995

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58
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How many vintage Dom Perignon have been produced since 1921?

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42 vintages in total

1921, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1934, 1943, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2009.

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Name the current winemaker of AR Lenoble? Where is the winery located?

A

Antoine Malassagne

Côte des Blancs -Chouilly

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What is the new name for Dom Perignon “Oenotheque”? Explain it?

A

P2 = seconde plenitude

2nd version of same vintage base champagne.

Classic vintage Dom Perignon is often aged for 7/10y

P2: 16/20y

First vintage of P2: 1998

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Prestige cuvée of Jacquart?

Blend location?

A

Reims - CM

“Cuvée Alpha” NV: 50/50 Chardonnay, P. Noir - 2005

“Brut de Nominée”: only produced from 1985 to 1990

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Who is producing “Catherine de Medicis”?

GV and location?

A

De Moric (NM)

Aÿ

50% Chardo, 50% P. Noir

NV (blend of 2 vintages often)

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“Cuvée les Aventures”?

Producer, location, GV?

A

AR Lenoble

100% Chardonnay

Chouilly

Antoine Malassagne = winemaker since 1996

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prestige cuvee of Delamotte?

GV - Location - Vintage particularity

A

Nicolas Louis Delamotte

Mesnil sur Oger

90% Chardonnay + 10% P Noir

Not produced anymore

65
Q

What is the tete de cuvée of Boizel? Where? First vintage?

A

Joyaux de France

Epernay

65% Pinot Noir / 35% Chardo

1961

66
Q

“Terres de Vertus”?

Producer, location, first vintage, GV?

A

Larmandier-Bernier - RM

100% Chardo from Vertus

1995

67
Q

“Louis XV”?

GV - Location - Producer - First VTG?

A

De Venoge - Epernay

50% P.Noir; 50% Chardo

1994

68
Q

“Cuvée special Chétillons”

Producer, location, first vintage, GV?

A

Pierre Peters - RM

100% Chardo of Mesnil sur Oger

1971: first release under “special club”
2000: first time labelled as “Chétillons”

69
Q

“Cuvée Louise”

Prducer, location, blend?

A

Pommery - Reims

Chardo, P. Noir

Made to pay tribute to her owner (Madame Louise Pommery).

First prestige cuvée to drastically reduce sugar level at dosage)

70
Q

Who’s producing “Elisabeth Salmon Rosé”?

GV and First VTG

A

Billecart-Salmon - Aÿ

58% PN, 38% Chardo

1988

71
Q

Prestige cuvée of Jacques Selosse?

Location, GV?

A

Avize - RM

Substance NV

100% Chardonnay

Solera blend wine (started in 1980’s)

First name= Origine // Has to change to for copyright to Substance in 1998

72
Q

Prestige Cuvée of Paul Dethune?

Location, GV?

A

Ambonnay - RM

Brut Prestige

50% Chardo, 50% P. Noir

73
Q

La Grande Sendrée?

GV + producer?

A

Drappier,

Urville - Aube

Pinot Noir base + Chardonnay

White or rosé - Brut

Brut: 1975

Rosé: 1990

74
Q

“Grand Vin des Princes”?

GV - First VTG - Location

A

De Venoge house - Epernay

100% Chardonnay

1961 (NV; became vintage year after)

Not produced btw 1994 and 2000

75
Q

Name the first reconized single parcel champagne?

When?

A

Philliponat’s “Clos de Goisses” in 1935

Followed by “Clos du Moulin” of Cartier

Krug’s “Clos du Mesnil” became alive in 1979

76
Q

“Cuvée sous bois”?

Producer, location, blend?

A

Boizel - NM

50% P.Noir, 40% Chardo, 10% Meunier

1990

champagne fully vinified in oak

77
Q

What are the 4 single parcels bottling of Jacquesson? With their location and GV?

A

Dizy - La Corne de Bautray (Chardo) - 1 Ha / 1995

Aÿ - Vauzelle Terme (PN) - 30 acres / 1996

Avize - Champs Cain (Chardo) - 1.3 Ha / 2002

Terre Rouge Rosé (P. Noir) - 1,35 Ha / 2002

78
Q

“Rare” cuvée?

Producer, location, blend, First vintage for white and rosé?

A

Piper-Heidsieck - Reims

45% P. Noir, 55% Chardo

1976, 1979, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2007 (first ever Rare rosebeen produced)

79
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“Joyeux de France”?

GV and 1st VTG

A

Boizel -Epernay

Pinot Noir / Chardo blend

1961

= Brut and Brut Rosé

80
Q

Prestige cuvée of Vilmart & Cie?

Location, Blend?

A

“Coeur de Cuvée”

Rilly la Montagne

80% Chardo, 20% P. Noir

1989

81
Q

“Les Barres” champagne?

Location, Producer, GV?

A

Chartogne-Taillet - Merfy

100% P. Meunier ungrafted in Merfy

2006

82
Q

Tete de cuvée of Canard-Duchene?

Location and GV?

A

Charles VII

Ludes

Blanc de Blancs

Brut NV

Blanc de Noirs

83
Q

Iconic cuvée of Berêche?

Location, and GV?

A

RM in Ludes

Rive Gauche: P. Meunier from Vallée de la Marne

Reflêt d’Antan NV: 1/3 P. Noir, Chardo, Meunier

84
Q

Monoparcel of Jean Milan (NM)?

Location, first vintage, GV?

A

“Terres de Noël”

100% Chardo of Oger

1985

85
Q

Prestige Cuvée of Joseph Perrier?

First vintage, blend, Location?

A

Chalon en Champagne (Montagne de Reims)

Cuvée Josephine

Chardo, P. Noir

1982

86
Q

La Grande Année?

GV - 1st VTG

A

Bollinger - Aÿ

70% Pinot Noir (ussually) + Chardo

Originally was Vintage Champagne serie - Renamed in 1976 as “Grande Année”.

Took its full name “La Grande Année” in 1997

87
Q

When did the “echelle des cru” (Champagne scale) has been introduced?

How many villages is it including?

A

1919

319 villages are rated in this scale

88
Q

“La Grande Dame”

Producer, location, blend, FIrst Vintage?

A

Veuve Clicot - Reims

60/65% Chardo + P. Noir

Brut: 1969

Rosé: 1988

89
Q

Name the head winemaker of Dom Perignon?

A

Since 1990: Richard Geoffroy

Since 2019: Vincent Chaperon

90
Q

Comtes de Champagne?

Producer, GV, location?

A

Taittinger - Reims

BdB: 1952

Rosé: 1973: 70% P. Noir, 30% Chardo

91
Q

“Alexandra Rosé”?

Producer, first VTG, GV?

A

Laurent Perrier - Tours sur Marne

80% P. Noir + Chardo

1982

Made as vintage champagne

92
Q

“Cuvée Gentilhomme”

Producer, location, GV?

A

AR Lenoble

100% Chardonnay

Chouilly

Antoine Malassagne = winemaker since 1996

93
Q

“Le Jardin de la Grosse Pierre”?

Producer location, first vintage, GV?

A

Benoit Lahaye - RM in Bouzy

field blend / and co-fermented of Chardo, P. Noir, Meunier, Arbanne, P. Bland, Pt Meslier, Gros Plant, Chasselas…

Oldest vines of the parcel are from 1923

2009

94
Q

Monoparcel of Duval Leroy?

Location and GV?

A

“Clos de Bouveries”

100% Chardonnay

Vertus

First to introduced a “crown cap closure” for marketed wine: “Maestro Alcan” - 2009

95
Q

William Deutz?

First vintage / GV

A

Deutz house - Aÿ

Pinot Noir, + Chardo / Meunier

1959

96
Q

Prestige cuvée pommery?

Location? blend?

A

Reims

Cuvée Louise

= 60% Chardo, 40% P. Noir

Since 2004 vintage, officially release without dosage.

First house to dractisly reduced sugar level at dosage (Madame Louise Pommery done her first Brut in 1874)

97
Q

Prestiges cuvée of Charles Heidseick?

A

Reims

Champagne Charlie: Last vintage 1995

Blanc des millenaires: 100% Chardo - 1993

98
Q

Prestiges cuvée of Henri Billiot?

Location, GV, First vintage?

A

Ambonnay

Cuvée Laetitia: Mainly Chardo

Cuvée Julie: 50% Pinot Noir, 50% Chardo - 1999

99
Q

“Vauzelle Terme” bottling?

GV, producer, location?

A

Jacquesson - Dizy

P. Noir parcel in Aÿ

30 acres

1996

100
Q

“Femme de Champagne”

First VTG / GV?

A

Duval Leroy - Vertus

89% Chardo + P. Noir

1990

101
Q

“Grand Siècle”?

Producer, location, GV?

A

Laurent Perrier - Tours sur Marne

50% P. Noir, 50% Chardo

1960

* often made as NV champagne

102
Q

Name the producer of “Armand de Brignac” Champagne?

A

Cattier - Chigny les Roses

Partnership with Jay-Z

2006

P. Noir, Chardo, + Meunier

103
Q

What is the new prestige cuvée of Moet et Chandon? Can you explain it brifly?

A

MC111

In the path of “Esprit du Siecle” cuvée produced for the new millenium (blend of 11 best vintages of Moet)

MC111: Based of 2003 vintage (1/3)

+ Reserve wine from 2002, 2000, 1998 (kept in large oak vat)

+ vintage Champagne aged on their lees of 1999, 1998, 1993.

104
Q

“Cuvée Julie”

Producer, first vintage location?

A

Henri Billot - Ambonnay

50% Chardo, 50% P. Noir

1999

105
Q

“Les Alliées” champagne?

Producer, location, GV?

A

Chartogne-Taillet - RM

100% P. Meunier in Merfy

NV - 2008

106
Q

Prestige cuvée of Pol Roger?

First vintage, location, blend?

A

Epernay

“Sir Winston Chirchill”

Chardo, P. Noir

1975

107
Q

“Clos des Goisses”

Producer, location, first vintage, GV?

A

Philliponat (NM)

70% P. Noir + Chardo

5,5 Ha in Mareuil sur Aÿ

1935 (first monoparcel champagne to be release)

108
Q

“Amour de Deutz”?

First vintage / GV?

A

Deutz - Aÿ

100% Chardonnay

1993

109
Q

“Substance”?

Producer, location, blend?

A

Jacques Selosse - Avize - RM

100% Chardonnay

Made via solera system since 1980’s

First name until 1998= “Origine”

110
Q

What are the prestiges cuvée of De Venoge?
Location and GV?

A

“Grand Vin des Princes”: 100% Chardo - 1961

not produced btw 1994 and 2000

Louis XV: 50/50 Pinot Noir - Chardonnay - 1994

Epernay

111
Q

Prestige of Hubert Dauvergne?

Location, blend?

A

Bouzy - RM

Fine fleur de Bouzy:

100% P. Noir

112
Q

“Les Echanson”?

Producer, location, blend?

A

Champagne Mailly - CM

Mailly Champagne Grand Cru

75% P. Noir, + Chardo

113
Q

“Fleur de Champagne”?

Producer, last vintage?

A

Perrier-Jouet - Epernay

Prestige cuvée of US market

Last vintage produced: 2002

114
Q

Name the two 1er cru vineyard rating 99% on the Champagne scale?

A
  • Tauxières
  • Mareuil sur Aÿ
115
Q

Name the first champagne house to introduced a non-cork closure to its champagne?

When and why?

A

Duval Leroy in 2009.

When they lauched their new “Clos des Bouveries” vintage (2005), they introduced this new “crown-cap” like closure made by Alcan call maestro

It avoid cork taints

116
Q

Bollinger’s chef de cave?

A

Until 2013: Mathieu Kauffmann

Since 2013: Gilles Descôtes

117
Q

“Cuvée Belle Epoque”?

Producer, location, blend, style, first VTG?

A

Perrier-Jouet - Epernay

50% Chardo, 45% P. Noir, 5% Meunier

1964

Brut VTG, Brut Rosé VTG, BdB

118
Q

“Charles de Gaulle”?

Producer / GV

A

Drappier

Urville - Aube

80% Pinot Noir + Chardo

1990

119
Q

Prestige cuvée of Lanson?

Location and GV?

A

Reims

Noble Cuvée: BdB, Rosé

60% Chardonnay + P. Noir

1979

120
Q

“Les Crayères”?

Producer, location, GV, first vintage?

A

Egly-Ouriet - RM in Ambonnay

100% P. Noir - NV champagne

1987

121
Q

What are the tete de cuvée of Billecart-Salmon?

Location? GV?

First vintages of each?

A

Nicolas François Billecart” 60% Pinot Noir, 40% Chardonnay - 1955

“Grande Cuvée”: 60% Pinot Noir, 40% Chardonnay - 1982

“Elisabeth Salmon Rosé” 58% Pinot Noir, 42% Chardonnay - 1988

122
Q

What is the first vintage of Blanc des Millenaires?

Name the producer?

A

Charles Heidsieck - Reims

100% Chardonnay

1993

Minimum of 10y of ageing prior release (Can be longer)

2004 lauched in 2018: most recent vintage on market

1985, 1990, 1995, 2004

123
Q

Prestige cuvée of Perrier-Jouet?

Location? Blend, first vintage?

A

Epernay

Belle Epoque: 50% Chardo, 45% P. Noir, 5% Meunier

1964 - Brut VTG, Brut Rosé, and BdB

Fleur de Champagne: US Market (last released in 2002)

124
Q

¨Prestige cuvée Alfred Gratien?

Location? GV?

A

Epernay

“Cuvée Paradis” NV

Brut and Rosé

Pinot Noir / Chardo

1985

125
Q

What is the first vintage of Dom Perignon P2?

Last vintage of Dom Perignon Oenotheque?

A

P2: First made in 1998 then 2000 (lauch in 2017)

last vintage of “Oenotheque”: 1996

126
Q

Name the monoparcel bottling of Agrapart?

Location, GV?

A

RM in Avize

“Venus”

0?3 Ha in Avize

100% Chardonnay

127
Q

Prestige cuvée of Ruinart?

Location, first vintage, blend?

A

Reims: oldest champagne house: 1729

Don Ruinart: BdB - 1959

Don Ruinart Rosé: BdB base + up to 15% PN - 1966

128
Q

“Clos Cazals”?

Producer, location, first vintage and GV?

A

Claude Cazals - RM in Mesnil sur Oger

3,5 Ha of Chardo in Mesnil sur Oger

1995

129
Q

Prestige Cuvée of Duval Leroy?

A

Vertus

Femme de Champagne

89% Chardonnay + Pinot Noir

1990

130
Q

What is the vintage when Dom Perignon produced only Rosé vintage (no white version)?

131
Q

“Grand Vin Signature”?

Producer, last vintage?

A

Jacquesson - Dizy

P. Noir, Chardo from Grand cru vineyards

Vintage wines only

from 1981 to 2002

132
Q

Folie de la Marquetterie?

Producer, first vintage, GV?

A

Taittinger - Reims

55% Chardo 55% P. Noir

Single estate bottling

2006

133
Q

“L’intemporelle”?

Producer, location, blend, first vintage?

A

Champagne Mailly - CM

Mailly Champagne Grand Cru

60% P. Noir, 40% Chardo

Brut: 1990

Rosé: 2004

134
Q

Prestige cuvée of Bonnaire?

Location and GV?

A

Cramant - RM

“Prestige” NV

100% Chardonnay

135
Q

Prestige cuvée of Roederrer?

First vintages? Location?

A

Reims

Cristal (first made in 1876 - not commercially available until 1945)

Rosé: 1974

55% P. Noir, 45% Chardo

136
Q

Monoparcel of Billecart Salmon?

Location, first vintage, and GV?

A

“Clos Saint Hillaire”

1 Ha in Mareuil sur Aÿ

100% P. Noir

1995

137
Q

Who’s producing the mono parcel “Venus”?

Location, GV?

A

Agrapart & Fils - RM

0,3 Ha in Avize

100% Chardonnay

(Venus= name of the horse working in this specific vineyard)

* other single plot bottling: l’Avizoise (1995) and Mineral (from Cramant & Avize blend)

138
Q

“Clos du Mesnil”

Producer, location, first vintage, GV?

A

Krug (Reims)

100% Chardonnay from Mesnil sur Oger

1979

1,84 Ha

139
Q

“Celebris”?

Location / First VTG?

A

Gosset - Epernay since 2010

(was based in Aÿ prior that)

Pinot Noir / Chardo (blend change every vintages)

1988

140
Q

Prestige Cuvée of Piper Heidsieck?

Location, First Vintage, blend?

A

Reims

Rare: 45% P. Noir, 55% Chardo

1976, 1979, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2006, 2008

2007 (first ever Rare rose been produced) & 2008

141
Q

Who’s the head winemaker of Charles Heidsieck?

A

Stephen Leroux

Reims

142
Q

Monoparcel of Tarlant?

location, first vintage, GV?

A

RM in Oeuilly

La Vigne d’Or: P. Meunier: 1999

La Vigne d’Antan: ungrafted Chardo: 1999

La Vigne Royale: P. Noir: 2003

Cuvée Louis NV: 50% Chardo, 50% P. Noir - 1982

143
Q

Monoparcels of Chartogne-Taillet

location, GV, first vintages

A

Merfy - RM

“Les Barres”: 100% ungrafted P. Meunier - 2006

“Les Orizeaux” NV: 100% P. Noir - 2007

“Les Alliées” NV: 100% P. Meunier - 2008

all located in Merfy

144
Q

How many “P2” / “Oenotheque” cuvée have been release in Dom Perignon since 1921?

A

21 released so far

1959, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000 (lauched in 2017)

Following on from 1998 vintage, each Oenotheque vintage will now be called P2 (Plenitude 2)

145
Q

Prestige cuvée of G.H. Mumm?

A

Cuvée René Lalou

50% Pinot Noir, Chardo (can change slightly every vintages)

1966: First vintage

Stoped in 1985 to 1998

146
Q

“Les Orizeaux” Champagne?

Producer, location, GV, first vintage?

A

Chartogne Taillet - RM

100% P. Noir in Merfy

NV - 2007

147
Q

Cristal?

Producer? First vintage? First time commercialised?

A

Roederrer - Reims

Cristal (first made in 1876 - not commercially available until 1945)

Rosé: 1974

55% P. Noir, 45% Chardo

148
Q

Mono-parcels of Krug?

First vintage, location, and GV

A

“Clos du Mesnil”: 100% Chardo - 1979 / 1,84 Ha

“Clos d’Ambonnay: 100% P. Noir - 1995 / 0,68 Ha

149
Q

What is the last vintage of “Cuvée des Enchanteleurs”?

Who’s the producer?

Name the replament wine?

A

Henriot - Reims

Last produced in 2000 vintage

Since 2005 vintage: Cuvée “Hemera”: 12y OTL

150
Q

RD?

First VTG + GV

A

Bollinger - Aÿ

Base of “La Grande Année”

70% PN +.30% Chardo

1952

Late disgorment champagne

151
Q

monoparcel of Pierre Peters (RM)?

location, first vintage, GV?

A

“Cuvée Special (Chétillons)”

100% Chardonnay of Mesnil sur Oger

  • 1971*: first vintage release under “Special Club”
  • 2000:* first vintage to include name of the parcel “Chétillon” on the label
152
Q

Noble Cuvée?

Producer, first VTG, GV?

A

Lanson: Reims

60% Chardonnay + P. Noir

Brut BdB, Rosé

1979

153
Q

“Cuvée Alpha”?

Producer, location, first vintage?

A

Jacquart Champagne - CM

Reims

50/50 Chardo, P. Noir - NV

2005

154
Q

“Clos d’Ambonnay”?

Producer, location, GV, first vintage?

A

Krug (Reims)

100% P. Noir from Ambonnay

1995

0, 68 Ha

155
Q

Who’s producing Nicolas François-Billecart?

GV and First vintage?

A

Billecart-Salmon - Aÿ

60% PN + 40% Chardo

1955

156
Q

“Clos du Moulin”?

Producer, location, first vintage?

A

Cattier - Chigny les Roses - NM

2.2 ha in Ludes

50/50 P.Noir; Chardo

1952: NV wines since its first release

157
Q

“Coeur de Cuvée”?

Producer, location, Blend?

A

Vilmart & Cie - RM

Rilly la Montagne

80% Chardo, 20% P. Noir

1989

158
Q

Who owns Domaine Évremond, and where is it?

A

Tattinger - Kent England

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