Champagne - Prestige Cuvees Flashcards
Deutz
(Ay) - NM
*“Billy D Deutz”*
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Cuvee William Deutz (V)
“Billy D. Williams!”
Vintage Brut — Vintage Brut Rose
* Typical Blend:
??% Pinot Noir + ??% Chardonnay + ??% Pinot Meunier
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Amour de Deutz (V)
Vintage Bdb Brut — Vintage Rosé Brut
Vintage Blanc de Blancs Brut
* 100% Chardonnay
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Vintage Rosé Brut
* Typical Blend:
(???)
First Vintge 1993
Ployez-Jacquemart
(Ludes) - NM
“The Ploy was to Lease a Harpoon?
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Liesse d’Harbonville (V)
Vintage Brut
* Typical Blend:
70% Chardonnay + 30% (Pinot Noir + Pinot Meunier)
* Primary fermentation in 2nd & 3rd use barriques
Baron-Dauvergne
(Hubert Baron - Fernand Dauvergne)
(Bouzy) - RM
“Hubert’s Fine Flowers and Booze”
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Fine Fleur de Bouzy (NV)
Brut
* 100% Pinot Noir
* all from Bouzy Grand Cru
* First Released: 1980’s…
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House info:
* Not a titled Baron. Name comes from Hubert Baron & Fernand Dauvergne who founded the house in 1923
* Started as a co-op with other growers
* Vincent Dauvergne took over in 2011 and turned the house around
De Venoge
(Epernay) - NM
“Louis was very in Vogue”
V = XV
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Louis XV (V)
Vintage Brut — Vintage Brut Rosé
* Only made from Grand Crus
* Only produced in the “Finest of Vintages”
* Name is an homage to King Louis XV who decreed that Champagne could be marketed and transported in bottles in 1728. This allowed the second fermentation to take place in the bottle.
* Bottle is modeled after the carafes French Nobles would decant their Champagnes in.
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Vintage Brut
* Typical Blend:
50% Pinot Noir + 50% Chardonnay
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Vintage Brut Rosé
* Typical Blend:
50% Pinot Noir + 50% Chardonnay
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Grand Vin de Princes (V)
Vintage BdB Brut — Vintage BdN Brut
Vintage Brut Rosé — Vintage Extra Brut
* First modern vintage 1961
** discontinued after 1993
** remade again in 2000
Vintage BdN Brut
* 100% Pinot Noir
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Vintage Extra Brut
* Typical Blend:
35% Chardonnay + 35% Pinot Noir + 30% Pinot Meunier
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Vintage Brut Rosé
* 100% Pinot Noir
Moet & Chandon
(Epernay) - NM
“If we can’t remember this one,
we are in BIG BIG trouble!”
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Dom Perignon (V)
Brut — Brut Rose
* made from plots in each of the 17 Grand Crus
* (Blend ???)
* First vintage was 1921
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Dom Perignon Cuvee Oenetheque (V)
Brut — Brut Rose
* Chard & PN (%?) - Both
* First Vintage 1921
* Last vintage 1996 (?)
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Dom Perignon P2 (V)
{Plenitude 2}
Brut — Brut Rose
* (Blend ???)
* First Vintage 1998
Perrier Jouet
(Epernay) - NM
Belle Epoque (V)
aka Fleur de Chamapgne
Vintage Brut — Vintage Brut Rosé
Vintage Blanc de Blancs
* First Vintage 1964
Vintage Brut
* Typical Blend:
50% Chard + 45% Pinot Noir + 5% Pinot Meunier
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Vintage Brut Rosé
* (Blend % ???)
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Vintage Blanc de Blancs Brut
* 100% Chardonnay
Nicolas Feuillatte
(Chouilly) - CM
“Nicky Palms Gold”
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Palmes d’Or (V)
Vintage Brut — Vintage Brut Rosé
Vintage Brut
* Typical Blend:
50% Pinot Noir + 50% Chardonnay
* First Vintage 1985
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Vintage Brut Rosé
* 100% Pinot Noir
* First Vintage 1996
De Meric
(Ay) - NM
De Med = De Mer
“Catherine was a degenerate”
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Catherine de Medici (V)
Vintage Brut
* Typical Blend:
50% Pinot Noir - 50% Chardonnay
Bruno Paillard
(Reims) - NM
“Bruno has an Ultra sized Neck”
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Nec-Plus-Ultra (V)
Brut
* Typical Blend:
50 Pinot Noir + 50% Chardonnay
* First Vintage 1990
Henri Billiot
(Ambonnay) - RM
“Henry & Billy love Julie & Laetitia”
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Cuvee Laetitia (NV)
Brut
* Typical Blend:
60% Pinot Noir + 40% Chardonnay
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Cuvee Julie (NV)
Brut
* Technically NV but some releases have been 100% from specific vintages (2004, 2005, and 2014 notably). They have not been labeled that way though.
* Typical Blend:
50% Pinot Noir - 50% Chardonnay
Pol Roger
(Epernay) - NM
“Sir Winston gave everyone a good Rogering”
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Cuvee Sir Winston Churchill (V)
Vintage Brut
* Typical Blend:
??% Pinot Noir + ??% Chardonnay
* First Vintage 1975
Lanson
(Reims) - NM
“Isn’t Lancers Noble?”
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Noble Cuvee (V)
Vintage Brut
* Typical Blend:
60-70% Pinot Noir + 30-40% Chardonnay
* First Vintage 1979
Mumm
(Reims) - NM
“LL = MM”
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Cuvee R Lalou (V)
Vintage Brut
* Typical Blend:
??% Pinot Noir + ??% Chardonnay
* First Vintage 1966
Made from: 1966-1985
Discontinued: 1986-1997
Made again from: 1998+
Boizel
(Epernay) - NM
“Boys sell Joy to French girls”
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Joyau de France (V)
Vintage Brut
* Typical Blend:
55-60% Pinot Noir + 40-45% Chardonnay
* First vintage 1961
Ayala
(Ay) - NM
“Pearls are white, Ayala is light”
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Cuvee Perle d’Ayala (V)
Vintage Brut
* Typicla Blend:
80% Chardonnay + 20% Pinot Noir
Jacquesson
(Dizy) - NM
“AY!! Jackie is Dizzy Dizzy”
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Now has 4 single terroir Champagnes:
Avize - Champ Cain = (Chrd!) - (V)
Dizy - Corne Bautry = (Chrd!) - (V)
Dizy - Terre Rouge = (PN!) - (Rosé NV)
Ay - Vauzelle Terme = (PN!) - (V)
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Grand Vin Signature (V)
Vintage Brut — Vintage Brut Rosé
* First Vintage 1981
* Discontinued after 2002
* Not much info available…
Piper-Heidsieck
(Reims) - NM
“Piper is anything but Rare”
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Cuvee Rare (V)
Vintage Brut
* Typical Blend:
70% Chardonnay + 30% Pinot Noir
* First Vintage 1976
Louis Roederer
(Reims) - NM
“Do we really need one for this….?”
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Cristal (V)
Vintage Brut — Vintage Brut Rosé
* Typical Blend:
55% Pinot Noir + 45% Chardonnay
* First Vintage 1876
** (exclusively for Czar Alexander II)
* First Commercial Vintage 1945
* First Brut Rose Vintage 1974
Bonnaire
(Cramant) - RM
“Bonnie is Prestigious”
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Cuvee Prestige (NV)
Brut
100% Chardonnay
Canard Duchene
(Ludes) - NM
C=C - “Charles walks like a Duck”
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Charles VII (V)
Vintage Brut — Vintage Brut Rosé-*
*_Vintage Blanc de Blancs — Vintage Blanc de Noirs
Vintage Brut
Grand Cuvée le Victorieux
* Celebrates the victor of the 100 years war
Vintage Brut Rosé
Grand Cuvée de la Rose
* Kingdom of the Rose (England) lays claim to the throne of France~
Vintage Blanc de Blanc
Grand Cuvée de Lys (Lillies)
* Joan of Arc saves France, the Kingdom of the Lillies
Vintage Blanc de Noirs
Grand Cuvée de Beauté
* Charles VII presents the Castle of Beauty to his favorite mistress, Agnes Sorel
Delamotte
(Les-Mesnil-sur-Oger) - NM
Salon - Les Mesnil (V)
100% Chardonnay
* First Vintage: A bit in dispute…
Some sources say:1905 (source?), others say 1911 (source?)…
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Cuvée Nicolas Louis Delamotte
* (I don’t think this actually exists…?)
there is no mention anywhere…
* Typical Blend:
90% Chardonnay + 10% Pinot Noir
(source?)
Billecart-Salmon
(Mareuil-sur-Ay) - NM
Grand Cuvée (V)
Vintage Brut
* Typical Blend:
60% Pinot Noir + 40% Chardonnay
* First vintage 1982
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Clos St. Hillaire (V)
Vintage Brut
100% Pinot Noir
* fermented in 100% oak barriques
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Cuvee Nicolas Francois Billecart (V)
Vintage Brut
* Typical Blend:
??% Pinot Noir + ??% Chardonnay
* First vintage 1964
* Tribute to the house’s founder
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Cuvee Elisabeth Salmon (V)
Vintage Brut Rosé
* Typical Blend:
??% Pinot Noir + ??% Chardonnay
* First vintage 1988
* Tribute to the house’s co-founder
Taittinger
(Reims) - NM
“Got it!”
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Comtes de Champagnes (V)
Vintage Blanc de Blancs — Brut Rose
* First Vintage 1952
Vintage Blanc de Blancs
100% Chardonnay
Vintage Brut Rosé
* Typical Blend:
70% Pinot Noir + 30% Chardonnay
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Les Folies de la Marquetterie (NV)
* Typical Blend:
55% Chardonnay + 45% Pinot Noir
* First Released 2006…(?)
This single-vineyard cuvée is produced exclusively from grapes grown at Les Folies, a Taittinger-owned vineyard with a south/southwest exposure in the heart of the Champagne winegrowing region. A green harvest ensures that the final harvest has optimum sweetness and aromatic maturity. Only wines from the first pressing are used and each plot is vinified in small volumes, with certain lots in large, old oak casks. Slow aging for five years in bottles brings the flavors of this Champagne to perfect harmony.
Ruinart
(Reims) - NM
“Got it!”
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- *Dom Ruinart** (V)
- Blanc de Blancs - Brut Rose*
Blanc de Blancs
100% Chardonnay
-First Vintage 1959
Brut Rose
85% Chardonnay - 15% Pinot Noir
-First Vintage 1966
Bollinger
(Ay) - NM
“Can you think of a more French name than Bollinger”
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Grand Annee (V)
Brut - Brut Rose
66% PN - 34% Chard
- aged 2x longer than required
- ‘Vintage’ became Grand Anee in 1976
“RD” (V)
Brut
-typically 2/3 PN…
- aged 3x longer than required
- only made in the best vintages
-First “RD” vintage: 1961
Vieilles Vignes Francaises (V)
BdN Brut
100% PN
Made from 3 plots of ungrafted pre-phyloxerra vines:
- Chaudes Terres (Ay)
- Clos-St-Jacques (Ay)
- Croix Rouge (Bouzy)
- aged 2x legal mimimum
- First VVF vintage 1969 (?)
Comtes Audoin de Dampierre
(Chenay) - NM
“The Count is very Prestigous”
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Prestige (V)
100% Chardonnay
Gosset
(Ay) - NM
“Go Celebrate!”
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- *Celebris**
- Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut*
- Vintage Brut - Vintage Brut Rose*
Blanc de Blancs (NV)
100% Chardonnay
_Vintage Brut_ (V) 66% Chard - 34% PN
Vintage Brut Rose (V)
Charles Heidsieck
(Reims) - NM
“Charlie is a Millionaire!”
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Blanc des Millenaires (V)
Blanc de Blancs Only!!
100% Chard
First Vintage 1983
Champagne Charlie (V)
*discontinued after 1985
Margaux’s favorite wine!!
Laurent-Perrier
(Tours-sur-Marne) - NM
I don’t really have on for this…
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Grand Siecle (MV)
Only produced from LP’s best vintage years.
~55% Chard - 45% PN
First Vintage 1959
Vilmart & Cie
(Rilly-la-Montagne) - RM
“Vilmart has Heart”
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Coeur de Cuvee (V)
80% Chard - 20% PN
Henriot
(Reims) - NM
“OH! Henri is very Enchanting!”
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Cuvee de Enchanteleurs (V)
Chard & PN (???%)
Paul Dethune
(Ambonnay) - RM
“Paul’s Death was Prestigious”
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Brut Prestige (NV?)
50% PN - 50% Chard
Chartogne-Taillet
(Merfy*) - RM
“We Charted out a Fiasco”
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Fiacre (V)
60% Chard - 40% PN
First Vintage 2002 (?)
*Merfy is just NW of Reims (not necesarily in any of the 5 regions…Montagne de Reims?)
**Terry Theise calls him the most exciting young producer in Champagne
Duval-Leroy
(Vertus) - NM
“Leroy is kind of Effeminate”
(funny because Leroy is a tough name)
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Femme de Champange (V)
Brut - Brut Rosé
89% Chard - 11% PN
First Vintage 1990
Guy Larmandier
(Cramant) - RM
“Guy Crams his Large Man Hole”
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Cramant Grand Cru Cuvee Prestige (V)
100% Chardonnay
Alfred Gratien
(Epernay) - NM
“Al is Gracious in Paradise”
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Cuvee Paradis (NV)
* Brut - Rose
Chard - PN (%?)
- Huge style - aged in oak
Joseph Perrier
(Chalons-sur-Marne) - NM
“Joseph & Josephine”
Ugly label: think JoJo is ugly…
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Cuvee Josephine (V)
Mainly Chardonnay…
*not much info available
Jacquart
(Reims) - NM
“Jack Nichlson has lots of Nominations”
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Brut de Nominee (NV)
50% Chard & 50% PN
Jacques Selosse
(Avize) - RM
Cuvee Substance (NV)
100% Chardonnay
*Solera for this wine was startd in 1986
Drappier
(Urville, Aube) - NM
“Charles de Gaul “Drops” Grand beats!”
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Grande Sendree (V)
Brut - Brut Rosé
Brut
55% PN - 45% Chard
Brut Rosé
90% PN - 10% Chard
Sendrée has an interesting history. A ferocious fire hit the Urville in the 1850s reducing the trees and shrubs to cinders. Afterwards the Drappiers planted a vineyard on the raised sloped above the village that became known as Les Cendrées (The Cinders).
The family did not start bottling vintages from the Grande Sendrée until 1974 by which time an error had been made in the registration of the title of the vineyard replacing the “c” for and “s”.
Charles de Gaulle (V)
As it was chosen as the house to stock
General de Gaule’s private cellars
80% PN - 20% Chard
First Vintage 1990