Champagne - Prestige Cuvees Flashcards
Name 4 producers
who use no Oak
MVP-PM
Moet & Chandon
Veuve Clicquot
Pol Roger
Pommery
- *Mumm**
- (liqueur d’expedition is kept in oak)*
Name 6 producers
who ferment in 100% oak
- *Krug**
- all wines fermented in VERY OLD 205L barrels
- *Alfred Gratien**
- all wines fermented in 228L barrels;
- they are also experimenting with 300L barrels from local forests
- *Bollinger**
- all vintage wines made in VERY OLD 225L barrels
- NV wines are done in mainly stainless steel
- *Billecart Salmon**
- Clos St. Hillaire
- – fermented in 225L barrels
- Sous Bois
- *Veuve Fournay**
- Clos du Fauberg Notre-Dame
- – fermented in 4 year old 225L barrels
- *Ployez-Jacquemart**
- Liesse d’Harbonville
- – fermented in 225L barrels
- *Bruno Paillard**
- Nec Plus Ultra
- – fermented in old 205L barrels
- *Vilmart & Cie**
- all wines fermented in oak and spend min 10 months in barrel
- some sources indicate they might use some new oak…cannot confirm
- Coeur de Cuvée uses 228L barrels
Name 2 producers
who use New Oak
- *Jacques Selosse**
- all wines
- 100% fermented in oak with 10% in new oak
- mainly use 228L barriques, and 900L tonneau
- *Veuve Fournay**
- La Cuvée R
- – 100% new oak in 225L barrels
Name 3
Famous Champagnes that are
100% Pinot Meunier
Tarlant
La Vigne d’Or
Chartogne-Taillet
Les Barres
Egly-Ouriet
Les Vignes de Vrigny
Name 3
Famous Champagnes that are
100% Pinot Noir
Krug
Clos d’Ambonnay
Bollinger
Vielles Vignes Francaise
Nicolas Feuilliatte
Palmes d’Or Brut Rose
Billecarte-Salmon
Clos St. Hillaire
Egly-Ouriet
Les Crayeres
Jacquesson
Ay- Vauzelle Terme
Jacquesson
Dizy- Terre Rouges
Hebert Dauvergne
Fine Fleur de Bouzy
Paul Bara
Special Club Rosé
Name 3
Famous NM producers of
Reims
Reims = CLR-TV
“clear TV”
—–
Charles Heidsieck
Blanc de Millenaires
Louis Roederer
Cristal
Ruinart
Dom Ruinart
Taittinger
Comtes de Champagne
Les Follies de la Marquettiere
Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin
Grand Dame
Krug
All wines
Henriot
Cuvee de Enchateleurs
Jacquart
Brut de Nominee
Lanson
Noble Cuvee
Mumm
Cuvee R Lalou
Bruno Paillard
Nec-Plus-Ultra
Piper-Heidsieck
Cuvee Rare
Name 3
Famous NM producers of
Ay
- *GABB** = Ay
- “Gabby”*
—–
Gosset
Celebris
Ayala
Cuvee Perle d’Ayala
Billecarte-Salmon
(Mareuil-sur-Ay)
Grand Cuvee
Clos St. Hillaire
Bollinger
Grand Annee
RD
Vielle Vignes Francais (PN!)
De Meric
Catherine de Medici
Deutz
Cuvee William Deutz
Amour de Deutz
Name 3
Famous NM producers of
Epernay
Epernay = PoMP
“the POMP of Epernay”
—–
Pol Roger
Sir Winston Churchill
Moet & Chandon
Dom Perignon
Perrier Jouet
Belle Epoque
Boizel
Joyau de France
De Castellane
Cuvee Commodore
De Venogue
Louis XV
Alfred Gratien
Cuvee Paradis
Deutz
(Ay) - NM
“Billy D Deutz”
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Cuvee William Deutz (V)
“Billy D. Williams!”
Vintage Brut - Vintage Brut Rose
PN/Chard/PM (%?)
Amour de Deutz (V)
100% Chardonnay
First Vintge 1993

Ployez-Jacquemart
(Ludes) - NM
“The Ploy was to Lease a Harpoon?
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Liesse d’Harbonville (V)
70% Chard - 30% (PN + PM)

Hubert Dauvergne
(Bouzy) - RM
“Hubert’s Fine Flowers and Booze”
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Fine Fleur de Bouzy (?)
100% Pinot Noir
*very little info available…

De Venoge
(Epernay) - NM
“Louis was very in Vogue”
V = XV
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- *Louis XV**
- Brut - Rose*
…very little info
Grand Vin de Princes
100% Chard
First vintage 1961
*discontinued after 1993
remade again in 2000
*No mention on their website…

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
First vintage was 1921
- *Dom Perignon Cuvee Oenetheque** (V)
- Brut - Brut Rose*
Chard & PN (%?) - Both
First Vintage 1921
Last vintage 1996 (?)
Dom Perignon P2 (V)
{Plenitude 2}
Brut - Brut Rosé
(Blend ???)
First Vintage 1998
Perrier Jouet
(Epernay) - NM
Belle Epoque (V)
aka Fleur de Chamapgne
Brut - Brut Rose - Blanc de Blancs
*First Vintage 1964
Brut
50% Chard - 45% PN - 5% PM
Brut Rose
(%?)
Blanc de Blancs
100% Chardonnay
Nicolas Feuillatte
(Chouilly) - CM
“Nicky Palms Gold”
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- *Palmes d’Or** (V)
- Brut - Brut Rose*
Brut
50% PN - 50% Chard
-First Vintage 1985
Brut Rose
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)
50% PN - 50% Chard
Bruno Paillard
(Reims) - NM
“Bruno has an Ultra sized Neck”
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Nec-Plus-Ultra (V)
50 Chard - 50% PN (?)
First Vintage 1990

Henri Billiot
(Ambonnay) - RM
“Henry & Billy love Julie & Laetitia”
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Cuvee Laetitia (NV)
Mainly Chardonnay…
Cuvee Julie (NV*)
*Technically NV but the last two have been 100% from specific vintages (2004 & 2005 respectively). They have not been labeled that way though.
50% Chard - 50% PN

Pol Roger
(Epernay) - NM
“Sir Winston gave everyone a good Rogering”
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Cuvee Sir Winston Churchill (V)
Chard & PN (%?)
First Vintage 1975

Lanson
(Reims) - NM
“Isn’t Lancers Noble?”
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Noble Cuvee (V)
60-70% PN - 30-40% Chard
First Vintage 1979

Mumm
(Reims) - NM
“LL = MM”
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Cuvee R Lalou (V)
Chard & PN (&?)
First Vintage 1966
Made 1966-1985,
and then from 1998+

Boizel
(Epernay) - NM
“Boys sell Joy to French girls”
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Joyau du France (V)
typically 55-60% PN & 40-45% Chard
First vintage 1961
Ayala
(Ay) - NM
“Pearls are white, Ayala is light”
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Cuvee Perle d’Ayala (V)
80% Chard - 20% PN

Jacquesson
(Dizy) - NM
“AY!! Jackie is Dizzy Dizzy”
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Grand Vin Signature (V)
First Vintage 1981
(discontinued after 2002)
Now has 4 single terroir Champagnes:
- *Avize - Champ Cain** = (Chrd!) - (V)
- *Dizy - Corne Bautry** = (Chrd!) - (V)
- *Dizy -** Terre Rouge = (PN!) - (NV)
- *Ay - Vauzelle Terme** = (PN!) - (V)


































