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
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)
Baron/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 de 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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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)
Grand Vin Signature (V)
First Vintage 1981
(discontinued after 2002)
Piper-Heidsieck
(Reims) - NM
“Piper is anything but Rare”
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Cuvee Rare (V)
70% Chard - 30% PN
First Vintage 1976
Louis Roederer
(Reims) - NM
“Do we really need one for this….?”
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- *Cristal** (V)
- Brut - Brut Rose*
~55% Pinot Noir - 45% Chard
-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)
100% Chardonnay
Canard Duchene
(Ludes) - NM
C=C - “Charles walks like a Duck”
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Charles VII (V)
Brut - Brut Rose - BdB - BdN
Blanc de Blancs - Blanc de Noirs
Brut
Grand Cuvee le Victorieux
~Celebrates the victor of the 100 years war~
Brut Rose
Grand Cuvee de la Rose
~Kingdom of the Rose (England) lays claim to the throne of France~
Blanc de Blanc
Grand Cuvee de Lys (Lillies)
~Joan of Arc saves France, the Kingdom of the Lillies~
Blanc de Noirs
Grand Cuvee de Beaute
~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 1905(?), 1911(…)
Nicolas Louis Delamotte
(*I don’t think this actually exists…?)
there is no mention anywhere…
90% Chard - 10% PN
Billecart-Salmon
(Mareuil-sur-Ay) - NM
Grand Cuvée (V)
60% PN - 40% Chard
First vintage 1982
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Clos St. Hillaire (V)
100% Pinot Noir
fermented in 100% oak barriques
Cuvee Nicolas Francois Billecart (V)
PN/Chard (%?)
First vintage 1964
Tribute to the house’s founder
Cuvee Elisabeth Salmon (V)
Brut Rosé
PN/Chard (%?)
First vintage 1988
Tribute to the house’s co-founder
Taittinger
(Reims) - NM
“Got it!”
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- *Comtes de Champagnes** (V)
- Blanc de Blancs - Brut Rose*
*First Vintage 1952
Blanc de Blancs
100% Chardonnay
Brut Rose
70% PN - 30% Chard
Les Folies de la Marquetterie (NV)
55% Chard - 45% PN
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
De Castellane
(Epernay) - NM
“The Commodore Casts off”
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- *Cuvee Commodore** (V)
- Brut - Brut Rose*
Brut
70% PN - 30% Chard
Rose
80% PN - 20% Chard
First vintage 1961
Diebolt-Vallois
(Cramant) - NM
“Valiantly Die for Passion”
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Fleur de Passion (V)
100% Chardonnay
First Vintage 1995
AR Lenoble
(Chouilly) - NM
“The Noble Gentleman is Adventurous”
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Cuvee Gentilhomme (V)
100% Charonnay
Cuvee les Aventures (MV)
100% Chardonnay
(blend of the best vintages)
Pommery
(Epernay) - NM
“Louise has nice Pom Poms”
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- *Cuvee Louise** (V)
- Brut - Brut Rose*
Brut
60% Chard - 40% PN
Brut Rose
(???)
Veuve Clicquot-Ponsardin
(Reims) - NM
“The Widow was a Grande Dame”
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- *La Grande Dame** (V)
- Brut - Brut Rose*
Brut
60-65% PN - 35-40% Chard
-First Vintage 1969
Brut Rose
(%?)
-First Vintage 1988
Name 3 producers who make
Prestige?
Comtes Audoin de Dampierre (NM)
“Prestige”
Bonnaire (RM)
“Cuvee Prestige”
Paul Dethune (RM)
“Brut Prestige”
Guy Larmandier (RM)
“Cramant Grand Cru Cuvee Prestige”
Who makes
Clos des Goisses?
Philipponnat
Brut - Brut Rosé
(Mareuil-sur-Ay) - NM
(Vintage)
70% PN - 30% Chard
First Vintage 1935
- *From Rare Wine**:
- Until Krug’s Clos des Mesnil was first made in 1979, Clos des Goisses was the region’s only great single-vineyard wine. From its first vintage in 1935, it was not only unchallenged as the beacon of terroir in Champagne. It was the sole argument that great Champagne could be made from a single site, rather than a blend of vineyards has had been done for centuries in the region.
No other Champagne vineyard can match its gifts: an unbroken 30 to 45 degree, fully south facing slope of pure chalk backed by a small plateau directly above the Marne River. In warm years the plateau assures balance; in cool years the steep southern slope guarantees ripeness.
Even today, the respected American Champagne writer Peter Liem calls Clos des Goisses “arguably the greatest vineyard site in all of Champagne.” British Champagne expert Tom Stevenson says that “there can be no doubt that Clos des Goisses boasts the most climatically distinct, naturally occurring and expressive terroir in Champagne.”
Who makes
Louis XV?
“Louis was very in Vogue”
V = XV
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De Venogue (V)
Varietals (???)
Who makes
Cuvee Josephine?
Joseph Perrier (V)
Mainly Chardonnay…
Who makes
Fleur de Passion?
“Valiantly Die for Passion”
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Diebolt-Vallois (V)
100% Chardonnay
Who makes
Femme de Champagne?
“Leroy is kind of Effeminate”
(funny because Leroy is a tough name)
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Duval-Leroy (V)
Brut - Brut Rosé
89% Chard - 11% PN
Who makes
Cuvee Substance?
Jacques Selosse (NV)
100% Chardonnay
Who makes
Cuvee de Enchanteleurs?
“OH! Henri is very Enchanting!”
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Henriot (V)
Chard & PN (???%)
Who makes
Liesse d’Harbonville?
Ployez-Jacquemart (V)
70% Chard - 30% (PN + PM)
Who makes
Cuvee Laetitia?
Henri Billiot (NV)
Mainly Chardonnay…
Who Makes
La Vigne d’Antan?
Tarlant
(Oeilly - Epernay) - RM
(Vintage)
100% Chardonnay
Who makes
Dizy - Terre Rouges?
Jacquesson
(Dizy) - NM
(Non-Vintage)
100% Pinot Noir
Planted 1993 - 1.35 ha
First Vintage 2002
Who Makes
La Vigne d’Or?
Tarlant
(Oeiully - Epernay) - RM
(Vintage)
100% Pinot Meunier
Who makes
Charles VII?
Canard-Duchene (V)
Brut - Brut Rose
Blanc de Blancs - Blanc de Noirs
Who makes
Fiacre?
Chartogne-Taillet (V)
60% Chard - 40% PN
Who makes
Cuvee R Lalou?
Mumm (V)
Varietals (???)
Who makes
Dizy - Corne Bautry?
Jacquesson
(Dizy) - NM
(Vintage)
100% Chardonnay
Planted 1960 - 1 ha
First Vintage 1995
Who makes
Coeur de Cuvee?
Vilmart (V)
80% Chard - 20% PN
Who makes
Nec-Plus-Ultra?
Bruno Paillard (V)
50% Chard - 50% PN
Who makes
Vieille de Vrignes?
Egly-Ouriet
100% Pinot Meunier
Who makes
Clos du Mesnil?
Krug
(Reims) - NM
(Vintage)
100% Chardonnay
First Vintage 1979
Who makes
Cuvee Rare?
Piper Heidsieck (V)
70% Chard - 30% PN
Who makes
Grand Vin Signature?
Jacquesson
discontinued after 2002 vintage
They now make 4 single vineyard wines:
- *Ay - Vauzelle de Terme** (100% PN)
- *Dizy - Terre Rouge** (100% PN)
- *Dizy - Corne Bautry** (100% Chard)
- *Avize - Champ Cain** (100% Chard)
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“AY!! Jackie is Dizzy Dizzy”
Who makes
Terres de Noel?
“**Aunt Jean had a Million Christmas”
Jean Milan
(Oger) - NM
(Vintage)
100% Chardonnay
Who makes
Charles de Gaule?
“Charles de Gaul “Drops” Grand beats!”
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Drappier (V)
80% PN - 20% Chard
Who makes
Ay - Vauzelle Terme?
Jacquesson
(Dizy) - NM
(Vintage)
100% Pinot Noir
Planted 1980 - .3 ha
First Vintage 1996
Who makes
Vieille Vigne de Cramant?
Larmandier-Bernier
(Vertus) - RM
Extra Brut!!
(Vintage)
100% Chardonnay
Who makes
Celebris?
“Go Celebrate!”
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Gosset
Blanc de Blancs
Vintage Brut - Vintage Brut Rose
Blanc de Blancs (NV)
100% Chardonnay
_Vintage Brut_ (V) 66% Chard - 34% PN
Vintage Brut Rose (V)
???
Who makes
Terre de Vertus?
Larmandier-Bernier
(Vertus) - RM
Non-Dose!!/Brut Nature!!
(Vintage)
100% Chardonnay
Who makes
Cuvee Julie?
Henri Billiot (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
Who makes
Cuvee Commodore?
“The Commodore Casts off”
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- *De Castellane** (V)
- Brut - Brut Rose*
Brut
70% PN - 30% Chard
Brut Rose
80% PN - 20% Chard
Who Makes
Cuvee Louis?
Tarlant
(Oeuilly - Epernay) - RM
(Non-Vintage)
50% PN - 50% Chard
Who makes
Clos de Bouveries?
Duval-Leroy
(Vertus) - NM
(Vintage)
100% Chardonnay
Who makes
Cuvee Louise?
- *Pommery** (V)
- Brut - Brut Rose*
Brut
60% Chard - 40% PN
Brut Rose
(???)
Who makes
Cuvee Gentilhomme?
AR Lenoble (V)
100% Chardonnay
Who makes
Catherine de Medici?
De Med = De Mer
“Catherine was a degenerate”
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De Meric (V)
50% PN - 50% Chard
Who makes
Clos-St-Hillaire?
Billecarte-Salmon
(Mareuil-sur-Ay) - NM
(Vintage)
100% Pinot Noir
First Vintage 1986
Who makes
Clos d’Ambonnay?
Krug
(Reims) - NM
(Vintage)
100% Pinot Noir
First Vintage 1995
Who makes
Les Folies de la Marquetterie?
Taittinger
(Reims) - NM
(Non-Vintage)
55% Chard - 45% PN
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.
Who makes
Les Crayeres?
Egly-Ouriet
(Ambonnay) - RM
(Non-Vintage)
100% Pinot Noir
Who makes
Grande Sendree?
Drappier
(Urville, Aube) - NM
Vintage Brut - Vintage Brut Rose
55% Chard - 45% PN
First Vintage 1975 (`99 first for 1.5L)
First Rose Vintage 1990
Who makes
Cuvee Speciale Les Chetillons?
Pierre Peters
(les Mesnil-sur-Oger) - RM
(Vintage)
100% Chardonnay
First Vintage 1983
Who Makes
Clos du Faubourg Notre Dame?
Veuve Fourny
(Vertus) - NM
100% Chardonnay
(fermented in 100% 4 year old barrels)
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Note:
- also makes La Cuvée R which is fermented in 100% new oak.
Who makes
Cuvee les Adventures?
AR Lenoble (MV)
100% Chardonnay
Who makes
Clos du Moulin?
“Moulin Rouge girls are Catty”
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Cattier
(Chigny-les-Roses) - NM
(Non-Vintage)
Brut - Brut Rosé
50% PN - 50% Chard
First made 1952
Who makes
Les Barres?
Chartogne-Taillet
(Merfy) - RM
(Vintage & Non-Vintage)
100% Pinot Meunier!!
*made from ungrafted vines
First made 2006 (?)
Who makes
Avize - Champ Cain?
Jacquesson
(Dizy) - NM
(Vintage)
100% Chardonnay
Planted 1962 - 1.32
First Vintage 2002
Agrapart
(Avize) - RM
Avize - Oise
100% Chardonnay
Name a producer of
Cuis 1er Cru
Pierre Gimmonet
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Cuis is in Cote de Blancs
Name a producer of
Vrigny 1er Cru
Egly Ouriet
(100% Pinot Meunier)
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Vrigny is in Montagne de Reims
Name a producer of
Cumières 1er Cru
Georges Laval
(Brut Nature)
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Cumières is in Vallée de la Marne
Name a producer of
Dizy 1er Cru
Jacquesson
(Dizy - Corne Beautry = 100% Chard)
(Dizy - Terre Rouge = 100% Pinot Noir Rosé)
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Dizy is in Vallée de la Marne
Name a producer of
Vertus 1er Cru
Veuve Fourny & Fils
Larmandier-Bernier
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Vertus is in Cote de Blancs
Name a producer of
Sillery Grand Cru
Francois Seconde
Name a producer of
Chouilly Grand Cru
Roland Champion
Name a producer of
Cramant Grand Cru
Larmandier-Bernier
Guy Larmandier
Name a producer of
Avize Grand Cru
Jacquesson
(Avize - Champ Cain = 100% Chard)
Agrapart
