Champagne Producer profiles Flashcards
What Cuvee Prestige does Perrier Jouet produce for the USA market?
Flueur de Champagne
What was the first vintage of “Clos de Goisses”
1935
Philipponnat
What year did the Special Club originate?
1971
What was the first vintage of La Grand Dame?
1966 (released 1972)
Rose La Grand Dame 1988 (released 1996)
What village is the source for La Grand Dame Rose?
Bouzy
La Grand Dame mostly Vervenay and Avize
Who produces “Les Clos Pompadour”
Pommery
Magnum only
(2002)
Who produces Apanage.
Pommery
3.5yrs on lees
(20 villages)
Who is the majority owner of Duetz?
Louis Roederer
located in AY
Who is the owner of Salon Champagne?
Laurent-Perrier (TOURS sur MARNE)
also Delamotte, and De Castellane
What was the first release for Grand Siecle?
1959
NV-the first NV Cuvee Prestige
What was the first NV Cuvee Prestige to be released?
Laurent-Perrier Grand Siecle in 1959
“Cuvee Rose” was first released when?
1968
Laurent-Perrier
Which Champagne house released the first bottling that was vintage dated?
Perrier-Jouet
1825
(EPERNAY)
Which house is the largest land owners in Champagne?
Moet et Chandon
Where are the grapes sourced for Dom Perignon?
Avize Äy Bouzy Mailly Chouilly Cramant Les Mesnil sur Oger Verzenay Hautvillers
Who produces Empreinte?
Rene Geoffroy
Pinot Noir from Cumieres
(footprint)
What is the lees aging for Cave Privee? (Veuve Clicqout)
17 years
What is the dosage for Gosset Celebris and what year was it first made?
1988
Extra Brut 0-6g/l
What is the current name of the Dubois Père et Fils firm?
Louis Roederer Estate.
What year was Cristal Champagne first produced?
1876
(commercially 1945)
(Cristal Rose 1974)
What was the name of Taittinger when it started?
Forneaux Forest (1734)
What was the first vintage of Comtes de Champagne?
1952
100% Chardonnay
What was the first vintage of Clos des Goisses Juste Rose
1999
Clos des Goisses - 1935
Which famous Champagne house owner was arrested for by the Union Army?
Charles Heidseick (1861)
Who is credited with putting bottling dates on NV champagnes?
Daniel Tibault (Chef du cave at Heidseick)
The Cuvee Prestige, Blancs de Millenaries replace what former Prestige Cuvee?
Champagne Charlie. (in 1983)
Charlie was produced between 1979-1985
How long is Blancs de Millenaries aged on its lees?
15 years
Who was the first récoltant manipulants in Champagne?
Gaston Chiquet (registered 1935) (located in DIZY)
Where is the source for the Chardonnay used to produce Gaston Chiquets Blanc de Blancs?
AY
Ay - known for Pinot Noir mostly
Who produces Cuvée Nicolas François
Billecart-Salmon (1955 - first vintage) 1988 for Cuvée Elisabeth Salmon Rosé, 1995 for Clos Saint-Hilaire (BS located MAREUIL SUR AY)
What was the inaugural vintage for Cuvee Winston Churchill?
1975
PR in Empernay
What is ‘Tip Layering’ called and name a producer that uses it in Champagne.
“En Provignage”
Bollinger
When was the first vintage of Vieilles Vignes Françaises released?
1974
(it was the 1969 vintage)
ungrafted rootstock
Who produces Fleuron and what style of wine is it?
Pierre Gimonnet. (BdB Vintage) (located in Cuis) (also: -Gastronome 1er Cru BdB Brut Vintage -Fleuron 1er Cru BdB Brut Vintage -Oenophile 1er Cry BdB Extra Brut Vintage -Paradoxe Brut Vintage)
What was the first vintage of Dom Ruinart?
1959
Dom Ruinart Rose 1966
What is the dosage for Exquise and who produces it?
24g/l
Jacque Selosse
(Demi Sec)
What is the age on lees for V.P Extra Brut Cuvee and who produces it?
7 years min on lees
Egly-Ouriet) (70/30/PN/CH
What is the encepagment for Les Vignes de Vrigny Brut Premier Cru NV?
Meunier 100%
Egly-Ouriet
Who makes Substance and how is it unique?
Jacque Selosse
(uses Solera for reserve wines)
(started in 1987)
(another for Les Carelles in 2010)
What was the first commercial vintage of Salon available?
1921
What was the inaugural vintage for Krug’s top wines?
- 1979 for Clos du Mesnil
- 1995 for Clos d’Ambonnay
Who was the first to produce Grower Rose?
Paul Bara.
Nicolas Feuillette is what type of producer?
CM (coop to produce his own wine)
What region is Cedric Bouchard located in?
Aube
also Marie Courtin / Fleury / Serge Mathieu / Vouette et Sorbee
Who produces Le Creux d’Enfer
Cedric Bouchard
(100% PN)
La Haute-Lemblée (100% Chard)
Who produces les Chétillons and what grape is it made from?
Pierre Peters
100% chardonnay
(1st vintage 1971)
Which village does Jerome Prevost produce “Les Beguines” from?
Champagne House:Champagne La Closerie
In Gueux (Marne)
100% Meunier
(worked with Jacques Selosse in the 90’s)
Name a producer that does not use any reserve wines for their NV brut?
Pierre Moncuit
Who produces Hugues de Coulmet and where?
Pierre Moncuit
fruit from village of Sezanne
What vintages did Salon produce in the 1990’s
1990, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999
What vintages did Salon produce in the 1980’s
1982, 1983, 1985, 1988
What vintages did Salon produce in the 1970’s
1971, 1973, 1976, 1979
What vintages did Salon produce in the 1920’s
1921, 1925, 1928,
What vintages did Salon produce in the 2000’s
2002, 2004, and 2006
