Champagne - Producers & Cuvées Flashcards
WhaWhat commune is Krug located in?
Reims
What is the prestige cuvée of Krug
Grande Cuvée Brut
What wine does Krug release from held back wines for a late release>?
Krug Collection
What commune is Champagne Salon located in?
Le Mesnil-Sur-Oger
What is the prestige cuvée of Salon?
Salon Blanc de Blancs
What is notable about Salon’s 1921 Vintage?
It was considered the first Blanc de Blancs Champagne
What commune is Egly-Ouriet located in?
Ambonnay
What is the dominant blend in general Champagnes of Egly-Ouriet?
70% Pinot Noir to 30% Chardonnay
What is Egly-Ouriet’s 100% Pinot Meunier wine?
Les Vignes de Vrigny Brut 1er Cru
What is Egly-Ouriet’s most prestigious still wine bottling?
Cuvée des Grands Côtes Coteaux Champenois Rouge - 100% Pinot Noir from Ambonnay
What commune is Jacques Selosse located in?
Avize
What is the top wine of Jacques Selosse?
Substance Grand Cru
What is unique about the vinification technique used in Jacques Selosse’s top bottling?
It is aged in a Solera of 12 vintages
What commune is Pierre Péters located in?
Le Mesnil-Sur-Oger
What is the most prestigious bottling of Pierre Péters?
Cuvée de Réserve Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs
What commune is Ruinart located in?
Reims
What is the prestige cuvée of Ruinart
Dom Ruinart
What commune is Vilmart & Cie located in?
Rilly la Montagne
What commune is Pierre Gimonnet located in?
Cuis
What is the prestige cuvée of Pierre Gimonnet?
Cuvée Spécial Club
What commune is Champagne Bollinger located in?
Aÿ
What is the Bollinger bottling considered to be a prestige cuvée?
Françaises Blanc de Noirs
What two bottlings from Bollinger are prestigious but not necessarily considered prestige cuvées
Grand Année
R.D.
What commune is Pol Roger located in?
Epernay
What is the prestige cuvée of Pol Roger?
Cuvée Sir Winston Churchhill
What commune is Billecart-Salmon located in?
Mareuil-sur-Aÿ
What commune is Jacquesson located in?
Dizy
What is unique about the prestigious bottles of Jacquesson?
They bottle 4 single vineyard Champagnes
What 4 single vineyard Champagnes are bottled by Jacquesson?
Corne Bautray Extra Brut Vintage
Champs Caïn Extra Brut Vintage
Vauzelle Terme Extra Brut Vintage
Terres Rouges Extra Brut Rosé Vintage
What commune is Gaston Chiquet located in?
Dizy
What commune is Philipponnat located in?
Mareuil-sur-Aÿ
What is the prestige cuvée of Philipponnat?
Clos des Goisses
What commune is Charles Heidsieck located in?
Reims
What is the prestige cuvée of Charles Heidsieck?
Blanc des Millénaires
What is the prestige cuvée of Billecart-Salmon?
Nicholas Francois Billecart
Grand Cuvée
Elisabeth Salmon Rosé
What commune is Louis Roederer located in?
Reims
What is the prestige cuvée of Louis Roederer?
Cristal
What historical figure was the exclusive buyer of Cristal during the late 1800s
Tsar Alexander II of Russia
What is the prestige cuvée of Gosset?
Celebris
What commune is Taittinger located in?
Reims
What is the prestige cuvée of Taittinger?
Comtes de Champagne
What commune is René Geoffroy located in?
Aÿ
What commune is Laurent-Perrier located in?
Tours-Sur-Marne
What is the prestige cuvée of Laurent-Perrier?
Grand Siécle
What commune is Dom Perignon located in?
Epernay
What is the prestige cuvée of Moët & Chandon that now stands alone as its’ own brand?
Dom Perignon
What commune is Deutz located in?
Aÿ
What is the prestige cuvée of Deutz?
Amour de Deutz
What commune is Perrier-Jouët located in?
Epernay
What is the prestige cuvée of Perrier-Jouët?
Belle Epoque
What commune is Pommery located in?
Reims
What commune is Veuve Clicquot located in?
Reims
What is the prestige cuvée of Veuve Clicquot?
La Grande Dame
What is the prestige cuvée of Alaya
Cuvée Perle d’Alaya
What is the prestige cuvée of Boizel
Joyau de France
What commune is Alaya located in
Aÿ
What commune is Boizel located in
Épernay
What is the prestige cuvée of Delamotte
Nicolas Louis Delamotte
What is the prestige cuvée of Gosset
Celebris
What commune is Gosset located in
Epernay
What is the prestige cuvée of Henriot
Hemera
What is the prestige cuvée of Bruno Paillard
Nec-Plus-Ultra
What is the prestige cuvée of Pommery
Cuvée Louise