France Champagne Prestige Cuvees Flashcards
Cuvee des Enchanteleurs
Henriot (Reims)
50/50 Chardonnay /Pinot Noir
Vintage 2000
CDC-Laurent Fresnet
Cuvee R.Lalou
G.H Mumm (Reims)
50/50 Chard/Pinot Noir
10years lees raging
CdC- Didier Mariotti
Noble Cuvee
Lanson (Reims)
CdC-Herve Dantan
Fiacre
Chartogne-Taillet (Montagne de Reims)
60%Chard 40%PN
Alexandre Chartogne
a) Cuvee William Deutz
b) Amour de Deutz
Deutz (AY)
a) 55% PN, 35% Chard, 10%PM
b) 100%Chard
CDC- Pierre- Hubert Geidermann
Cuvee Perle d’Ayala
Ayala (AY) 80% Chard 20%PN 8 Yrs in bottle Caroline Latrive- cellar master 2005 bought by Bollinger
Elizabeth Salmon Rose
Billecart Salmon (Mareuil- sur-Ay) No Malolactic Small family owned house 2002 CDC -Francois Domi
Nicolas Francois Billecart
Billecart Salmon (Mareuil-sur-Ay)
50/50 Chrd/PN
Named after founding father
Coeur de Cuvee
Vilmart and Cie (Montagne de Reims) 80% Chard 20% PN Organic viticulture CDC- Laurent Champs RM
Joyau de France
Boizel (Epernay) 64% PN 35%Chard One family, 5 generations CDC- Christopher Roques Boizel
Fleur de Passion
Diebolt- Vallois(Cramant) 100% Chard 40yr old vines 100% Grand Cru CDC- Jacques Diebolt
Vielles Vignes Francaises
Bollinger ( AY) 100%PN Grand Cru sites, original planting ungrafted 2006 Provignage= densely planted Worked by hand CDC - Giles Descotes
Grand Vin Signature
Jacquesson (Dizy)
3 Grand Cru
2 Premier cru
unfiltered
opposite of NV style in 2000 ditched the idea of NV and decided on expression over consistency
CDC - Jean Herve Chiquet, Laurent Chiquet
1981 first vintage
Substance
Jacques Selosse (Avize) 100% Chardonnay Low dosages No Malolactic Single Vineyard Base grapes coming from 1987 vintage CDC - Anselme Selosse RM
Cramant Grand Cru Cuvee Prestige
Larmandier ( Vertus) 100% Chardonnay Grand Cru - Cremant CDC -Guy Larmandier RM
a) Cuvee Laetitia
b) Cuvee Julie
Henri Billiot and Fils (Monatague de Reims in Ambonnay)
a) NV Chard dominant
b) NV 50/50 named after Laetitia daughter, no Malo
CDC- Laetitia Billiot daughter of Serge
Femme de Champagne
Duval Leroy ( Vertus) 89% Chard 11% PN Family owned Known for pioneering sustainable development 10yrs raging before release
Grand Siècle
Laurent Perrier (Tours sur Marne) Typically NV - first NV released in 1960! Translates as the great century 50/50 12 Grand Crus 5yrs lees aging
Cuvee Josephine
Joseph Perrier (Chalons- en- Champagne) CDC - Jean Claud Fourmon
Charles de Gaulle
Drappier (Urville) 80% Chard 20%PN aged 4 year on lees still cultivate Arbane, Petit Meslier, Blanc Vrai CDC - Yannick Desmarest
Rare
Piper Heidsieck (Reims) 70% Chard 30% PN CDC- Regis Camut 2002
Nec- Plus Ultra
Bruno Paillard (Reims) Translates- There is nothing beyond 10-12 yrs of lees's Family owned, Bruno was a grape broker before he turned winemaker 4 Northern GC vineyards
Celebris
Gosset ( Epernay since 2010, formally AY)
Extra Brut
Pinot and Chardonnay varies widely with vintage
Cuvee Paradis
Alfred Gratien (Epernay) Chard and PN
Champagne Charlie
Blanc de Millenaires
Charles Heidsieck ( Reims) Champagne Charlier discontinued after 1985 Inaugural vintage of Millenaires was 1983 100% Chardonnay
a) Cuvée Les Aventures
b) Cuvée Gentilhomme
AR Lenoble (Chouilly)
a) NV 100% Chard
b) Vintage Chard
Dom Perignon
Dom Pérignon Oenothèque
Moet and Chandon (Epernay) 1921 (Rose) 1959 Chard and PN 1998 P2- Plentitude
Belle Epoque
Fleur de Champagne(USA)
Perrier -Jouet ( Epernay) 2002 will be the last of the USA Fleur de Champagne label Brut: 50% Chardonnay, 45% Pinot Noir, 5% Meunier
Cuvee Sir Winston Churchill
Pol Roger(Épernay) Pinot Noir and Chardonnay
Cuvee Louise
Pommery (Reims)
Brut- 60% Chard and 40%PN
Chalk Crayere cellar
Cristal
Louis Roederer (Reims) (Brut and Brut Rosé) Cristal Brut: 55% Pinot Noir,45% Chardonnay (approx.) Cristal: 1876 (not available commercially until 1945) Cristal Rosé: 1974
Dom Ruinart
Ruinart (Reims) (Blanc de Blancs and Rosé) Rosé: 85% Chardonnay, 15% Pinot Noir Dom Ruinart: 1959, Dom Ruinart Rosé: 1966
Comtes de Champagne
Taittinger (Reims)
(Blanc de Blancs and Rosé)
“Taittinger Collection”Art work series -Rosé: 70% Pinot Noir,30%Chardonnay
Collection: 50% Chardonnay 50% Pinot Noir
Comtes: 1952
La Grande Dame
Veuve Clicquot-Ponsardin (Reims)
(Brut and Brut Rosé) Brut: 60-65% Pinot Noir,
30-35% Chardonnay Brut: 1969,
Rosé: 1988
CM producer
“Palmes d’Or”
Nicolas Feuillatte (Chouilly)
(Brut and Brut Rosé) 50% Pinot Noir,
50% Chardonnay Brut: 1985
Brut Rosé: 1996
Monopole producer
“Venus”
Agrapart (RM, Avize) Brut Nature
(0.3 ha, Avize) 100% Chardonnay
Monopole Producer
“les Barres”
“Les Orizeaux”
“Les Alliees”
Chartogne-Taillet (RM, Merfy)
“Les Barres”
(ungrafted vines, Merfy) 100% Meunier
“Les Orizeaux” (planted in 1961, grafted, Merfy) 100% PN
“Les Alliées” (planted in 1969, Merfy) 100% Meunier
Monopole Producer
“Les Crayeres”
Egly-Ouriet (RM, Ambonnay)
NV 100% Pinot Noir
Monopole Producer
“Dizy Corne Bautray”
“Aÿ Vauzelle Terme”
“Dizy Terres Rouges Rosé”
“Avize Champ Cain”
Jacquesson
“Corne Bautray”: 100% Chardonnay
“Vauzelle Terme”: 100% Pinot Noir
“Terres Rouges Rosé”: 100% Pinot Noir
“Champ Cain”: 100% Chardonnay
Monopole producer
“Clos du Mesnil”
“Clos d’Ambonnay”
Krug (NM, Reims)
“Clos du Mesnil”
(1.84 ha, Le Mesnil-sur-Oger) 100% Chard 1979
“Clos d’Ambonnay” (0.68 ha, Ambonnay) 100% PN 1995
Monopole Producer
“Les Folies de la Marquetterie”
Taittinger (Pierry)
NV
55% Chardonnay, 45% Pinot Noir
First NV release in 2006
Explain Prestige Cuvee?
Usually the first and most exclusive bottling of a House
Tete du Cuvee only
Only produced in the finest years
What Champagne houses were the first to produce a Prestige Cuvee?
Roederer’s Cristal( Alexander ll) 1878
Moet and Chandon’s Dom Perignon 1928
Name 5 Prestige Cuvees that are Non Vintage?
Egly Ouriet- Les Crayeres
Lanson- Rose Noble Cuvee
Laurent Perrier- Grand Siecle (first 1960)
Henriot Billiot- Cuvee Latetia/Cuvee Julie
Taittinger - Les Folies de la Marquetterie
