NM Prestige Cuvée and First Vintage

Question 1

Alfred Gratien

Answer 1

Épernay

Cuvée Paradis NV (1985)

Question 2

Ayala

Answer 2

Aÿ

Perle d’Ayala

Question 3

AR Lenoble

Answer 3

Marne

Cuvée Les Aventures BdB NV
Cuvée Gentilhomme BdB vintage

Question 4

Billecart-Salmon

Answer 4

Mareuil-Sur-Aÿ

Nicolas François Billecart (1964)
Elizabeth Salomn Rosé
Cuvée Louis BdB (not prestige cuvee)

Question 5

Bollinger

Answer 5

Aÿ

La Grande Année 1997 (?)
R.D. (1952)
Vieilles Vignes Françaises (1969)

Question 6

Boizel

Answer 6

Épernay

Joyau de France (1961)

Question 7

Bruno Paillard

Answer 7

Reims

Nec Plus Ultra (1990)
(9 vintages: 90, 95, 96, 99, 02, 03, 04, 08, 09)

Question 8

Canard-Duchêne

Answer 8

Reims

Charles Vll NV

Question 9

Charles Heidsieck

Answer 9

Reims
(owned by EPI)

Champagne Charlie (1979)
Blanc des Millénaires BdB (1983)

Question 10

Comtes Audoin de Dampierre

Answer 10

Marne

Prestige BdB

Question 11

Delamotte

Answer 11

Mesnil-sur-Oger

Nicolas Louis Delamotte (discontinued)

Question 12

De Meric

Answer 12

Catherine de Médicis

Question 13

De Venoge

Answer 13

Épernay

Grand Vin de Prince BdB (1961)
Louis XV

Question 14

Deutz

Answer 14

Aÿ

Cuvée William Deutz (1959)
Amour de Deutz (BdB/Rosé) (1993)

Question 15

Diebolt-Vallois

Answer 15

Cramant

Fleur de Passion BdB (1995)

Question 16

Drappier

Answer 16

Urville, Côte de Barr

Charles de Gaulle (1990)

Question 17

Duval-Leroy

Answer 17

Vertus

Femme de Champagne (chard-PN) (1990)

Question 18

Gosset

Answer 18

Aÿ
(the oldest still house in Champagne)

Célébris (1988)

Question 19

G.H.Mumm

Answer 19

Reims

Cuvée R. Lalou

Question 20

Henriot

Answer 20

Reims
(owned by Nicolas Feuillatte since 2023)

Cuvée des Enchanteleurs (discontinued after 2000)
Hemera (since 2005)

Question 21

Jacquesson

Answer 21

Dizy
(owed by Artemis Group since 2023)

Grand Vin Signature (discontinued after 2002)

Question 22

Joseph Perrier

Answer 22

Marne

Cuvée Josephine (1982)

Question 23

Lanson

Answer 23

Reims

Noble Cuvée (1979)

Question 24

Laurent-Perrier

Answer 24

Tours-sur-Marne
(owns Salon and Delamotte)

Le Grand Siècle NV (1959)
Alexandra Rosé (1982)

Question 25

Louis Roederer

Answer 25

Reims Cristal (1876, commercial 1945) (rosé 1974) Cristal Vinothèque (1995) (4 vintages: 95, 96, 99, 2000)

Question 26

Moët & Chandon

Answer 26

Épernay Don Pérignon (1921, commercial 1936) (rosé 1986) (Oenothèque before 2014 as P2 and P3)?

Question 27

Perrier-Jouët

Answer 27

Épernay (owned by Pernod-Richard) Belle Époque (1964) Fleur de Champagne in US (last vintage 2002)

Question 28

Piper-Heidsieck

Answer 28

Reims Rare (1976)

Question 29

Ployez-Jacquemart

Answer 29

Liesse d’Harbonville

Question 30

Pol Roger

Answer 30

Épernay Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill (1975)

Question 31

Pommery

Answer 31

Reims (create brut style) Cuvée Louise

Question 32

Ruinart

Answer 32

Reims (the oldest sparkling house in Champagne) Don Ruinart (1959) (rosé 1966)

Question 33

Salon

Answer 33

Mesnil-sur-Oger First vintage 1905 Commercial 1921

Question 34

Taittinger

Answer 34

Reims Comte de Champagne BdB (1952) (rosé 1973) Taittinger Collection (1983)

Question 35

Veuve Clicquot

Answer 35

Reims (invent riddling) La Grande Dame (1962) (rosé 1988)