NM Producers Prestige Cuvees

Question 1

Who owns De Castellane

Answer 1

Owned by Laurent-Perrier

(Salon, Delamotte also)

^Epernay

Brut: 30% Chardonnay, 70% Pinot Noir

Rose: 20% Chardonnay, 80% Pinot Noir

^{1961 (no longer produced. A NV blend called “Commodore” is now produced only for sale in French Supermarkets.)}

Question 2

Name the producer

Answer 2

Laurent-Perrier

^{Tours-sur-Marne}

Approx. 50/50 PN & Chard - typically NV

other Cuveé: Alexandra (Vintage Rosé): 1982, 80% PN, 20% Chard

Question 3

Name the Producer

Answer 3

Charles Heidsieck (NM)

^Reims

100% Chardonnay - 1983

Question 4

Name the Producer

What is the producers rosé cuveé

Answer 4

Billecart-Salmon

^{Mareuil-sur-Ay}

60% Pinot Noir, 40% Chardonnay - 1955

Elisabeth Salmon Rose: approx. 50/50 Pinot Noir & Chardonnay - 1988

_{Other top wines: Grande Cuvée: 1982 60% PN & 40% Chard , Louis Salmon BdB, Clost Saint-Hilaire monoparcel 100% PInot Noir}

Question 5

Name the producer

Answer 5

Veuve Cliquot-Ponsardin (NM)

^Reims

Brut: 60-65% Pinot Noir, 30-35% Chardonnay

Brut: 1969 - Rose: 1988

Question 6

Name the producer

Answer 6

Bollinger (NM)

^Ay

70% Pinot Noir, 30% Chardonnay

Question 7

Name the producer

Answer 7

Tattinger (NM)

^Reims

Blanc de Blanc: 1952

Rosé: 70% Pinot Noir, 30% Chardonnay - 1973

other Cuveé: Taittinger Collection: 50% Chardonnay, 50% Pinot Noir - 1978

Question 8

Name the producer

Answer 8

AR Lenoble (NM)

^Chouilly

Cuvée Gentilhomme - 100% Chardonnay - Vintage

other Cuvee: Cuvée Les Aventures - 100% Chardonnay - NV

^{100% Family owned - AR: Armand-Raphaël​ (initials) of founder, Lenoble: tribute to the nobility of the wines of Champagne​}

Question 9

Name this producer

Answer 9

Ployez-Jacquemart (NM)

^Ludes

70% Chardonnay, 30% Pinot Noir

Question 10

Name the Producer

Answer 10

Ruinart (NM)

^Reims

Rose: 85% Chardonnay, 15% Pinot Noir

BdB & Rose

Dom Ruinart: 1959

Dom Ruinart Rose: 1966

Question 11

Name the Producer

Answer 11

Lanson (NM)

^Reims

Brut: 60-70% Chardonnay, 30-40% Pinot Noir

NV Rose: 62% Chardonnay, 32% Pinot Noir

BdB

1979

Question 12

Name the producer

Answer 12

Joseph Perrier (NM)

^{Chalons-en-Champagne}

Pinot Noir and Chardonnay - 1982

Question 13

Name the producer

Answer 13

Ayala (NM)

^Ay

80% Chardonnay, 20% Pinot Noir

(Brut and Nature)

Question 14

Name the producer

Answer 14

Pommery (NM)

^Reims

Brut: 60% Chardonnay, 40% Pinot Noir

Brut and Brut Rose

Question 15

Name the Producer

Answer 15

Pol Roger (NM)

Epernay

Pinot Noir and Chardonnay

1975

Question 16

Name the producer

Answer 16

Comtes Audoin de Dampierre (NM)

^Chenay

Prestige: 100% Chardonnay

Question 17

Name the Producer

Answer 17

Perrier-Jouet (NM), Epernay

Brut: 50% Chardonnay, 45% Pinot Noir, 5% Meunier

1964

2002 = Last vintage for Fleur de Champagne (USA)

Question 18

Name the Producer

Answer 18

Boizel (NM), Epernay

Pinot Noir & Chardonnay

Brut, Brut Rose

1961

Question 19

Name the producer

What vintage was the first vintage of Plentitude?

What bottling was the predecessor to Plentitude?

Answer 19

Dom Perignon (Moet et Chandon) (NM)

^Epernay

Plentitude - first vintage 1998 released in 2005

Oenotheque - last vintage 1996

P2: end of Oenotheque range beginning of Plentitude range

^{Plentitude concept is a series of stages during a wine’s development}

^{P1 = Harmony = approx 9 years (Vintage Dom Perignon)}

^{P2 = Peak energy = approx 15 years (12 on lees)}

^{P3 = Calm/Complex = 30-40 years (Min 20 on lees)}

Question 20

Name the Producer

Answer 20

Gosset (NM)

Formerly Ay, now Epernay (2010)

BdB, NV, Vintage Extra Brut Rose, Vintage Extra Brut

1988

Question 21

Name the producer

Answer 21

De Meric (NM)

^Ay

50% Chardonnay, 50% Pinot Noir

Question 22

Name the producer

What is the producers 100% Pinot Noir

Answer 22

Bollinger (NM)

Ay

Recently Disgorged: Pinot Noir 2/3 (approx) & Chard - 1952

Vieilles Vignes Françaises: 100% Pinot Noir - 1969 (ungrafted vines)

Question 23

Name the producer

Answer 23

Canard Duchene (NM)

^Ludes

NV

Brut, Brut Rose, BdB, BdN

Question 24

Name the producer

Answer 24

De Venoge (NM)

^Epernay

50% Chardonnay, 50% Pinot Noir - (Brut, Brut Rose) - 1994

other Cuveé: Grand Vin des Princes

Question 25

Name the producer

Answer 25

Deutz (NM)

Ay

Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier - (blanc & rosé) 1959

other Cuveé: Amour de Duetz - 100% Chardonnay

Question 26

Name the producer

Answer 26

G.H. Mumm (NM)

^Reims

Chardonnay and Pinot Noir - 1966-1985, 1998-present

Question 27

Name the producer

Answer 27

Louis Roederer (NM)

^Reims

Brut Brut Rose: 55% Pinot Noir, 45% Chardonnay

1876 (commercially available in 1945) - Cristal Rose: 1974

Question 28

Name the producer

Answer 28

Bruno Paillard (NM)

^Reims

Chardonnay and Pinot Noir - 1990

Latin: nec plus ultra (nothing further beyond)

Question 29

Name the producer

Answer 29

Henriot (NM)

^Reims

Chardonnay and Pinot Noir

Cuvée des Enchanteleurs was last produced in 2000, the Hemera was first produced in 2005

^{name is a tribute to the Greek Goddess of day and light, Hemera}

Question 30

Name the producer

Answer 30

Duval-Leroy (NM)

^Vertus

89% Chardonnay, 11% Pinot Noir - 1990

Question 31

Name the producer

^{(the wine was discontinued in 2002)}

Answer 31

Jacquesson (NM)

^Dizy

1981-2002 (discontinued after 2002)

Question 32

Name the producer

Answer 32

Alfred Gratien (NM)

^Epernay

Chardonnay and Pinot Noir - Brut and Brut Rose - 1985

Question 33

Name the producer

Answer 33

Drappier (NM)

^Urville

80% Pinot Noir, 20% Chardonnay - 1990

Question 34

Name the producer

Answer 34

Piper-Heidsieck (NM)

^Reims

Chardonnay and Pinot Noir - 1976

Question 35

Name the producer

Answer 35

Moet et Chandon (NM)

^Epernay

Dom Perignon: 1921

Dom Perignon Rose: 1959

Question 36

Name the producer

Answer 36

Diebolt-Vallois (NM)

^Cramant

100% Chardonnay - 1995