Prestige Cuvees Flashcards
What are Deutz’s two prestige cuvées? What style(s)?
“Cuvée William Deutz” - PN/CH/PM
-Blanc/Rosé
“Amour de Deutz” - 100% CH
-Blanc de Blancs
What is Bonnaire’s prestige cuvée? What is the blend?
“Cuvée Prestige”
100% CH (Cramant)
What is Comtes Audoin de Dampierre’s prestige cuvée?
“Prestige” 100% CH
What is Guy Larmandier’s prestige cuvee?
“Cramant Grand Cru Cuvée Prestige”
What is Jacques Selosse’s prestige cuvée? What is the blend?
“Substance” NV
100% CH
What is Paul Déthune’s prestige cuvée? What is the blend?
“Brut Prestige”
50/50 PN/CH
What is Ruinart’s prestige cuvee? What styles and what is the blend? When was the inaugural vintages?
"Dom Ruinart" BdB Rosé - 85% CH/15% PN BdB -1959 Rosé - 1966
What is Taittinger’s prestige cuvée? What is the blend and what was the inaugural vintage?
“Comtes de Champagne” (BdB and Rosé)
70% PN/30% CH
1952
What is the blend of “Cristal”? What was the inaugural vintage? For the Rosé?
55% PN/45% CH
1876 (not commercially available until 1945)
Cristal Rosé: 1974
What is the blend of “La Grande Dame”? What are the inagural vintages?
60%-65% PN/30-35% CH
Brut - 1969
Rosé - 1988
What is the monoparcel that Philipponnat produces? What is the blend and inaugural vintage?
“Clos des Goisses” (NM, Mareuil-sur-Aÿ)
(5.5 ha, Maureuil-sur-Aÿ)
70% PN/30% CH
1935
What Monoparcel wines does Jacqueeson release? What are their blends and inaugural vintages?
“Dizy Corne Bautray” - 100% CH/1995
“Aÿ Vauzelle Terme” - 100% PN/1996
“Dizy Terres Rouges Rosé” - 100% PN/2002
“Avize Champ Cain” - 100% CH/2002
What monoparcel wines does Krug produce? What are their blends and inaugural vintages?
“Clos du Mesnil” - 100% CH/1979
“Clos d’Ambonnay” - 100% PN/1995
What styles are Dom Pérignon and DP Oenothèque released as?
Both are Brut and Brut Rosé
What was Billecart-Salmon’s “Grande Cuvée” inaugural vintage? What is the blend?
1982
60% PN/40% CH
What was Delamotte’s prestige cuvée? What is the blend?
“Nicolas Louis Delamotte” (No longer produced)
90% CH/10% PN
What was the first release of Dom Pérignon?
1921
What was the inaugural vintage of “Belle Époque”? What is the blend? What was the last vintage for Fleur de Champagne label?
1964
50% CH/45% PN/5% PM
2002
Who produces “Blanc des Millénaires”? What is the blend? What was the inaugural vintage?
Charles Heidsieck (Reims)
100% CH
1983
Who produces “Brut de Nominée”? What was the inaugural vintage? What is the blend?
Jacquart (Reims)
It was the vintages declared from 1985-1990
Who produces “Catherine de Médicis”? What is the blend?
De Meric (Aÿ) 50/50 - PN/CH
Who produces “Celebris”? What is the blend and style(s)?
Gosset (Aÿ)
PN/CH (Blend varies widely w/vintage)
-BdB NV, Vitnage Extra Brut Rosé, and Vintage Extra Brut
Who produces “Champagne Charlie”?
Charles Heidsieck (Reims)
Who produces “Charles de Gaulle”? What is the blend? What was the inaugural vintage?
Drappier (Urville)
80% PN/20% CH
1990
Who produces “Charles VII”?
Canard Duchêne (Ludes)
Who produces “Clos Cazals” monoparcel? What is the blend and inaugural vintage?
Claude Cazals (RM, Le Mesnil-sur-Oger)
(3.5 ha, Le Mesnil-sur-Oger)
100% CH
1995
Who produces “Clos du Moulin” monoparcel? What is the blend and inaugural vintage?
Cattier (NM, Chigny-les-Roses)
(2.2 ha, Ludes)
50/50 PN/CH
1952 (since the inaugural release, the wines has always been a NV bottling)
Who produces “Clos Faubourg Notre Dame”? What is the blend?
Veuve Fourny (NM, Vertus)
(.23 ha walled vineyard, Vertus)
100% CH
Who produces “Clos St-Hilaire” monoparcel? What is the blend and inaugural vintage?
Billecart-Salmon
(1 ha, Mareuil-sur-Aÿ)
100% PN
1995