Prestige Cuvees Flashcards

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What are Deutz’s two prestige cuvées? What style(s)?

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“Cuvée William Deutz” - PN/CH/PM
-Blanc/Rosé
“Amour de Deutz” - 100% CH
-Blanc de Blancs

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What is Bonnaire’s prestige cuvée? What is the blend?

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“Cuvée Prestige”

100% CH (Cramant)

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What is Comtes Audoin de Dampierre’s prestige cuvée?

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“Prestige” 100% CH

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What is Guy Larmandier’s prestige cuvee?

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“Cramant Grand Cru Cuvée Prestige”

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What is Jacques Selosse’s prestige cuvée? What is the blend?

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“Substance” NV

100% CH

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What is Paul Déthune’s prestige cuvée? What is the blend?

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“Brut Prestige”

50/50 PN/CH

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What is Ruinart’s prestige cuvee? What styles and what is the blend? When was the inaugural vintages?

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"Dom Ruinart"
BdB
Rosé - 85% CH/15% PN
BdB -1959
Rosé - 1966
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What is Taittinger’s prestige cuvée? What is the blend and what was the inaugural vintage?

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“Comtes de Champagne” (BdB and Rosé)
70% PN/30% CH
1952

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What is the blend of “Cristal”? What was the inaugural vintage? For the Rosé?

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55% PN/45% CH
1876 (not commercially available until 1945)
Cristal Rosé: 1974

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What is the blend of “La Grande Dame”? What are the inagural vintages?

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60%-65% PN/30-35% CH
Brut - 1969
Rosé - 1988

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What is the monoparcel that Philipponnat produces? What is the blend and inaugural vintage?

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“Clos des Goisses” (NM, Mareuil-sur-Aÿ)
(5.5 ha, Maureuil-sur-Aÿ)
70% PN/30% CH
1935

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What Monoparcel wines does Jacqueeson release? What are their blends and inaugural vintages?

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“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

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What monoparcel wines does Krug produce? What are their blends and inaugural vintages?

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“Clos du Mesnil” - 100% CH/1979

“Clos d’Ambonnay” - 100% PN/1995

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What styles are Dom Pérignon and DP Oenothèque released as?

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Both are Brut and Brut Rosé

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What was Billecart-Salmon’s “Grande Cuvée” inaugural vintage? What is the blend?

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1982

60% PN/40% CH

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What was Delamotte’s prestige cuvée? What is the blend?

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“Nicolas Louis Delamotte” (No longer produced)

90% CH/10% PN

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What was the first release of Dom Pérignon?

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1921

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What was the inaugural vintage of “Belle Époque”? What is the blend? What was the last vintage for Fleur de Champagne label?

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1964
50% CH/45% PN/5% PM
2002

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Who produces “Blanc des Millénaires”? What is the blend? What was the inaugural vintage?

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Charles Heidsieck (Reims)
100% CH
1983

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Who produces “Brut de Nominée”? What was the inaugural vintage? What is the blend?

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Jacquart (Reims)

It was the vintages declared from 1985-1990

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Who produces “Catherine de Médicis”? What is the blend?

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De Meric (Aÿ)
50/50 - PN/CH
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Who produces “Celebris”? What is the blend and style(s)?

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Gosset (Aÿ)
PN/CH (Blend varies widely w/vintage)
-BdB NV, Vitnage Extra Brut Rosé, and Vintage Extra Brut

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Who produces “Champagne Charlie”?

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Charles Heidsieck (Reims)

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Who produces “Charles de Gaulle”? What is the blend? What was the inaugural vintage?

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Drappier (Urville)
80% PN/20% CH
1990

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Who produces “Charles VII”?

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Canard Duchêne (Ludes)

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Who produces “Clos Cazals” monoparcel? What is the blend and inaugural vintage?

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Claude Cazals (RM, Le Mesnil-sur-Oger)
(3.5 ha, Le Mesnil-sur-Oger)
100% CH
1995

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Who produces “Clos du Moulin” monoparcel? What is the blend and inaugural vintage?

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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)

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Who produces “Clos Faubourg Notre Dame”? What is the blend?

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Veuve Fourny (NM, Vertus)
(.23 ha walled vineyard, Vertus)
100% CH

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Who produces “Clos St-Hilaire” monoparcel? What is the blend and inaugural vintage?

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Billecart-Salmon
(1 ha, Mareuil-sur-Aÿ)
100% PN
1995

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Who produces “Coeur de Cuvée”? What is the blend?

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Vilmart & Cie (Rilly-la-Montagne)

80% CH/20% PN

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Who produces “Cuvée Commodore”? What style is it?

A
De Castellane (Épernay)
Brut (30% CH/70% PN) and Rosé (20% CH/80% PN)
32
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Who produces “Cuvée des Echanteleurs”?

A

Henriot (Reims)

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Who produces “Cuvée Gentilhomme”? What is the blend and style?

A
AR Lenoble (Chouilly)
100% CH
Vintage
34
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Who produces “Cuvée Joséphine”? What is the predominant variety?

A
Joseph Perrier (Châlons-sur-Marne)
Chardonnay
35
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Who produces “Cuvée Julie”?

A
Henri Billiot (Ambonnay)
50/50 PN/CH
36
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Who produces “Cuvée Laetitia”? What is the predominant variety?

A
Henri Billiot (Ambonnay)
Chardonnay
37
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Who produces “Cuvée Les Aventures”? What is the blend and style?

A

AR Lenoble (Chouilly)
100% CH
NV

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Who produces “Cuvée Louis” monoparcel? What is the blend and style?

A

Tarlant (RM, Oeuilly)
50/50 PN/CH
NV

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Who produces “Cuvée Louise”? What is the blend?

A

Pommery (Reims)

60% CH/40% PN

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Who produces “Cuvée Paradis”?

A

Alfred Gratien (Épernay)

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Who produces “Cuvée Perle d’Ayala”? What is the blend and style(s)?

A

Ayala (Aÿ)
80% CH/20% PN
Brut and Nature

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Who produces “Cuvée R. Lalou”? What was the inaugural vintage?

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G.H. Mumm (Reims)

1966 (discontinued in 1985, revived in 1998)

43
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Who produces “Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill”? What was the inaugural vintage?

A
Pol Roger (Épernay)
1975
44
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Who produces “Cuvée Spéciale les Chétillons” monoparcel? What is the blend and inaugural vintage?

A

Pierre Peters (RM, le Mesnil-sur-Oger)
100% CH
1983

45
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Who produces “Elisabeth Salmon Rosé”? What was the inaugural vintage?

A

Billecart-Salmon (Mareuil-sur-Aÿ)

1988

46
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Who produces “Exception Blanche”? What style is it produced in? What is the blend?

A

Mailly Grand Cru (Mailly-Champagne)
Vintage
100% Chardonnay - 50% Mailly/50% Avize

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Who produces “Femme de Champagne”? What is the blend? What was the inaugural vintage?

A

Duval-Leroy (Vertus)
89% CH/11% PN
1990

48
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Who produces “Fiacre”? What is the blend?

A

Chartogne-Taillet (Merfy)

60% CH/40% PN

49
Q

Who produces “Fine Fleur de Bouzy”? What is the blend?

A
Hubert Dauvergne (Bouzy)
100% PN
50
Q

Who produces “Fleur de Passion”? What is the blend and inaugural vintage?

A

Diebolt-Vallois (Cramant)
100% CH
1995

51
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Who produces “Grand Siècle”? What is the blend? When was the first NV released?

A

Laurent-Perrier (Tours-sur-Marne)
50/50 CH/PN
First NV was released in 1960

52
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Who produces “Grand Vin des Princes”? What is the blend? What was the inaugural vintage?

A

De Venoge (Épernay)
100% CH
1961

53
Q

Who produces “Grand Vin Signature”? What was its inaugural vintage?

A
Jacquesseon 
1981 (Discontinued after 2002 vintage)
54
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Who produces “Grande Sendrée” monoparcel? What ist he blend and inaugural vintage?

A

Drappier
(Urville, the Aube)
55% PN/45% CH
1975 (Rosé version released in 1990)

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Who produces “Joyau de France”? What was the inaugural vintage? What style(s) is it produced as?

A

Boizel (Épernay)
1961
Brut and Brut Rosé

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Who produces “L’Intemporelle”? What is the blend? What style(s)?

A

Mailly Grand Cru (Mailly-Champagne)
60% PN/40% CH
Brut and Brut Rosé

57
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Who produces “La Grand Année”?

A

Bollinger (Aÿ)

58
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Who produces “La Vigne d’Antan” monoparcel? What is the blend?

A

Tarlant (RM, Oeuilly)

100% CH

59
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Who produces “La Vigne d’Or” monoparcel? What is the blend?

A

Tarlant (RM, Oeuilly)

100% Meunier

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Who produces “Les Barres” monoparcel? What is the blend and inaugural vintage?

A

Chartogne-Taillet
(ungrafted vines, Merfy)
100% Meunier
2006 (in some years, this has been released as NV)

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Who produces “Les Crayères” monoparcel? What is the blend, style and inaugural vintage?

A

Egly-Ouriet (RM, Ambonnay)
100% PN
NV
1989

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Q

Who produces “Les Échansons”? What is the blend?

A

Mailly Grand Cru (Mailly-Champagne)

75% PN/25% CH

63
Q

Who produces “Liesse d’Harbonville”? What is the blend?

A

Ployez-Jacquemart

70% CH/30% PN

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Q

Who produces “Louis XV”? What is the blend and style(s)?

A

De Venoge (Épernay)
50/50 - PN/CH
Brut & Extra-Brut Rosé

65
Q

Who produces “Nec-Plus-Ultra”? What was the inaugural vintage?

A
Bruno Paillard (Reims)
1990
66
Q

Who produces “Noble Cuvée”? What styles? What was the inaugural vintage?

A

Lanson (Reims)
Brut, BdB, NV Rosé
1979

67
Q

Who produces “Palmes d’Or”? What style(s) is it produced in? What is the blend? What was the inaugural vintage?

A
Nicolas Feuillatte (Chouilly)
Brut and Brut Rosé
50/50 PN/CH
Brut: 1985
Brut Rosé: 1996
68
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Who produces “R.D.”?

A

Bollinger (Aÿ)

69
Q

Who produces “Rare”? What was the inaugural vintage?

A

Piper-Heidsieck

1976

70
Q

Who produces “Terre de Vertus” monoparcel? What is the blend?

A

Larmandier-Bernier (RM, Vertus)

100%

71
Q

Who produces “Terres de Noël” monoparcel? What is the blend?

A
Jean Milan (NM, Oger)
100% CH
72
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Who produces “Vieille Vigne de Cramant” monoparcel? What is the blend?

A

Larmandier-Bernier (RM, Vertus)

100% CH

73
Q

Who produces “Vieilles Vignes Françaises”? What was the inaugural vintage?

A

Bollinger (Aÿ)

1969

74
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Who produces the “Les Folies de la Marquetterie” monoparcel? What style is it produced as? What is the blend and inaugural vintage?

A
Taittinger
(Pierry)
NV
55% CH/45% PN
First NV release in 2006