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"?
Canard Duchêne (Ludes)
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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
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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)
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Who produces "Clos Faubourg Notre Dame"? What is the blend?
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?
Billecart-Salmon (1 ha, Mareuil-sur-Aÿ) 100% PN 1995
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Who produces "Coeur de Cuvée"? What is the blend?
Vilmart & Cie (Rilly-la-Montagne) | 80% CH/20% PN
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Who produces "Cuvée Commodore"? What style is it?
``` De Castellane (Épernay) Brut (30% CH/70% PN) and Rosé (20% CH/80% PN) ```
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Who produces "Cuvée des Echanteleurs"?
Henriot (Reims)
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Who produces "Cuvée Gentilhomme"? What is the blend and style?
``` AR Lenoble (Chouilly) 100% CH Vintage ```
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Who produces "Cuvée Joséphine"? What is the predominant variety?
``` Joseph Perrier (Châlons-sur-Marne) Chardonnay ```
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Who produces "Cuvée Julie"?
``` Henri Billiot (Ambonnay) 50/50 PN/CH ```
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Who produces "Cuvée Laetitia"? What is the predominant variety?
``` Henri Billiot (Ambonnay) Chardonnay ```
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Who produces "Cuvée Les Aventures"? What is the blend and style?
AR Lenoble (Chouilly) 100% CH NV
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Who produces "Cuvée Louis" monoparcel? What is the blend and style?
Tarlant (RM, Oeuilly) 50/50 PN/CH NV
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Who produces "Cuvée Louise"? What is the blend?
Pommery (Reims) | 60% CH/40% PN
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Who produces "Cuvée Paradis"?
Alfred Gratien (Épernay)
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Who produces "Cuvée Perle d'Ayala"? What is the blend and style(s)?
Ayala (Aÿ) 80% CH/20% PN Brut and Nature
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Who produces "Cuvée R. Lalou"? What was the inaugural vintage?
G.H. Mumm (Reims) | 1966 (discontinued in 1985, revived in 1998)
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Who produces "Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill"? What was the inaugural vintage?
``` Pol Roger (Épernay) 1975 ```
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Who produces "Cuvée Spéciale les Chétillons" monoparcel? What is the blend and inaugural vintage?
Pierre Peters (RM, le Mesnil-sur-Oger) 100% CH 1983
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Who produces "Elisabeth Salmon Rosé"? What was the inaugural vintage?
Billecart-Salmon (Mareuil-sur-Aÿ) | 1988
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Who produces "Exception Blanche"? What style is it produced in? What is the blend?
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?
Duval-Leroy (Vertus) 89% CH/11% PN 1990
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Who produces "Fiacre"? What is the blend?
Chartogne-Taillet (Merfy) | 60% CH/40% PN
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Who produces "Fine Fleur de Bouzy"? What is the blend?
``` Hubert Dauvergne (Bouzy) 100% PN ```
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Who produces "Fleur de Passion"? What is the blend and inaugural vintage?
Diebolt-Vallois (Cramant) 100% CH 1995
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Who produces "Grand Siècle"? What is the blend? When was the first NV released?
Laurent-Perrier (Tours-sur-Marne) 50/50 CH/PN First NV was released in 1960
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Who produces "Grand Vin des Princes"? What is the blend? What was the inaugural vintage?
De Venoge (Épernay) 100% CH 1961
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Who produces "Grand Vin Signature"? What was its inaugural vintage?
``` Jacquesseon 1981 (Discontinued after 2002 vintage) ```
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Who produces "Grande Sendrée" monoparcel? What ist he blend and inaugural vintage?
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?
Boizel (Épernay) 1961 Brut and Brut Rosé
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Who produces "L'Intemporelle"? What is the blend? What style(s)?
Mailly Grand Cru (Mailly-Champagne) 60% PN/40% CH Brut and Brut Rosé
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Who produces "La Grand Année"?
Bollinger (Aÿ)
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Who produces "La Vigne d'Antan" monoparcel? What is the blend?
Tarlant (RM, Oeuilly) | 100% CH
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Who produces "La Vigne d'Or" monoparcel? What is the blend?
Tarlant (RM, Oeuilly) | 100% Meunier
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Who produces "Les Barres" monoparcel? What is the blend and inaugural vintage?
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?
Egly-Ouriet (RM, Ambonnay) 100% PN NV 1989
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Who produces "Les Échansons"? What is the blend?
Mailly Grand Cru (Mailly-Champagne) | 75% PN/25% CH
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Who produces "Liesse d'Harbonville"? What is the blend?
Ployez-Jacquemart | 70% CH/30% PN
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Who produces "Louis XV"? What is the blend and style(s)?
De Venoge (Épernay) 50/50 - PN/CH Brut & Extra-Brut Rosé
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Who produces "Nec-Plus-Ultra"? What was the inaugural vintage?
``` Bruno Paillard (Reims) 1990 ```
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Who produces "Noble Cuvée"? What styles? What was the inaugural vintage?
Lanson (Reims) Brut, BdB, NV Rosé 1979
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Who produces "Palmes d'Or"? What style(s) is it produced in? What is the blend? What was the inaugural vintage?
``` Nicolas Feuillatte (Chouilly) Brut and Brut Rosé 50/50 PN/CH Brut: 1985 Brut Rosé: 1996 ```
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Who produces "R.D."?
Bollinger (Aÿ)
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Who produces "Rare"? What was the inaugural vintage?
Piper-Heidsieck | 1976
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Who produces "Terre de Vertus" monoparcel? What is the blend?
Larmandier-Bernier (RM, Vertus) | 100%
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Who produces "Terres de Noël" monoparcel? What is the blend?
``` Jean Milan (NM, Oger) 100% CH ```
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Who produces "Vieille Vigne de Cramant" monoparcel? What is the blend?
Larmandier-Bernier (RM, Vertus) | 100% CH
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Who produces "Vieilles Vignes Françaises"? What was the inaugural vintage?
Bollinger (Aÿ) | 1969
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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?
``` Taittinger (Pierry) NV 55% CH/45% PN First NV release in 2006 ```