Prestige Cuvées

Question 1

What are the single vineyards of Krug?

Answer 1

Clos de Mesnil (1979, Chardonnay)

Clos d’Ambonnay (1995, Pinot Noir)

Question 2

What was the first vintage of Dom Pérignon?

Answer 2

1921

Question 3

When was Dom Pérignon Rosé first produced?

Answer 3

1959

Question 4

When was Salon first produced? What is the current release?

Answer 4

1921 first vintage, 2012 current release

Question 5

Who produces Comtes de Champagne?

Answer 5

Taittinger, first vintage in 1952

Question 6

What was the first vintage of Dom Ruinart?

Answer 6

1959

Question 7

Who produces Sir Winston Churchill and what was the first vintage?

Answer 7

Pol Roger, 1975

Question 8

What was the first commercial vintage of Louis Roederer ‘Cristal’?

Answer 8

1945, from 1876 til then it was for czars only

Question 9

What is the prestige cuvée of Bollinger?

Answer 9

La Grande Année

Question 10

Who produces La Grande Dame?

Answer 10

Veuve Clicquot

Question 11

What is the prestige cuvée of Henriot?

Answer 11

Cuvée des Echanteleurs

Question 12

What is the single vineyard Pinot Noir of Billecart-Salmon?

Answer 12

Clos St. Hilaire (single vineyard PN). 1 hectare in Mareuil-sur-Ay.

Question 13

What was the first vintage of Phillipponat Clos de goisses?

Answer 13

1935

Question 14

What is the prestige cuvée of Duval-Leroy?

Answer 14

Femme de Champagne

Question 15

Who makes Cuvée Louise?

Answer 15

Pommery, starting in 1979

Question 16

Who is credited with pioneering the Brut Champagne style?

Answer 16

Pommery in 1874

Question 17

What is the top bottling of Jacques Selosse?

Answer 17

Substance, a solera began in 1986, Brut style

Question 18

Who produces Grand Sandrée?

Answer 18

Drappier

Question 19

Who produces Charles de Gaulle?

Answer 19

Drappier

Question 20

Name 2 single vineyards located in Mareuil-sur-Ay.

Answer 20

Clos St Hilarie by BIllecart Salmon

Clos de Goisses by Philipponat

Question 21

Name 3 producers that use oak in their winemaking in Champagne.

Answer 21

Krug, Bollinger, Billecart-Salmon

Question 22

Name 2 growers located in Avize.

Answer 22

Jacques Selosse and Agrapart

Question 23

Name 3 cooperatives in Champagne.

Answer 23

Nicolas Feuillatte, Jacquart, Mailly Champagne (produces Echansons)

Question 24

Name 2 single vineyards in Ambonnay.

Answer 24

Clos d’Ambonnay (Krug), Les Crayeres (Egly Ouriet)

Question 25

Name 3 producers that make 100% Pinot Meunier bottlings.

Answer 25

Mousse Fils, Bereche, Egly Ouriet ‘Vignes de Vigny’ Chartogne-Taillet,

Question 26

Name 3 producers that have a solera style bottling.

Answer 26

Mousse, Bereche, Jacques Selosse.

Question 27

Name 3 ratafia producers.

Answer 27

Mousse, Rene Geoffrey, Bereche, Egly Ouriet, Drappier, Lanson…

Question 28

What is special about Bollinger’s Vielle Vignes Francaises?

Answer 28

Planted by provignage - planting the branch of the previous vine.
Actually 2 different plots - Chaudes Terres & Clos St. Jacuqes.