Producers Flashcards
Pierre Peters is located where?
Le Mesnil-Sur Oger in Cote de Blanc
Who produces “Les Chetillons”? Where is it located? What are the grapes?
“Les Chetillons” is a single vineyard champagne produced by Pierre Peters. The vineyard is located in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger and the wine is produced from 100% chardonnay
Who produces “Clos du Mesnil? What grapes are used to make this wine?
Krug
100% Chardonnay
Who produces “Clos d’Ambonnay”? What grapes are used to make this wine?
Krug
Pinot Noir
Salon is produced from what grapes?
100% Chardonnay
Who owns Salon?
Laurent Perrier
Who produces “Substance”? What is unique about this wine?
Selosse
It is blended in a solera style method
I am looking for a Blanc de Blanc Champagne that is on the richer and more luxurious style, what would you recommend and why?
Ruinart BdB
Although it is BdB the grapes come from Montagne de Reims where the fruit is more round and weightier
What Champagne house is known for producing their own barrels?
Bollinger
Bollinger NV Cuvée is typically dominated by what grape?
Pinot Noir - about 60%
La Grand Anné is made from what grapes?
⅔ Pinot Noir
⅓ chardonnay
Bollinger is located in what village?
Aÿ, Valle de la Marne
Billecart-Salmon is located where?
Mareuil-sur-Aÿ, Valle de la Marne
What was the first vintage of “Clos de Goisses”?
1935
Does Charles Heidsieck use oak for their wines?
No all stainless
Equal parts PN, Munier, Chardonnay
“Cristal” is made from what grapes?
60% Pinot Noir
40% Chardonnay
“Comte de Champagne” is made from what grapes?
100% Chardonnay from Cote de Blanc Grand Cru’s
Aside from Pierre Peters, who is another producer of “Les Chetillons”?
Robert Moncuit
What is the second label of Chateau Palmer?
Alter Ego
What are the grapes typically used in Chateau Palmer?
Usually equal parts Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon with a small amount of Petit Verdot
What growth is Chateau Palmer? What commune is it in?
3rd growth
Margaux
What is the second wine of Ch. Margaux?
Pavillon Rouge
What commune is Cos d’Estournel located in? What is it’s classification?
St Estèphe
2nd growth
What is the second wine of Cos d’Estournel?
Les Pagodes de Cos
Ch Léoville-Las-Cases is located in what commune? What is it’s classification?
St Juilen
2nd Growth
What is the second wine of Lèoville-Las-Cases?
Le Petit Lion de Marquis de Las Cases
What commune is Ch Latour located in? What is the classification?
Pauillac
1st growth
What is the second wine of Ch Ducru-Beaucaillou?
Croix de Beaucaillou
What commune is Ch Ducru-Beaucaillou located in? What is it’s classification?
St Julien
2nd Growth
Name a classified Bordeaux producer who is certified bio-dynamic:
Pontet-Canet
5th growth
Pauillac
What commune is Pontet-Canet located in? What is it’s classification?
Pauillac
5th growth
What commune is Ch Pichon-Lonueville, Comtesse de Lalande in? What is the classification?
Pauillac
2nd growth
What commune is Ch Calon-Sêgur located in? What is the classification?
St Estephe
3rd Growth
Le Marquis de Calon-Sègur is typically based on what grape?
Merlot (typically 75%)
Where is Léoville-Barton located? What is the classification?
St Julien
2nd Growth
Where is Ch Montrose located? What is the classification?
St Estèphe
2nd Growth
Where is Rauzan-Ségla located? What is the classification?
Margaux
2nd Growth
Where is Ch Cantermerle located? What is the classification?
Haut-Medoc
5th growth
Ch Chasse-Spleen is located where? What is it’s classification?
Moulis
Although it was omitted from the original 1855 classification, it was one of six Cru Bourgeois Exceptional in 1932
A quality wine that can deliver classified worthy wines
Where is Ch Lèoville-Poyferré located? What is the classification?
St Julien
2nd Growth
The most opulent and modern of the Lèoville wines
Where is Ch Beychevelle located? What it’s classification?
St Julien
4th Growth
What Bordeaux label features a “Dragon Boat” on the label?
Chateau Beychevelle
Where is Ch Gisours located? What is the classification?
Margaux
3rd Growth
Where is Ch Lascombes located? What is it’s classification?
Margaux
2nd Growth
Equal parts Merlot Cab Sauv
Where is Ch Malescot-Saint Exupéry located? What is the classification?
Margaux
3rd Growth
What was the inaugural vintage of Belle Epoque?
1993
What are the 3 iterations of Belle Epoque?
Brut
Blanc de Blanc
Rosé
Belle Epoque Blanc de Blanc is sourced from where?
2 vineyards in Cramant
vine age about 70 years old
Clos de Goisses is located in what village?
Mareuil-sur-Aÿ
What is the prestige cuvée of Billecart-Salmon?
Cuvée Nicolas François Billecart
Bollinger is located in what village?
Aÿ
Cristal rosé sources pinot noir from what village?
Aÿ
Name a bio-dynamic champagne :
Louis Roderer “Cristal”
(Farmed organically, certified bio-dynamic ‘21)
Who produces cuvée Alexandra Rosé?
Laurent-Perrier
Where is Bodega Colomé located?
Salta, Argentina
Where is Catena Zapata located?
Mendoza, Argentina
Where is Achaval-Ferer located?
Mendoza, Argentina
Where is Familia Zuccardi located?
Maipú, Mendoza
Where is Cheval des Andes located?
Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza
Where is Bodega Noemía de Patagonia?
Mainqué, Rio Negro
Where is Viña Cobos located?
Mendoza, Argentina
Where is Susana Balbo located?
Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza
Altas Las Hormigas is located where?
Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza
Terrazas de los Andes is located where?
Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza
Luigi Bosca is located where?
Lujan de Cuyo, Mendoza
Where is Familia Durigutti located?
Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza
Bodega Aleanna is located where?
Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza
Mendel Wines is located where?
Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza
SuperUco is located where?
Tunuyán, Mendoza
Where is Bodegas Salentein located?
Tunuyán, Mendoza
Where is Bodega DiamAndes located?
Tunuyán, Mendoza
Where is Bodega El Esteco located?
Cafayate, Salta
Where is Matervini located?
Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza
Trapiche is located where?
Maípu, Mendoza
Matías Riccitelli wines is located where?
Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza
Familia Schroeder is located where?
Neuquén
Bodega Norton is located where?
Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza
Doña Paula is located where?
Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza
Bodega Rolland is located where?
Tunuyán, Mendoza
Barone Pizzini
Franciacorta
Top Cuvée: Riserva Bagnadore Non Dosato
Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Blanc, Erbamat
Bella Vista
Franciacorta
Top Cuvée: Riserva Vittorio Morreti
Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Blanc
Ca’ del Bosco
Franciacorta
Top Cuvée: Anna Maria Clementi
Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Blanc, Erbamat
Colline Della Stella
Franciacorta
Top Cuvée: Francesco Arici Reserva DossagioZero
Chardonnay, Pinot Noir
Bibi Graetz “Testamata”
100% Sangiovese, Toscana IGT
Le Macchiole “Messorio”
100% Merlot, Toscana IGT
Tenuta dell’Ornelaia “Masseto”
100% Merlot, Bolgheri
Tenuta dell’Ornellaia “Ornellaia”
Cabernet Sauvignon blend, Bolgheri
Castella di Ama “L’Apparita”
100% Merlot, Chianti Classico
Antinori “Solaia”
75% Cabernet Sauvignon
20% Sangiovese
5% Cabernet Franc
Chianti Classico
Antinori “Tignanello”
Sangiovese with Cabernet Sauvignon and Cab Franc
Chianti Classico
Chateau Rayas “Pignan”
100% Grenache from younger vines
Pignan mean pine tree, referring to tree’s around the estate
CDP
Chateau Rayas “Blanc”
Clairette and Grenache blanc
CDP
Hommage á Jaque Perrin
Prestige Cuvée of Chateau de Beaucastel
Only made in best years
Cuvée de Capo
Domaine de Pegau old vine selection
Made only 7 vintages
What was only vintage of “Cuvée Insparation”?
2010
Domaine de Pegau
“Telegramme”
Young vines of Domaine de Vieux Télégraphe
Henri Bonneau
Traditional CDP producer
Grenache heavy
Cuvée Chaupin
Domaine de la Janasse
100% Grenache
Domaine de la Janasse
CDP
Known for ripe, extracted CDP. Some new oak used
Sanctus Sanctorum
Clos St Jean, CDP
100% Grenache sold only in US market
“Barbe Rac”
“Croix du Bois
M. Chapoutier
100% old vine Grenache
Domaine Jamet
Côte Rotie
Thierry Allemand
Cornas
René Rostaing
Côte Rotie
Alain Graillot
Croze-Hermitage
Yves Gangloff
Condrieu
Also bottles Côte Rotie and St Joseph
“Pontcin”
Chateau Grillet
Chateau Grillet declassified to CdR
Franck Balthazar
Cornas
Don Melchor
Puento Alto
Cabernet Sauvignon blend
Owned by Concha y Toro
Who makes Clos Apalta? What is the main grape?
Lapostolle ( French Family, Owners of Gran Marnier)
Carmenére based blend
Apalta DO in Colchagua
Recommend 3 Chilean wines:
Errázuriz (Cab)
Viñedo Chadwick (Cab)
Clos Apalta (Carmenére)
Name 2 Bandol producers beside’s Tempier:
Chateau de Pibaron
Domaine du Gros Noré
Name a champagne made from 100% Munier:
Christophe Mignon ‘Brut Naure’ Valle de la Marne
Laherte Frères ‘Rosé de Munier’
Name a 100% Pinot Noir Tête de Cuvée:
Bollinger “B13”
Who makes “Roses de Jeanne” Champagne?
Cedric Bouchard
Cote de Bar
Barón de Chirel
Flagship wine of Bodegas Marqués de Riscal
Old Vine Tempranillo and Cab Sauv
only made in best vintages
“Único”
Flagship wine of Vega Sicilia
80% Tempranillo blended with Bordeaux varieties
Valbuena 5°
Young wine of Vega Sicilia
Tinto Pesquera
100% Tempranillo
30 months in french oak
Is AALTO Bodegas y Viñedos modern or traditional in style?
Modern
100% Tempranillo from old vines, aged in new barrique and very extracted
Cuvée Elisabeth Salmon
Rosé prestige cuvée from Billecart-Salmon
Pinot and Chard
“Clos Saint Hilaire”
Billecart-Salmon
100% Pinot Noir
Single Vineyard behind winery in Mareuil
R.D Champagne
Bollinger prestige cuvée
Late release with extended lee’s aging
Chartogne-Taillet
Merfy, Montagne de Reims
Cuvée Sainte-Anne (NV)
“Ermitage Cuvée Cathelin”
Rare JL Chave bottling produced in top vintages
about 200 cases
“Blanc de Millenaires”
Charles Heidsick prestige cuvée
100% Chardonnay
“Clos des Goisses”
Philliponnat
Mareuil-sur-Ay
held back for about 10 years
What is the prestige cuvée of Gosset?
“Celebris”
based on Chardonnay
What is the prestige cuvée of Laurent-Perrier?
Cuvée Alexandra
mostly Pinot Noir
Karanika
Sparkling wine
Amydeon, Macedonia
100% Xinomavro
Tselepos
Mantinia, Peleponese
Moschofilero
Boutari
Naoussa, Macedonia
100% Xinomavro