Producers

Question 1

Where is Krug located?; when was Krug established?

Answer 1

Reims; 1843

• Signature style: Art of blending
• Each parcel is fermented separately
• Each year, upwards of 200 different wines any single harvest, a selection of these 200 wines is blended together with a vast array of reserve stocks
• All wines are considered Prestige Cuvée quality - leader of luxury Champagne
• Grand Cuvée: May include up to 50% reserve wine spanning over 20 vintages
• Krug Collecton: Proportion of their vintage wine held back for late release bottling
• PVH: appx 20 ha
• ATP: appx 50,000 cases
• Top Wines Produced / Blends
  
  • Grand Cuvée Brut NV
  • Brut Vintage
  • Clos du Mesnil Blanc de Blancs Brut Vintage
  • Clos d’Ambonnay Blanc de Noirs Brut Vintage
• Inaugural Vintage (for top wines):
  
  • 1979, Clos du Mesnil
  • 1995, Clos d’Ambonnay
• Style / ViniTech:
  
  • Base wines fermented in small oak cask, 205 L in size
  • Malolactic fermentation may or may not occur depending on the vintage conditions
  • Each single lot is fermented separately and blended afterward to achieve complexity
  • Knnown for using large proportions of reserve wine in each blend

Question 2

Name 3 producers of Epernay.

Answer 2

• Perrier-Jouët, est 1811
• Pol Roger, est 1849
• Dom Pérignon (Moët), est 1921

Question 3

Where is Salon located?; what year was Salon established?

Answer 3

Le Mesnil-Sur-Oger; est 1905

• Created by Eugène Aimé Salon, self-made businessman, politician and gourmand
• In 1905, Eugène Aimé Salon purchased a 1 ha vineyard in Le-Mesnil-Sur-Oger making wines for himself and his Parisian lunch club
• 1st vintage 1905, released 1911, but enjoyed privately and not available commercially
• 1st commercial vintage 1921
• Considered the 1st blanc de blancs Champagne
• Aimé Salon made the wines until his death in 1943 and left the winery to his nephew
• In 1988 the winery was purchased by Laurent-Perrier
• Today, run side-by-side with Champagne Delamotte, the 5th-oldest winery in Champagne
• NM
• PVH: 1.2 ha, Le-Mesnil-Sur-Oger
• ATP: appx 4,500 cases
• Top Wines & Inaugural Vintages:
  
  • Salon, Blanc de Blancs: Inaugural vintage 1905 (first commercial vintage was 1921).
• Style & ViniTech:
  
  • Only 1 wine made
  • From the original vineyard purchased by Aimé Salon, and a few other parcels in Le-Mesnil
  • Always vintage
  • Always 100% Chardonnay
  • Aged 10 years on the lees before release
  • Known for their great capacity to age and are highly sought after by collectors and sommeliers alike

Question 4

Name 4 producers of Aÿ.

Answer 4

• Gosset, est 1584
• Bollinger, est 1829
• Deutz, est 1838
• René Geoffroy, est 1970s

Question 5

Name 2 producers of Dizy.

Answer 5

• Jacquesson, est 1798
• Gaston Chiquest, est 1935

Question 6

Name 2 producers of Le Mesnil-sur-Oger.

Answer 6

• Salon, est 1905
• Pierre Péters, est 1919

Question 7

Name 2 producers of Mareuil-sur-Aÿ.

Answer 7

• Billecart-Salmon, est 1818
• Philipponnat, est 1910

Question 8

Where is Egly-Ouriet located?; when was Egly-Ouriet established?

Answer 8

Ambonnay; 1930

Question 9

What are the Top Wines of Egly-Ouriet?

Answer 9

• Tradition Brut Grand Cru NV
  
  • 70% PN 30% Chard
  • Ambonnay, Bouzy, Verzenay
• V.P. Extra Brut Grand Cru NV
  
  • “Vieillisement prolongé” or “extended aging”
  • Atleast 7 years on lees
  • 70% PN, 30% Chard
• Les Vignes de Vrigny Brut Premier Cru NV
  
  • 100% Meunier
• Les Crayères Blanc de Noirs Grand Cru NV
  
  • 100% PN
  • Planted in 1946 on pure chalk (crayères) soils
• Blanc de Noirs Brut Grand Cru Vintage
• Cuvée des Grands Côtés Coteaux Champenois Rouge
  
  • 100% PN
  • Ambonnay

Question 10

What is the Principal Vineyard Holdings of Taittinger, Gaston Chiquet, and Egly-Ouriet?; name 4 producers who own over 200 ha.

Answer 10

• Veuve Cliquot: 303 ha (1 million cases)
• Pommery: 300 ha (417,000 cases)
• Taittinger: 288 ha
• Louis Roederer: 214 ha (provides 2/3 of estate’s grape requirements, all GC or 1er Cru; 260,000 cases)
• Bollinger: 160 ha (64% GC, 1er Cru; 210,000 cases)
• Laurent-Perrier: 100 ha (500,000 cases)
• Pol Roger: 87 ha (141,000 cases)
• Perrier-Jouët: 65 ha
• Charles Heidsieck: 60 ha (290,000 cases)
• Deutz: 42 ha (160,000 cases)
• Jacquesson: 31 ha (29,000 cases)
• Pierre Gimmonet: 28 ha (20,800 cases)
• Gaston Chiquet: 23 ha (14,000 cases)
• Krug: 20 ha (50,000 cases)
• Philipponnat: 20 ha (5,000 cases)
• Pierre Péters: 19 ha (13,300 cases)
• Ruinart: 17 ha
• Jacques Selosse: 15 ha (4 ha Avize, parcels in Oger, Cramant; recent acquirements in Ay, Ambonnay, Mareuil; 4,500 cases)
• Billecart-Salmon: 15 ha (141,000 cases)
• René Geoffroy: 14 ha (10,000 cases)
• Egly-Ouriet: 12 ha (8,000 cases)
• Salon: 1.2 ha (4,500 cases)
• Gosset: 1 ha (10,000 cases)