Producers Flashcards
What two villages is Agrapart Minéral a blend of?
Avize and Cramant
Where are the vine used to make Agrapart Vénus?
La Fosse, a chalky lieu-dit in Avize
I’m which village is Anselm Selosse based?
Avizé
Name 3 wines from Larmandier-Bernier that represent different terroir in the Cote de Blancs
Cramant- Vielle Vignes du Levant (broad and rich)
Avize- Les Chemins d’Avizé (racy and saline)
Vertus- Terre de Vertus (lean and whiplike)
What is the inaugural vintage of Salon?
1921
What is the inaugural vintage of Krug Clos du Mesnil?
1979
What is the inaugural vintage of Pierre Peters Les Chetillons?
1971 (at that time is was a Special Club bottling)
What grapes make up Egly-Ouriet Les Vignes de Vrigny?
100% Meunier
What grapes are used in Egly-Ouriet Les Crayeres?
100% Pinot Noir
In what village is Egly-Ouriet based?
Ambonnay
What was Jacques Selosse’s first vintage?
1960
What is Selosse’s sec Champagne?
Exquise - 24 g/l dosage
What vintage was the Selosse solera for the Substance bottling started?
1987
How many vintages are in Selosse’s V.O. bottling?
3 consecutive vintages
List the village wines that Selosse makes
Les Carelles - Le Mesnil - 100% Chard
Chemin de Châlons - Cramant - 100% Chard
Les Chantereines - Avize - 100% Chard
La Côte Faron - Aÿ - 100% Pinot Noir
Sous Le Mont - Mareuil-sur-Aÿ - 100% Pinot Noir
Le Bout du Clos - Ambonnay - 100% PN
What vintage did Selosse Millésime begin to include Pinot Noir?
2007
What is the oldest Champagne house? Since when have they been producing wine?
Ruinart. Since 1729
What is the main grape varietal used by Ruinart? Where are their most important vineyards?
Chardonnay. Montagne de Reims.
In which village is Villmart based?
Rilly la Montagne
What is Vilmart’s Prestige Cuvee?
Coeur de Cuvée - 80% Chardonnay 20% Pinot Noir
What are the two vineyards that make Bollinger VVF?
Clos St Jacques and Chaudes Terre in Aÿ
In what style have the vines been trained for VVF?
En provignage
What vineyard is Bollinger’ coteaux Champenoise from?
Côte aux Enfants in Aÿ
How does Bollinger store their reserve wine?
In magnum
What is special about Bollinger’s RD?
It is based on the Grand Annèe but is aged on its lees for an extended period of time
Where is Billecart-Salmon based?
Mareuil-sur-Aÿ
What is Billecart-Salmon’s prestige cuvee?
Cuvée Nicolas Francois Billecart
What is Billecart-Salmon’s rose?
Cuvée Elisabeth Salmon
What is Billecart-Salmon’s single vineyard wine?
Clos Saint-Hilaire
Where do the grapes for Paul Bara’s Comtesse Marie de France come from?
100% Pinot Noir from Bouzy
How long is Paul Bara’s L’Annonciade de Paul Bara aged in bottle before release?
10yrs
Where do the grapes for Bérêche Les Beaux Regards cote from?
Montagne de Reims
What grapes make up Bérêche Rive Gauche?
100% Pinot Meunier
Where do the grapes for Bérêche’s Le Cran come from?
Ludes
What is the name of the Rosé made by Bérêche?
Campania Remensis
Where is Chartogne-Taillet based?
Merfy - the Massif de Saint-Thierry
What is the name of the bottling of Alexandre Chartogne’s ungrafted munier vines?
Les Barres
What are Chartogne-Taillet’s Blanc de Blanc cuvées?
Heurtebise
Hors Serie
Chemin de Reims
What is Billecart-Salmon’s Blanc de Blanc?
Louis Salmon
What is the Prestige Cuvée of Diebolt-Vallois?
Fleur de Passion - 100% Chardonnay
Who is the Chef de Cave at Dom Pérignon?
Richard Geoffroy
What villages do the grapes for DP come from?
Chouilly, Cramant, Avize, and Le Mesnil-Sur-Oger for Chardonnay
Aÿ, Bouzy, Mailly-Champagne, Verzenay, and Hautvillers for Pinot Noir
How long is DP P2 aged before release? How long is DP P3 aged for before release?
P1- 9yrs
P2 - 12 to 15yrs
P3 - 25yrs
What is the Prestige Cuvee from Drappier?
Charles de Gaulle
What are the prestige cuvées from Gosset?
Celebris BdB
Celebris vintage
Celebris vintage rosé
What is Charles Heidsieck prestige cuvée?
Blanc des Millénaires BdB
Champagne Charlie
Where are the grapes for René Geoffroy’s Empriente from?
Cumieres - Grande Vallée
Who are the collaborators in Benoit Marguet’s Sapience bottling?
50% Chardonnay David Leclappart in Trépail
25% Pinot Noir from Benoit Lahaye in Bouzy
25% Meunier from Vincent Laval in Cumiéres
What Champagne producer started releasing a 4 Elements series “4 V”?
Huré Frères
What number did Jacquesson’s 700 series begin with?
Cuvée No. 728 (for the 2000 harvest)
When was Jacquesson’s Grand Vin signature discontinued?
2002 vintage
In what village is Benoit Lahaye based?
Bouzy
Where is Larmandier-Bernier’s Latitude sourced?
Longitude?
Latitude - clay parcels on the Southern side of Vertus
Longitude - Vertus, Avize, Cramant, Oger, and Chouilly
Where is Jacques Lassaigne based?
Montgueux
What is the Prestige Cuvée of Laurent-Perriere?
Grand Siècle
Alexandra Rosé
What is the prestige Cuvée of Piper-Heidsieck?
Rare
What is Vincent Laval’s single vineyard Pinot Noir?
Les Longues Violes
Where are David Léclapart’s vines?
Trépail - Montagne de Reims
What is David Léclapart’s Blanc de Noir? Why is it special?
L’Astre
Grown in Trépail which is a village dominated by Chardonnay
Where is Marguet’s Les Saint Rémys from? What is the cepage?
From the Western side of Ambonnay near Bouzy
100% Pinot Noir
2014 is the inaugural vintage
Who made the first 100% Meunier Champagne for Special Club?
Moussé Fils (Cédric Moussé)
He is no longer in the club
What is Moussé’s terres d’Illite named for?
A green clay mineral found in this area
Where is Mouzon-Leroux based?
Verzy - Montagne de Reims
Who makes Les Mottelettes and Les Maillerettes? Where?
Pierre Paillard in Bouzy
Mottelettes in BdB
Maillerettes in BdN
What wine is a combination of Pierre Peter’s Réserve Oubliée and Les Chetillons?
L’Etonnant Monsieur Victor
Who makes Clos des Goisses? Where is it?
Charles Philipponnat.
Mareuil-sur-Ay
What is the inaugural vintage of Clos de Goisses?
1935
What are two vintages in the last 40yrs that Clos de Goisses was NOT released
1987 and 1994
Where is Roger Pouillon’s Les Valnons from?
Aÿ
100% Chardonnay
What varietal is used in R Pouillon’s Les Châtaigniers?
Pinot Meunier from the Marne valley
What is special about R.Pouillon Chemin du Bois?
It is a Champagne made only with grapes! Grape must used for liqueur de tirage and dosage, no sugar!
What is Dominique Moreau’s Blanc de Blancs?
Eloquence
What is Marie-Courtin’s sans soufre Pinot Noir Champagne?
Concordance
What two Champagnes does Jérôme Prévost make?
Les Béguines
Fac-Simile rosé
Where is Jérôme Prévost based?
Gueux in the Montagne de Reims
What varietal does Jerome Prévost work with?
Pinot Meunier
What is the prestige cuvee of Pol Roger?
What was the inaugural vintage?
Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill
1975
Who makes L’Ouverture? Where do the grapes come from?
Frederic Savart
Écueil
What are the vintage dated wines from Savart?
L’Année - barrel fermented, no malo
Expression - BdN Brut Nature
What does C+C stand for in Suenen’s Champagne?
Cramant and Chouilly
What is the prestige cuvée of Taittinger?
Comtes de Champagne
What is Vilmart’s Rosé?
Cuvée Rubis / Grand Cellier Rubis
What is the current release of DP P3?
1993
What is the current release of Krug collection?
1995