Producers Flashcards

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Single vineyard of Chartogne-Taillet

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“Les Barres”
100% ungrafted Pinot Meunier
*Merfy
*first vintage 2006, also made NV

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Single vineyards of Jacquesson

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“Dizy Corne Bautray” (1 ha) - 100% Chardonnay
“Aÿ Vauzelle Terme” (0.3 ha) - 100% Pinot Noir
“Dizy Terres Rouges Rosé” (1.35 ha) - 100% Pinot Noir
“Avize Champ Cain” (1.3 ha) - 100% Chardonnay

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Nicolas Feuillatte - Prestige Cuvée

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"Palmes d'Or" (Brut or Brut Rosé)
50/50 Pinot Noir/Chardonnay
*Chouilly, CM
1st vintage Brut = 1985
1st vintage Rosé = 1996
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Mailly Grand Cru - Prestige Cuvée

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“Les Échansons” - (Brut and Brut Rosé) - 75% Pinot Noir, 25% Chardonnay {means “The Golden Songs” in English]
“L’Intemporelle” - (Brut and Brut Rosé) - 60% Pinot Noir, 40% Chardonnay [means “timeless” in English]
“Exception Blanche” (Vintage Brut) - 100% Chardonnay from 50% Mailly and 50% Avize
*Mailly-Champagne, CM

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Jacquart - Prestige Cuvée

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“Brut de Nominée” (NV, except from ‘85-‘90)
Pinot Noir and Chardonnay
* Reims, CM

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Single Vineyards of Tarlant

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“La Vigne d’Or” - 100% Pinot Meunier (100% barrel fermented in old oak w/o malolactic fermentation; five years on the lees to mature)
“La Vigne d’Antan” - 100% Chardonnay - ungrafted! (rich and textured in style)
“Cuvée Louis” (NV) - 50/50 Pinot Noir/Chardonnay
*Oeuilly, RM

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Canard Duchene - Prestige Cuvée

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“Charles VII” (NV)
(Brut, Brut Rosé, Blanc de Blancs, and Blanc de Noirs)
*Ludes, NM

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Comtes Audoin de Dampierre - Prestige Cuvée

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“Prestige” - 100% Chardonnay

*Chenay, NM

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Alfred Gratien - Prestige Cuvée

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“Cuvée Paradis” NV - (Brut and Brut Rosé) Chardonnay and Pinot Noir
* Épernay, NM
[ferments wine in Chablis barrels]

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De Venoge - Prestige Cuvée

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“Grand Vin des Princes” - 100% Chardonnay
“Louis XV” - (Brut & Extra-Brut Rosé) - 50% Chardonnay, 50% Pinot Noir
* Épernay, NM

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Single Vineyard of Veuve Fourny

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“Clos Faubourg Notre Dame” - 100% Chardonnay
(.23 ha walled vineyard, Vertus)
*Vertus, NM

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De Meric - Prestige Cuvée

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“Catherine de Médicis” - 50% Chardonnay,
50% Pinot Noir
* Aÿ, NM

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Armand de Brignac - Prestige Cuvée

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“Ace of Spades” (NV)

*Chigny-les-Roses, NM

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Drappier - Prestige Cuvée

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“Charles de Gaulle” - 80% Pinot Noir, 20% Chardonnay

* Urville, NM (Aube)

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Single Vineyard of Drappier

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“Grande Sendrée” - 55% Pinot Noir, 45% Chardonnay
1st release in 1975 (Rosé version released in 1990)
*Urville, NM (Aube)

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Duval-Leroy - Prestige Cuvée

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“Femme de Champagne” - 89% Chardonnay and 11% Pinot Noir

*Vertus, NM

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Diebolt-Vallois - Prestige Cuvée

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“Fleur de Passion” - 100% Chardonnay

*Cramant, NM

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Andre Clout - Prestige Cuvée

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“Cuvée 1911” (3 vintage blend) - 100% Pinot Noir

*Bouzy, RM

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Chartogne-Taillet - Prestige Cuvée

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“Fiacre” - 60% Chardonnay, 40% Pinot Noir

*Merfy, RM

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Bruno Paillard - Prestige Cuvée

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“Nec Plus Ultra” - Pinot Noir and Chardonnay

*Reims, NM

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Single Vineyard of Pierre Peters

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“Cuvée Spéciale les Chétillons” - 100% Chardonnay

*le Mesnil-sur-Oger, RM

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Deutz - Prestige Cuvées

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“Cuvée William Deutz” (Blanc/Rosé) - PN/PM/C
“Amour de Deutz” - 100% Chardonnay
* Aÿ, NM

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Ayala - Prestige Cuvée

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“Cuvée Perle d’Ayala” - (Brut and Nature) - 80% Chardonnay, 20% Pinot Noir
* Aÿ, NM

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Single Vineyard of Philipponnat

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“Clos des Goisses” (5.5 ha) - 70% Pinot Noir, 30% Chardonnay
The original benchmark for single vineyard Champagnes! First vintage = 1935
*Mareuil-sur-Aÿ, NM

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Single Vineyard of Cattier

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“Clos du Moulin” - (2.2 ha, Ludes) - 50% Pinot Noir, 50% Chardonnay [always NV]
*Chigny-les-Roses, NM

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Single Vineyards of Krug

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“Clos du Mesnil” - (1.84 ha, Le Mesnil-sur-Oger) - 100% Chardonnay; First vintage = 1979
“Clos d’Ambonnay” - (0.68 ha, Ambonnay)
- 100% Pinot Noir; First vintage = 1995
* Reims, NM

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Charles Heidseick - Prestige Cuvée

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“Blanc des Millénaires” - 100% Chardonnay
First vintage = 1983
* Reims, NM

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Bollinger - Prestige Cuvées

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“La Grande Année”
“R.D.” = Recently Disgourged
“Vieilles Vignes Françaises” - 100% Pinot Noir ungrafted vines; First vintage 1969
* Aÿ, NM

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Billecart-Salmon - Prestige Cuvées

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“Grande Cuvée” - 60% Pinot Noir, 40% Chardonnay
“Elisabeth Salmon Rosé”
*Mareuil-sur-Aÿ, NM

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Charles Ellner - Prestige Cuvée

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“Seduction” - 60% Chardonnay, 40% Pinot Noir
[fresh style and no malolactic fermentation]
* Epernay, NM

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Single Vineyard of Billecart-Salmon

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“Clos St-Hilaire” (1 ha) - 100% Pinot Noir
First vintage = 1995
*Mareuil-sur-Aÿ, NM

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Boizel - Prestige Cuvée

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“Joyau de France” (Brut and Brut Rosé) - PN/C
First vintage = 1961
* Épernay, NM

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Single Vineyard of Claude Cazals

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“Clos Cazals” (3.5 ha) - 100% Chardonnay
First vintage = 1995
*le Mesnil-sur-Oger, RM

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Bonnaire - Prestige Cuvée

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“Cuvée Prestige” - 100% Chardonnay

*Cramant, RM

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Single Vineyards of Larmandier-Bernier

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“Vieille Vigne de Cramant” - 100% Chardonnay [48 and over 75 years old vines; low dosage (around 2 g/L)]
“Terre de Vertus” - 100% Chardonnay - [Les Barillers and Les Faucherets situated mid-slope in Vertus, facing SE] - non dosage!
Both are single-vintage only
*Vertus, RM

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Single Vineyards of Jean Milan

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“Terres de Noël” - 100% Chardonnay

*Oger, NM

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Single Vineyard of Taittinger

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“Les Folies de la Marquetterie” NV - 55% Chardonnay, 45% Pinot Noir
*Pierry, NM

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Single Vineyard of Egly-Ouriet

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“Les Crayères” NV - 100% Pinot Noir
First vintage = 1989
*Ambonnay, RM

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Single Vineyard of Duval-Leroy

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“Clos des Bouveries” - 100% Chardonnay

*Vertus, NM

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De Castellane - Prestige Cuvée

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“Cuvée Commodore” Brut & Brut Rosé
Brut = 30%Chardonnay, 70% Pinot Noir
Rosé = 20% Chardonnay, 80% Pinot Noir
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Gosset - Prestige Cuvée

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“Celebris” - (Blanc de Blancs NV, Vintage Extra Brut Rosé and Vintage Extra Brut)
* Aÿ, NM
Oldest producer of Champagne (still wines) since 1584

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Henriot - Prestige Cuvée

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“Cuvée des Enchanteleurs” - Chardonnay and Pinot Noir

*Reims, NM

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Lanson - Prestige Cuvée

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“Noble Cuvée” - (Brut, Blanc de Blancs, NV Rosé)
Brut = 60-70% Chardonnay, 30-40% Pinot Noir
Rosé = 62% Chardonnay 32% Pinot Noir