Producers Flashcards
1
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Where is Krug located?; when was Krug established?
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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
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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
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Inaugural Vintage (for top wines):
- 1979, Clos du Mesnil
- 1995, Clos d’Ambonnay
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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
2
Q
Name 3 producers of Epernay.
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- Perrier-Jouët, est 1811
- Pol Roger, est 1849
- Dom Pérignon (Moët), est 1921
3
Q
Where is Salon located?; what year was Salon established?
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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
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Top Wines & Inaugural Vintages:
- Salon, Blanc de Blancs: Inaugural vintage 1905 (first commercial vintage was 1921).
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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
4
Q
Name 4 producers of Aÿ.
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- Gosset, est 1584
- Bollinger, est 1829
- Deutz, est 1838
- René Geoffroy, est 1970s
5
Q
Name 2 producers of Dizy.
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- Jacquesson, est 1798
- Gaston Chiquest, est 1935
6
Q
Name 2 producers of Le Mesnil-sur-Oger.
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- Salon, est 1905
- Pierre Péters, est 1919
7
Q
Name 2 producers of Mareuil-sur-Aÿ.
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- Billecart-Salmon, est 1818
- Philipponnat, est 1910
8
Q
Where is Egly-Ouriet located?; when was Egly-Ouriet established?
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Ambonnay; 1930
9
Q
What are the Top Wines of Egly-Ouriet?
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Tradition Brut Grand Cru NV
- 70% PN 30% Chard
- Ambonnay, Bouzy, Verzenay
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V.P. Extra Brut Grand Cru NV
- “Vieillisement prolongé” or “extended aging”
- Atleast 7 years on lees
- 70% PN, 30% Chard
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Les Vignes de Vrigny Brut Premier Cru NV
- 100% Meunier
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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
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Cuvée des Grands Côtés Coteaux Champenois Rouge
- 100% PN
- Ambonnay
10
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What is the Principal Vineyard Holdings of Taittinger, Gaston Chiquet, and Egly-Ouriet?; name 4 producers who own over 200 ha.
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- 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)