Producers

Question 1

The Pouillon family has been growing grapes in the region for over a ____, but it wasn’t until ____ when Fabrice’s grandfather, ____ Pouillon, decided to produce wine from his holdings along with the help of his wife,

Answer 1

Century

1947

Robert

Question 2

_____ Pouillon, Fabrice’s father, joined the firm in ____ and modernized the cellar by adding enamel-lined tanks and gyropalletes. Fabrice joined his father in ____ after finishing degrees in both business and oenology school,

Answer 2

James

1964

1998

Question 3

R. Pouillon

The wines are aged in a combination of stainless steel and older oak demi-muids and barriques where everything undergoes ___ malolactic fermention. Reserve wines are aged for up to ___ months in ____liter, old-oak barrels. There is also a stainless-steel “solera” with wines dating back to the late ___’s.

Answer 3

Full Malo

18 Months

700L

90s

Question 4

The Pouillon family’s holdings are in __, ____ and _____ in the Grande Vallée, ____ and ____ along the Marne River, and Tauxières-Mutry, just to the north in the Montagne de Reims. The majority of the plantings are to _____ (3ha), followed by ____ (2ha) and _____ (1ha).

Answer 4

Aÿ, Mareuil-sur-Aÿ and Avenay Val d’Or

pinot noir (3ha)

chardonnay (2ha)

pinot meunier (1ha).

Question 5

The most exciting recent changes at Champagne Pouillon are the introduction of single parcel cuvées, including the upcoming release of the tête de cuvée, 2008 _____

Answer 5

Chemin du Bois

Question 6

The chalk in Champagne is also called______ which is named after the _____ mollusk which lived in the Paris Basin. _____ chalk covers all of Champagne with the exception of the _____, which is ______.

Answer 6

Belimnite

Aube

Kimmeridgean.

Question 7

Les Blanchiens is a ___-cru in _____. This wine is an equal blend of ____ and _____, fermented separately in _____. This vintage cuvee speaks the terroir of ____ with grace and authority. Unique aromatics of black tea and bitter orange lead to an ultra-long, delineated palate

Answer 7

mono-cru

Mareuil.

pinot noir and chardonnay

fermented separately in used barriques.

Question 8

VIntage?

Drink soon

______

Generous elegant fruit expression in all three varieties.

4/5

Weather Conditions

Dry winter led to a deficit in the water table.

Fresh showers in spring put the vegetative cycle to rights. Flowering was fine but a chaotic stormy July saw landfalls in Ay. August was warm and sunny, with cool nights. Not a drop of rain in the harvest from mid September. Generous elegant fruit expression in all three varieties.

Answer 8

2009 Champagne