RM Prestige Cuvées Flashcards
Where is Vilmart, and when was it established?
Rilly-La-Montagne (Montagne de Reims), 1890
Vilmart: House Style
All wines spend time in oak (size and age varies, smaller barrels for vintage wine), minimum 10 months. No ML.
Vilmart: Cuvees Produced
- Grand Réserve (70/30 PN/Chard)
- Grand Cellier (70/30 Chard/PN)
- Cuvee Rubis (Rose, 90% PN)
- Grand Cellier Rubis (Vintage Rose, 60% PN)
- Grand Cellier d’Or (Vintage, 80% Chard)
- Coeur de Cuvee (Vintage, Prestige Cuvee, 80% Chard)
Where is Pierre Péters, and what year was it established?
Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, 1919
In what villages does Pierre Péters own acreage?
- Le Mesnil-sur-Oger
- Oger
- Cramant
- Avize
Pierre Péters: House Style
100% Chardonnay except the rosé. Full ML. All wines raised in stainless steel tank.
Pierre Péters: Wines Produced
- Cuvée de Réserve (stainless solera; 50% current vintage, 50% previous)
- Réserve Oubliée (Cuvée de Réserve with one extra year in tank)
- Cuvée Spéciale Les Chetillons (Single Vineyard)
- Rosé for Albane (Rosé - Chard plus saignée PN)
Inaugural Vintage for Cuvée Spéciale Les Chetillons
1971
Where is Egly-Ouriet, and when was it established?
Ambonnay; 1950’s.
Egly-Ouriet: House Style
Pinot Noir dominant; powerful and intense. 8-10mos in barrique. ML is dependent on vintage.
Egly-Ouriet: Wines Produced
- Tradition (70/30 PN/Chard) VP Extra Brut (Vieillissiement Prolongé: 6 years on the lees, same blend as Tradition)
- Vignes de Vrigny (100% Meunier)
- Vintage: Brut, Brut Rosé
- Les Crayères Vieilles Vignes NV (100% PN)
Inaugural vintage of Les Crayères
1989
Where is Jacques Selosse, and when was it established?
Avize, 1960
Founding date for Substance solera?
1986
What are Brut Initial and Version Originale?
- Two cuvées of Selosse from Avize, Oger, and Cramant, NV.
- Initial is lower slope vines from the 2000’s
- Version Originale is upper slopes and older vintages
What are the lieu-dits of Jacques Selosse?
- La Côte Faron - PN, Ay
- Les Carelles - Chard, Le Mesnil
- Sous le Mont - PN, Mareuil
- Bout du Clos - PN, Ambonnay
- Les Chantereines - Chard, Avize
- Chemin de Châlons - Chard, Cramant
What was the original name of La Côte Faron?
Contraste
Selosse: House Style
Ambient yeast fermentation. Fermentation in barrel (piece, fût, demi-muid). ML may or may not occur. Aged in solera. Supremely oxidative.
Where is Pierre Gimmonet and what year was it established?
Cuis, 1935