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Where is Vilmart, and when was it established?

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Rilly-La-Montagne (Montagne de Reims), 1890

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Vilmart: House Style

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All wines spend time in oak (size and age varies, smaller barrels for vintage wine), minimum 10 months. No ML.

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Vilmart: Cuvees Produced

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  • 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)
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Where is Pierre Péters, and what year was it established?

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Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, 1919

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In what villages does Pierre Péters own acreage?

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  • Le Mesnil-sur-Oger
  • Oger
  • Cramant
  • Avize
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Pierre Péters: House Style

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100% Chardonnay except the rosé. Full ML. All wines raised in stainless steel tank.

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Pierre Péters: Wines Produced

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  • 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)
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Inaugural Vintage for Cuvée Spéciale Les Chetillons

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1971

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Where is Egly-Ouriet, and when was it established?

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Ambonnay; 1950’s.

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Egly-Ouriet: House Style

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Pinot Noir dominant; powerful and intense. 8-10mos in barrique. ML is dependent on vintage.

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Egly-Ouriet: Wines Produced

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  • 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)
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Inaugural vintage of Les Crayères

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1989

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Where is Jacques Selosse, and when was it established?

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Avize, 1960

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14
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Founding date for Substance solera?

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1986

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What are Brut Initial and Version Originale?

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  • 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
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What are the lieu-dits of Jacques Selosse?

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  • 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
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17
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What was the original name of La Côte Faron?

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Contraste

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Selosse: House Style

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Ambient yeast fermentation. Fermentation in barrel (piece, fût, demi-muid). ML may or may not occur. Aged in solera. Supremely oxidative.

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Where is Pierre Gimmonet and what year was it established?

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Cuis, 1935

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What is unique about Gimmonet’s vineyard holdings?

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Average vine age is 35, much older than most, including 80 year old vines in the Terre des Buissons lieu-dit.

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Gimmonet: Wines produced

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  • Cuis 1er Cru Blanc de Blancs
Gastronome (bottled at lower pressure, 48mos on the lees)
  • Fleuron (72mos on the lees)
  • Oenophile (Extra Brut, 84mos on the lees)
  • Paradoxe (50/50 PN/Chard - only non-BdB)
  • Spécial Club
  • Spécial Club Millésime de Collection (Special Club in Magnums)
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Where is Gaston Chiquet, and when was it established?

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Dizy, Vallée de la Marne; 1935

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Gaston Chiquet: House Style

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No oak, full ML. High % Meunier (40%, plus 40% Chard and 20% PN)

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What is unique about Gaston Chiquet’s Blanc de Blancs d’Aÿ?

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In a village known for PN, it is the only BdB produced.

25
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Gaston Chiquet is credited with pioneering what movement?

26
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Where is René Geoffroy, and when was it established?

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Cumières, 1970’s.

27
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R. Geoffroy: House Style

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Fermented in oak, no ML. Pinot Noir is the backbone of production.

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What is unique about Geoffroy’s NV cuvées?

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Most are the product of a single vintage.

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Geoffroy: Wines Produced

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  • Expression (50% Meunier, 40% PN, 10% Chard)
  • Empreinte (69% PN, 19% Chard, 12% Meunier)
  • Volupté (60% PN, 40% Chard)
  • Rosé de Saignée (100% PN, deeper in color)
  • Blanc de Rosé (60% PN, 40% Chard, saignée, lighter and fresher)
  • Millésime Extra Brut (?) (70% Chard, 30% PN)
  • Coteaux Champenois Rouge (100% PN from Cumières)
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Prestige Cuvée of Henri Billiot

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  • Cuvée Laetitia (NV, mostly Chard)
  • Cuvée Julie (NV, 50/50 PN/Chard)
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Prestige Cuvée of Chartogne-Taillet

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Prestige Cuvée of Guy Larmandier

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Cramant Grand Cru Cuvée Prestige (100% Chardonnay)

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Prestige Cuvée of Jacques Selosse

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Substance (NV, 100% Chardonnay)

34
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Prestige Cuvée of Vilmart

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Coeur de Cuvée

35
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Single Vineyard release of Agrapart

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Vénus (Brut Nature, 100% Chardonnay, Avize)

36
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Single Vineyard release of Chartogne-Taillet

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Les Barres (100% Pinot Meunier)

37
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Single Vineyard release of Egly-Ouriet

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Les Crayères (NV, 100% Pinot Noir)

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Single Vineyard releases of Larmandier-Bernier

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Vieille Vigne de Cramant (100% Chardonnay)
Terre de Vertus (100% Chardonnay)

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Single Vineyard release of Tarlant

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La Vigne d’Or (100% Meunier)
La Vigne d’Antan (100% Chardonnay)
Cuvée Louis (NV 50/50 Chard/PN)

40
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Who produces Chetillons?

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  • Pierre Peters
  • Robert Moncuit
41
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Henri Billiot
(Ambonnay)

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Henri Billiot

  • “Cuvée Laetitia” NV
    • Predominantly Chardonnay
  • “Cuvée Julie” NV
    • 50% PN, 50% Chard
    • 1999
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Bonnaire
(Cramant)

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  • “Cuvée Prestige”
    • 100% Chardonnay
43
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Chartogne-Taillet
(Merfy)

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Chartogne-Taillet

  • “Fiacre”
  • 60% Chard, 40% PN
44
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Hubert Dauvergne
(Bouzy)

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Hubert Dauvergne

  • “Fine Fleur de Bouzy”
    • 100% Pinot Noir
45
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Paul Déthune
(Ambonnay)

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Paul Déthune

  • “Brut Prestige” NV
    • 50% PN 50% Chard
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Guy Larmandier
(Vertus)

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Guy Larmandier

  • “Cramant Grand Cru Cuvée Prestige”
  • 100% Chardonnay
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Jacques Selosse
(Avize)

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  • “Substance” NV
  • 100% Chardonnay
48
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Vilmart & Cie
(Rilly-la-Montagne)

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Vilmart & Cie

  • “Coeur de Cuvée”
    • 80% Chard, 20% PN
    • 1989

France - Champagne (11 decks)

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