RM Producers

Question 1

Where is Vilmart, and when was it established?

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Vilmart: House Style

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Vilmart: Cuvees Produced

Answer 3

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)

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, 1919

Question 5

In what villages does Pierre Péters own acreage?

Answer 5

Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, Oger, Cramant, Avize

Question 6

Pierre Péters: House Style

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Pierre Péters: Wines Produced

Answer 7

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)

Question 8

Inaugural Vintage for Cuvée Spéciale Les Chetillons

Answer 8

1971

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Ambonnay; 1950’s.

Question 10

Egly-Ouriet: House Style

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Egly-Ouriet: Wines Produced

Answer 11

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)

Question 12

Inaugural vintage of Les Crayères

Answer 12

1989

Question 13

Where is Jacques Selosse, and when was it established?

Answer 13

Avize, 1960

Question 14

Founding date for Substance solera?

Answer 14

1986

Question 15

What are Brut Initial and Version Originale?

Answer 15

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


Question 16

What are the lieu-dits of Jacques Selosse?

Answer 16

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

Question 17

What was the original name of La Côte Faron?

Answer 17

Contraste

Question 18

Selosse: House Style

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Where is Pierre Gimmonet and what year was it established?

Answer 19

Cuis, 1935

Question 20

What is unique about Gimmonet’s vineyard holdings?

Answer 20

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

Question 21

Gimmonet: Wines produced

Answer 21

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)

Question 22

Where is Gaston Chiquet, and when was it established?

Answer 22

Dizy, Vallée de la Marne; 1935

Question 23

Gaston Chiquet: House Style

Answer 23

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

Question 24

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

Answer 24

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

Question 25

Gaston Chiquet is credited with pioneering what movement?

Answer 25

RM

Question 26

Where is René Geoffroy, and when was it established?

Answer 26

Cumières, 1970’s.

Question 27

R. Geoffroy: House Style

Answer 27

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

Question 28

What is unique about Geoffroy’s NV cuvées?

Answer 28

Most are the product of a single vintage.

Question 29

Geoffroy: Wines Produced

Answer 29

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)