Service Flashcards

1
Q

Who produces Cuvée Perle d’Ayala.

Where is it made

What is the blend

What styles are made

A

Ayala

Ay

80% Chard/ 20% Pinot Noir

Brut and Brut Nature styles

(NM Producer)

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Who produces Grand Cuvée (Not Krug)

Where is it from

What is the blend

What was the first vintage

A

Billecart Salmon

Mareuil-sur-Ay

60% Pinot Noir/ 40% Chardonnay

1982

(NM Producer)

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Who produces Elisabeth Salmon Rosé

Where is it from

What was the first vintage

A

Billecart Salmon

Mareui-sur-Ay

1988

(NM Producer)

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Who produces La Grande Anée

Where is it from

A

Bollinger

Ay

(NM Producer)

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Who produces “R.D”

Where is it from

A

Bollinger

Ay

(NM Producer)

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Who produces Vieilles Vignes Francaise

Where is it from

What is the blend

What was the first vintage

A

Bollinger

Ay

100% Pinot Noir

1969

(NM Producer)

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Who produces Joyau de France

Where is it made

What is the blend

What styles are made

What was the first vintage

A

Boizel

Epernay

Pinot Noir and Chardonnay

Brut and Brut Rosé

1961

(NM Producer)

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Who produces Charles VII

Where is it from

What styles are made

A

Canard Duchene

Ludes (By Verzy in Reims)

Brut, Brut Rosé, Blanc de Blancs, Blanc de Noirs

(NM Producer)

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Who produces “Prestige”

Where is it from

What is the blend

A

Comtes Audoin de Dampierre

Chenay (Reims)

100% Chardonnay

(NM Producer)

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10
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Who produces Catherine de Médicis

Where is it from

What is the blend

A

De Meric

Ay

50/50 Chard/Pinot Noir

(NM Producer)

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Who produces Cuvée William Deutz

Where is it from

What styles are made

What is the blend

A

Deutz

Ay

Blanc and Rosé

Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier

(NM Producer)

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12
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Who produces Amour de Deutz

Where is it from

What is the blend

What was the first vintage

A

Deutz

Ay

100% Chardonnay

1993

(NM Producer)

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Who produces Fleur de Passion

Where is it from

What is the blend

What was the first vintage

A

Diebolt-Vallois

Cramant

100% Chardonnay

1995

(NM Producer)

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Who produces Charles de Gaulle

Where is it from

What is the blend

What was the first vintage

A

Drappier

Urville (Aube)

80% Pinot Noir/ 20% Chardonnay

1990

(NM Producer)

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15
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Who produces Femme de Champagne

Where is it from

What is the blend

What was the first vintage

A

Duval-Leroy

Vertus (Cotes de Blancs)

90% Chardonnay 10% PInot Noir

1990

(NM Producer)

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Who produces Celebris

Where is it from

What styles are made

A

Gosset

Ay

Blanc de Blancs NV
Vintage Extra Brut
Vintage Extra Brut Rosé

(NM Producer)

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17
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Who produces Cuvée Paradis

Where is it from

What styles are made

A

Alfred Gratien

Epernay

NV Brut and Brut Rose

Based on Chard with Pinot

(NM Producer)

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Who produces Blanc de Millénaires

Where is it from

What is the blend

What was the first vintage

A

Charles-Heidsieck

Reims

100% Chardonnay

1983

(NM Producer)

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Who produces Cuvée des Enchanteleurs

Where is it from

Whats the blend

A

Henriot

Reims

Chardonnay and Pinot

(NM Producer)

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Who produces Noble Cuvée

Where is it from

What styles are made

What was the first year

A

Lanson

Reims

Brut, Blanc de Blancs, Rosé

Chardonnay and Pinot Noir (About 60-40)

1979

(NM Producer)

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21
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Who produces Grand Siecle

Where is it from

What is the blend

What was the first vintage

A

Laurent-Perrier

Tours-sur-Marne

50/50 Chard Pinot

1960 was first NV release; this wine is typically NV

(NM Producer)

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22
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Who produces Cuvee les Aventures and Cuvee Gentil-Homme

Where are they from

What is the blend

A

AR Lenoble

Chouilly (Cotes de Blanc)

Both are 100% Chardonnay

(NM Producer)

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23
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Who produces Dom Pérignon

Where is it from

Whats the blend

What was the first vintage

A

Moet et Chandon

Epernay

Chardonnay and Pinot Noir

1921

(NM Producer)

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Who produces Cuvée R. Lalou

Where is it made

What is the blend

What was the first vintage

A

G.H. Mumm

Reims

Chardonnay and Pinot Noir

1966 (Discontinued in 1985 then revived in 1998)

(NM Producer)

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25
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Who produces Nec-Plus-Ultra

Where is it made

Whats the blend

What was the first vintage

A

Bruno Paillard

Reims

Chardonnay and Pinot Noir

1990

(NM Producer)

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Who produces Belle Epoque

Where is it made

What is the blend

What was the first vintage

A

Perrier-Jouet

Epernay

50% Chard, 45% P.N, 5% P.M

1964; 02 was the last vintage for the “Fleur de Champagne” label

(NM Producer)

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27
Q

Who produces “Rare”

Where is it from

What is the blend

What was the first vintage

A

Piper-Heidsieck

Reims

Chardonnay and Pinot Noir

1976

(NM Producer)

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Q

Who produces Liesse d’Arbonville

Where is it from

What is the blend

A

Ployez-Jaquemart

Ludes (Reims)

70% Chardonnay/ 30% P.N

(NM Producer)

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Q

Who produces Sir WInston Churchill

Where is it made

What is the blend

What was the first vintage

A

Pol Roger

Epernay

Pinot Noir and Chardonnay

1975

(NM Producer)

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Q

Who produces Cuvé Louise

Where is it made

What styles does it come in

What is the blend

A

Pommery

Reims

Brut and Brut Rosé

60% Chard, 40% Pinot

(NM Producer)

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Who produces Cristal

Where is it made

What styles does it come in

What is the blend

What was the first vintage

A

Louis Roderer

Reims

Brut and Brut Rose

55% Pinot Noir 45% Chard

1876, though it wasn’t commercially available until 1945. Rosé was 1974

(NM Producer)

32
Q

Who produces Dom Ruinart

Where is it made

What styles does it come in

What’s the blend

What was the first vintage

A

Ruinart

Reims

Blanc de Blancs and Rose. Rose is 85% Chard 15% Pinot

1959 and 1966 for Rose

(NM Producer)

33
Q

Who produces Comtes de Champagne

Where is it made

What styles does it come in

What is the blend

What was the first vintage

A

Taittinger

Reims

Blanc de Blancs and Rosé

Rose is 70% Pinot Noir 30% Chardonnay

1952

(NM Producer)

34
Q

What is the blend of Taittinger Collection

Where is it made

What was the first vintage

A

50/50 Chard Pinot

Reims

1983

(NM Producer)

35
Q

Who produces La Grande Dame

Where is it made

What styles does it come in

What is the blend

What was the first vintage

A

Veuve Clicquot-Ponsardin

Reims

Brut and Brut Rosé

60-65 Pinot, 30-35 Chardonnay

Brut: 1969; Rose: 1988

(NM Producer)

36
Q

Who produces Cuvée Laetitia and Cuvée Julie

Where is it made

What are the blends

What is the first vintage

A

Henri Billiot

Ambonnay

Mostly Chardonnay for Laetitia and 50/50 Pinot/Chard for Julia

Julia first vintage: 1999

(RM Producer)

37
Q

Who produces Fiacre

Where is it from

What is the blend

A

Chartogne-Taillet

Merfy (Northern Reims)

60% Chard 40% Pinot

(RM Producer)

38
Q

Who produces Fine Fleur de Bouzy

Where is it made

What is the blend

A

Hubert Dauvergne

Bouzy

100% PInot Noir

(RM Producer)

39
Q

Who produces “Brut Prestige”

Where is it from

What is the blend

A

Hubert-Dauvergne

Bouzy

100% Pinot Noir

(RM Producer)

40
Q

Who produces Cramant Grand Cru Cuvée Prestige

Where is it from

What is the blend

A

Guy Larmandier

Cramant

100% Chadonnay

(RM Producer)

41
Q

Who produces Substance

Where is it from

What is the blend

A

Jaques Selosse

Avize

100% Chardonnay

(RM Producer)

42
Q

Who produces Couer de Cuvée

Where is it from

What is the blend

What was the first vintage

A

Vilmart & Cie

Rilly-La-Montagne

80% Chard 20% Pinot

1989

(RM Producer)

43
Q

Who produces Palmes d’Or

Where is it from

What styles are made

What is the blend

What was the first vintage

A

Nicolas Feuillatte

Chouilly

Brut and Brut Rosé

50/50 Pinot Chard

Brut: 1985
Brut Rosé: 1996

(CM Producer)

44
Q

Who produces Brut de Nominée

Where is it from

What style of wine is it

What is the blend

A

Jacquart

Reims

Non Vintage Brut (Vintages declared from 1985-1990 but now aren’t)

Chard and Pinot

(CM Producer)

45
Q

Who produces Cuvé Nicolas Francois

Where is it from

What style of wine is it

What is the blend

What was the first vintage

A

Billecart-Salmon

Mareuil-sur-Ay (Vineyards from Cotes de Blancs and Montagne de Reims)

Brut

Chardonnay and Pinot

1964

(NM Producer)

46
Q

Who produces Elisabeth Salmon

Where is it from

What style is the wine

What is the blend

What was the first vintage

A

Billecart-Salmon

Mareuil-sur-Ay

Rosé

Pinot and Chard

1988

(NM Producer)

47
Q

Who produces Vénus

Where is it from

What style of wine is it

What is the blend

A

Agrapart

Avize

Brut Nature

100% Chardonnay

From .3 ha in Avize

(RM Producer)

48
Q

Who produces Clos St-Hilaire

Where is it from

What style of wine is it

What is the blend

What was the first vintage

A

Billecart-Salmon

1 ha in Mareuil-sur-Ay

Blanc de Noirs Brut

100% Pinot Noir

1995

(NM Producer, although this is all estate owned fruit)

49
Q

Who produces Les Barres

Where is it from

What style of wine is it

What is the blend

What was the first vintage`

A

Chartogne-Tallet

Merfy (Montagne de Reims)

Extra Brut

100% Meunier

2006 (In some years it’s released as NV)

(RM Producer)

50
Q

Who produces Claude Cazals

Where is it from

What style of wine is it

What is the blend

What was the first vintage

A

Claude Cazals

Le Mesnil-sur-Oger

Blanc de Blancs

100% Chardonnay

1995

(RM Producer)

51
Q

Who produces Grand Sendrée

Where is it from

What style of wine is it

What is the blend

What was the first vintage

A

Drappier

Urville (The Aube)

Brut and Rosé

55 Pinot, 45% Chard

Brut:1975
Rosé: 1990

(RM Producer)

52
Q

Who produces Clos des Bouveries

Where is it from

What style of wine is it

What is the blend

A

Duval-Leroy

Vertus (Cotes de Blancs)

Brut Blanc de Blancs

100% Chardonnay

(RM Producer)

53
Q

Who produces Les Crayeres

Where is it from

What style of wine is it

What is the blend

What was the first vintage

A

Egly-Ouriet

Ambonnay

Brut Blanc de Noirs

100% PInot Noir

1989

(RM Producer)

54
Q

First vintage of Clos du Mesnil and Clos d’Ambonnay

A

Mesnil: 1979

Ambonnay: 1995

55
Q

Who produces Vieille Vigne de Cramant

Where is it from

What style of wine is it

What is the blend

A

Larmandier-Bernier

Vertus

Brut

100% Chardonnay

(RM Producer)

56
Q

Who produces Terre de Vertus

Where is it from

What style of wine is it

What is the blend

A

Larmandier-Bernier

Vertus

Brut

100% Chardonnay

(RM Producer)

57
Q

Who produces Les Chétillons

Where is it from

What style of wine is it

What is the blend

What was the first vintage

A

Pierre Peters

Le Mesnil-sur-Oger

Brut Blanc de Blancs

100% Chardonnay

1983

(RM Producer)

58
Q

Who produces Clos des Goisses

Where is it from

What style of wine is it

What is the blend

What was the first vintage

A

Philipponnant

5.5 ha in Mareuil-sur-Ay

Brut

70% Pinot 30% Chardonnay

1935

(NM Producer)

59
Q

Who produces Clos Faubourg Notre Dame

Where is it from

What style of wine is it

What is the blend

A

Veuve Fornay

.23 ha in Vertus

Brut Blanc de Blancs

100% Chardonnay

(NM Producer)

60
Q

What was the first vintage of Salon

Where does the wine come from

What is the blend

A

1905

Le Mesnil-sur-Oger

100% Chardonnay

61
Q

Who is the only special club member to make a special club rosé

Where is it from

A

Paul Barra

Bouzy

62
Q

Who is the only special club member to make a 100% Pinot Meunier special club bottling

Where is it from

A

Moussé Fils (Jean-Marc)

Cuisles, Outside Epernay

63
Q

Who produces Janus

Where is it made

What is the grape

What was the first vintage

What vintages in the 90’s was it made

What is the current vintage

A

Pesquera; this is their Gran Reserva

Ribera del Duero

Tempranillo (Tinto del Pais)

1986

91, 94, 95

Current vintage is 2007

64
Q

Who produces Elevation 1147

Where is it from

What is the grape

A

David Arthur

Rutherford, Napa Valley

100% Cabernet Sauvignon

65
Q

Who produces Malbec Argentino

Where is it from

What is the grape

What was the first vintage

A

Catena Zapata

Mendoza, Argentina

100% Malbec

1999

66
Q

Who produces Belle Helene

Where is it from

What is the grape

What was the first vintage

A

Michel & Stephane Ogier

Cote Rotie, Northern Rhone

100% Syrah

1995

67
Q

Who produces PS

Where is it from

What is the grape

What was the first vintage

A

Aalto; this is their Gran Reserva “Pagos Selecciones”

Ribera del Duero

100% Tempranillo (Tinto del Pais) from 100 yr old vines

2000

68
Q

Who produces La Faraona

Where is it from

What is the grape

What was the first vintage

A

Descendientes de Palacios

Bierzo

Mencia

2002

69
Q

Name the best 80’s vintages in Ribera del Duero

A
81
82
86 (Legendary)
87 
89
70
Q

Who produces Gravelly Meadow

Where is it from

What is the grape

A

Diamond Creek

Diamond Mountain, Napa Valley

100% Cabernet

71
Q

Recommend 2 moscato from california

A

Mirassou

Estancia

72
Q

Recommend 2 Fiano from California

A

Gianelli Vineyard, Sierra Foothills

Graziano Family, Medocino

Seghesio, Russian River

73
Q

Recommend a Nero d’Avola from California

A

Chiarito Vinyeard located in Ukiah Valley, Mendocino

74
Q

Name 3 Orsteil in the Rheingau

A
  • Schloss Vollrads
  • Schloss Johannisberg
  • Schloss Reichhartshausen
  • Steinberg
75
Q

Who produces Grand Vin Signature

Where is it from

What style of wine is it

What is the blend

What was the first vintage

A

Jacquesson

Winery is in Dizy but grapes come from all 3 main regions

Extra Brut

50/50 Pinot Chard

This wine has only been released for 88, 89, and 90

76
Q

What is Pingus

Where is it from

What is the blend

What was the first vintage

What is the second label and what was its first vintage

A

Luxury red wine from Spain made by Peter Sisseck

Ribera del Duero

100% Tempranillo

Peter first came to Spain in 1993 but the first vintage was 1995

Flor de Pingus is the second label and the first vintage was 1996