Montagne de Reims

Question 1

Grand cru village of Montagne de Reims with most plantings

Answer 1

Verzy
407.8 ha
Added after 1985

Question 2

Grand Cru Villages of Montagne de Reims (9)

Answer 2

Sillery
Puisieulx
Beaumont sur Vesle
Verzenay
Mailly-Champagne
Verzy*
Louvois
Bouzy
Ambonnay
Tours sur Marne

*Added after 1985

Question 3

premier cru Vineyards in Montagne de Reims (25)

Answer 3

Bezannes
Billy-le-Grand
Chamery
Chigny-les-Roses
Cormontreuil
Coulommees-la Montagne
Ecuil
Jouy-les-Reims
Ludes
Les Mesneux
Montbré
Pargny-les-Reims
Rilly la Montagne
Sacy
Sermiers
Taissy
Tauxieres-Mutry
Trepail
Trois-Puits
Vaudemange
Villers-aux-Noeuds
Ville-Dommange
Villers-Marmery
Vrigny

Question 4

First production of Cristal (commercial)

Answer 4

1945

1876 for Czar

Question 5

first brut champagne

Answer 5

Pommery “Nature” 1874

Question 6

J. Lasalle

Answer 6

Chigny-les-Roses

Question 7

D. A. Margaine

Answer 7

Villers-Marmery (Montagne de Reims)

Question 8

Jerome Prévost produces “Les Béguines” from which village?

Answer 8

Gueux

Montagne de Reims
Meunier grapes

Question 9

Inaugural Vintage of Dom Ruinart

Answer 9

1959

Question 10

Inaugural Vintage of Krug Rosé

Answer 10

1983

Question 11

Inaugural Vintage of Sir Winston Churchill

Answer 11

1975

Question 12

Inaugural vintage of Cuvee Elisabeth Salmon

Answer 12

1988

Question 13

Where was Dom Perignon Cellar Master

Answer 13

cellar master at the Abbey of Hautvillers from 1668 until his death in 1715,

Question 14

Dom Pérignon’s lasting contributions to modern Champagne

Answer 14

lie in the techniques of assemblage (blending) and viticulture

He DID NOT DISCOVER SPARKLING WINE

Question 15

Where is Merfy in Champagne? What producer put them on the map?

Answer 15

Montagne de Reims. Chartogne Taillet producer. Makes Saint Anne Cuvée.

Studied with Salosse