France Champagne Prestige Cuvees Flashcards

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Cuvee des Enchanteleurs

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Henriot (Reims)
50/50 Chardonnay /Pinot Noir
Vintage 2000
CDC-Laurent Fresnet

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Cuvee R.Lalou

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G.H Mumm (Reims)
50/50 Chard/Pinot Noir
10years lees raging
CdC- Didier Mariotti

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Noble Cuvee

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Lanson (Reims)

CdC-Herve Dantan

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Fiacre

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Chartogne-Taillet (Montagne de Reims)
60%Chard 40%PN
Alexandre Chartogne

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5
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a) Cuvee William Deutz

b) Amour de Deutz

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Deutz (AY)
a) 55% PN, 35% Chard, 10%PM

b) 100%Chard

CDC- Pierre- Hubert Geidermann

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Cuvee Perle d’Ayala

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Ayala (AY)
80% Chard
20%PN
8 Yrs in bottle
Caroline Latrive- cellar master
2005 bought by Bollinger
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Elizabeth Salmon Rose

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Billecart Salmon (Mareuil- sur-Ay)
No Malolactic
Small family owned house
2002
CDC -Francois Domi
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Nicolas Francois Billecart

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Billecart Salmon (Mareuil-sur-Ay)
50/50 Chrd/PN
Named after founding father

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Coeur de Cuvee

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Vilmart and Cie (Montagne de Reims)
80% Chard
20% PN
Organic viticulture
CDC- Laurent Champs
RM
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Joyau de France

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Boizel (Epernay)
64% PN
35%Chard
One family, 5 generations
CDC- Christopher Roques Boizel
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Fleur de Passion

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Diebolt- Vallois(Cramant)
100% Chard
40yr old vines
100% Grand Cru
CDC- Jacques Diebolt
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12
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Vielles Vignes Francaises

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Bollinger ( AY)
100%PN
Grand Cru sites, original planting ungrafted
2006
Provignage= densely planted
Worked by hand
CDC - Giles Descotes
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13
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Grand Vin Signature

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Jacquesson (Dizy)
3 Grand Cru
2 Premier cru
unfiltered
opposite of NV style in 2000 ditched the idea of NV and decided on expression over consistency
CDC - Jean Herve Chiquet, Laurent Chiquet
1981 first vintage

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Substance

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Jacques Selosse (Avize)
100% Chardonnay
Low dosages
No Malolactic
Single Vineyard
Base grapes coming from 1987 vintage
CDC - Anselme Selosse
RM
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Cramant Grand Cru Cuvee Prestige

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Larmandier ( Vertus)
100% Chardonnay
Grand Cru - Cremant
CDC -Guy Larmandier
RM
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16
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a) Cuvee Laetitia

b) Cuvee Julie

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Henri Billiot and Fils (Monatague de Reims in Ambonnay)
a) NV Chard dominant
b) NV 50/50 named after Laetitia daughter, no Malo
CDC- Laetitia Billiot daughter of Serge

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17
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Femme de Champagne

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Duval Leroy ( Vertus)
89% Chard
11% PN
Family owned
Known for pioneering sustainable development 
10yrs raging before release
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Grand Siècle

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Laurent Perrier (Tours sur Marne)
Typically NV - first NV released in 1960!
Translates as the great century 
50/50
12 Grand Crus
5yrs lees aging
19
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Cuvee Josephine

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Joseph Perrier (Chalons- en- Champagne)
CDC - Jean Claud Fourmon
20
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Charles de Gaulle

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Drappier (Urville)
80% Chard
20%PN
aged 4 year on lees
still cultivate Arbane, Petit Meslier, Blanc Vrai
CDC - Yannick Desmarest
21
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Rare

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Piper Heidsieck (Reims)
70% Chard
30% PN
CDC- Regis Camut
2002
22
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Nec- Plus Ultra

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Bruno Paillard (Reims)
Translates- There is nothing beyond
10-12 yrs of lees's 
Family owned, Bruno was a grape broker before he turned winemaker
4 Northern GC vineyards
23
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Celebris

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Gosset ( Epernay since 2010, formally AY)
Extra Brut
Pinot and Chardonnay varies widely with vintage

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Cuvee Paradis

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Alfred Gratien (Epernay)
Chard and PN
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Champagne Charlie

Blanc de Millenaires

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Charles Heidsieck ( Reims)
Champagne Charlier discontinued after 1985
Inaugural vintage of Millenaires was 1983
100% Chardonnay
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a) Cuvée Les Aventures

b) Cuvée Gentilhomme

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AR Lenoble (Chouilly)

a) NV 100% Chard
b) Vintage Chard

27
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Dom Perignon

Dom Pérignon Oenothèque

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Moet and Chandon (Epernay)
1921
(Rose) 1959
Chard and PN
1998 P2- Plentitude
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Belle Epoque

Fleur de Champagne(USA)

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Perrier -Jouet ( Epernay)
2002 will be the last of the USA Fleur de Champagne label
Brut: 50% Chardonnay,
45% Pinot Noir,
5% Meunier
29
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Cuvee Sir Winston Churchill

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Pol Roger(Épernay)	
Pinot Noir and Chardonnay
30
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Cuvee Louise

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Pommery (Reims)
Brut- 60% Chard and 40%PN
Chalk Crayere cellar

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Cristal

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Louis Roederer
(Reims)
(Brut and Brut Rosé) 	
Cristal Brut: 55% Pinot Noir,45% Chardonnay (approx.)	Cristal: 1876 (not available commercially until 1945)
Cristal Rosé: 1974
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Dom Ruinart

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Ruinart (Reims)
(Blanc de Blancs and Rosé) 	
Rosé: 85% Chardonnay, 15% Pinot Noir	
Dom Ruinart: 1959,
Dom Ruinart Rosé: 1966
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Comtes de Champagne

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Taittinger (Reims)
(Blanc de Blancs and Rosé)
“Taittinger Collection”Art work series -Rosé: 70% Pinot Noir,30%Chardonnay
Collection: 50% Chardonnay 50% Pinot Noir
Comtes: 1952

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La Grande Dame

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Veuve Clicquot-Ponsardin (Reims)
(Brut and Brut Rosé) Brut: 60-65% Pinot Noir,
30-35% Chardonnay Brut: 1969,
Rosé: 1988

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CM producer

“Palmes d’Or”

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Nicolas Feuillatte (Chouilly)
(Brut and Brut Rosé) 50% Pinot Noir,
50% Chardonnay Brut: 1985
Brut Rosé: 1996

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Monopole producer

“Venus”

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Agrapart (RM, Avize) Brut Nature

(0.3 ha, Avize) 100% Chardonnay

37
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Monopole Producer
“les Barres”

“Les Orizeaux”

“Les Alliees”

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Chartogne-Taillet (RM, Merfy)
“Les Barres”
(ungrafted vines, Merfy) 100% Meunier

“Les Orizeaux” (planted in 1961, grafted, Merfy) 100% PN

“Les Alliées” (planted in 1969, Merfy) 100% Meunier

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Monopole Producer

“Les Crayeres”

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Egly-Ouriet (RM, Ambonnay)

NV 100% Pinot Noir

39
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Monopole Producer

“Dizy Corne Bautray”

“Aÿ Vauzelle Terme”

“Dizy Terres Rouges Rosé”

“Avize Champ Cain”

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Jacquesson

“Corne Bautray”: 100% Chardonnay
“Vauzelle Terme”: 100% Pinot Noir
“Terres Rouges Rosé”: 100% Pinot Noir
“Champ Cain”: 100% Chardonnay

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Monopole producer

“Clos du Mesnil”

“Clos d’Ambonnay”

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Krug (NM, Reims)
“Clos du Mesnil”
(1.84 ha, Le Mesnil-sur-Oger) 100% Chard 1979
“Clos d’Ambonnay” (0.68 ha, Ambonnay) 100% PN 1995

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Monopole Producer

“Les Folies de la Marquetterie”

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Taittinger (Pierry)
NV
55% Chardonnay, 45% Pinot Noir
First NV release in 2006

42
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Explain Prestige Cuvee?

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Usually the first and most exclusive bottling of a House
Tete du Cuvee only
Only produced in the finest years

43
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What Champagne houses were the first to produce a Prestige Cuvee?

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Roederer’s Cristal( Alexander ll) 1878

Moet and Chandon’s Dom Perignon 1928

44
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Name 5 Prestige Cuvees that are Non Vintage?

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Egly Ouriet- Les Crayeres
Lanson- Rose Noble Cuvee
Laurent Perrier- Grand Siecle (first 1960)
Henriot Billiot- Cuvee Latetia/Cuvee Julie
Taittinger - Les Folies de la Marquetterie