Champagne - Montage de Reims Flashcards
(40 cards)
What are the Grand Cru villages of Montage de Reims?
Sillery
Puisieulx
Mailly - Champagne
Verzenay
Beaumont - sur - velse
Verzy - added in 1985
Louvois
Bouzy
Ambonnay
Primary grapes used to make Champagne in Montage de Reims?
Pinot Noir - Grand Montage
Meunier - Petite Montage
Rich, powerful, and blended Champagnes are the characteristics of what region in Champagne
Montage de Reims
What three rivers are apart of the Montage de Reims
Vesle
Arde
Marne
Massif de St Thierry
Vesle et Ardre
Grand Montage de Reims
Petite Montage de Reims
Monts de Berru
These are the sub regions for what region in Champagne
Montage de Reims
What sub region in Montage de Reims is located northwest of the city of Reims and is known for its sandy soils
Massif de Saint Thierry
What is the name of the road in Montage de Reims that goes from North to South that acts like a dividing like between Reims and Epernay
D951
What is the small area east of Reims that is isolated and is on a little known hill known for chalk capped by sand, limestone, and clay
Monts de Beru
What are the characteristics of the Mountain wines made in Montage de Reims
They are more rigidly structured
What are the characteristics of the River wines made in the Montage de Reims
More expansive breath due to the soils and climates conditions in location closer to the Marne River
What are some characteristics of wines from Bouzy
High ripeness
Full bodied wines due to warmer terrior
South Facing Slopes
What type of soil type does Bouzy have
a hard bedrock of chalk with a variety of different top soils
What region in Champagne has:
- 20,500 planted acres
- 3,944 growers
Grape production breakdown:
Pinot Noir 41%
Pinot Meunier 34%
Chardonnay 25%
Montage de Reims
Avenal-Val-d'Or Bezannes Billy-le-Grand Chamery Chigny-les-Roses Cormontreuil Coulommes-la-Montagne Ecueil Jouy-les-Reims Les Mesneux Ludes Montbre Mouzon-Leroux Pargny-les-Reims Rilly-la-Montage Sacy Sermiers Taissy Tauxieres-Mutry ( 99% rated Premier Cru) Trepail Trois Puits Vaudemanges Ville-Dommange Villiers - Allerand Villers - aux-Noeuds Villiers - Marmery Vrigny
These are the premier cru’s from what region in Champagne
Montage de Reims
Emmanuel Brochet: Les Haut Chardonnay
Emmanuel Brochet: Les Haut Meunier
Chartogne - Taillet: Les Barres
Egly - Ouriet: Les Vignes de Vringy
Marie - Noelle Ledru: Cuvee du Goulte
Jerome Prevost: Les Beguines
These are some iconic wines from what region
Montage de Reims
Barnaut
Andre Beaufort
Bourdaire - Gallois
Marc Chauvet
Paul Clouet
Roger Cloulet
Roger Coulon
Hure Freres
Hugues Godme
Benoit Lahaye
Jean Lallement
Benoit Marguet
Miniere F and R
Mouzon - Leroux
Thomas Perseval
Persaval - Farge
Guillaume Sergent
Pehu - Simonnet
Soutiran
Ployez - Jacquemart
Pascal Redon
Eric Rodez
Camille Saves
These are all famous producers from what region in Champagne
Montage de Reims
L. Aubry et Fils
Henri Billiot
Francis Boulard
Emmanuel Brochet
Chartogne - Taillet
Andre Clouet
R.H Coutier
Paul Dethune
Egly - Ouriet
David Leclapat
Marie - Noelle Ledru
Jacques Lassalle
Margaine
Jerome Prevost (La Closerie)
Savart
Vilmart and Cie
These are the leading growers for which region?
Montage de Reims
What is the main soil of Tauxieres
Dry Chalk
- sets under 12 inches of top soil
What direction do the vineyards face in Bouzy
South
What direction do the vineyards face in Ambonnay
Southeast
What is the dominate grape of Ambonnay
Pinot Noir
- it accounts for 80% of the vines in Ambonnay
What does terre blanches mean
White Earth (Calcareous Chalk Soil)
Great soil for Chardonnay & Pinot Noir)
What does terre noires mean
Black Earth ( Clay Rich Topsoil)
Great for Pinot Noir
Montage de Reims is a large plateau that sets ________ above sea level at its highest point
940 feet
