Champagne - Prestige Cuvees Flashcards by Vanessa Price

Deutz

(Ay) - NM

“Billy D Deutz”

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Cuvee William Deutz (V)
“Billy D. Williams!”
Vintage Brut - Vintage Brut Rose

PN/Chard/PM (%?)

Amour de Deutz (V)

100% Chardonnay

First Vintge 1993

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Ployez-Jacquemart

(Ludes) - NM

“The Ploy was to Lease a Harpoon?

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Liesse d’Harbonville (V)

70% Chard - 30% (PN + PM)

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Baron/Hubert Dauvergne

(Bouzy) - RM

“Hubert’s Fine Flowers and Booze”

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Fine Fleur de Bouzy (?)

100% Pinot Noir

*very little info available…

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De Venoge

(Epernay) - NM

“Louis was very in Vogue”
V = XV

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*Louis XV**
Brut - Rose*

…very little info

Grand Vin de Princes

100% Chard

First vintage 1961
*discontinued after 1993
remade again in 2000

*No mention on their website…

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Moet & Chandon

(Epernay) - NM

“If we can’t remember this one,
we are in BIG BIG trouble!”

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*Dom Perignon** (V)
Brut - Brut Rose*

*made from plots in each of the 17 Grand Crus

First vintage was 1921

*Dom Perignon Cuvee Oenetheque** (V)
Brut - Brut Rose*

Chard & PN (%?) - Both

First Vintage 1921
Last vintage 1996 (?)

Dom Perignon P2 (V)
{Plenitude 2}
Brut - Brut Rosé

(Blend ???)

First Vintage 1998

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Perrier Jouet

(Epernay) - NM

Belle Epoque (V)
aka Fleur de Chamapgne
Brut - Brut Rose - Blanc de Blancs

*First Vintage 1964

Brut
50% Chard - 45% PN - 5% PM

Brut Rose
(%?)

Blanc de Blancs
100% Chardonnay

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Nicolas Feuillatte

(Chouilly) - CM

“Nicky Palms Gold”

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*Palmes d’Or** (V)
Brut - Brut Rose*

Brut
50% PN - 50% Chard
-First Vintage 1985

Brut Rose
100% Pinot Noir
-First Vintage 1996

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De Meric

(Ay) - NM

De Med = De Mer
“Catherine was a degenerate”

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Catherine de Medici (V)

50% PN - 50% Chard

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Bruno Paillard

(Reims) - NM

“Bruno has an Ultra sized Neck”

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Nec-Plus-Ultra (V)

50 Chard - 50% PN (?)

First Vintage 1990

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Henri Billiot

(Ambonnay) - RM

“Henry & Billy love Julie & Laetitia”

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Cuvee Laetitia (NV)

Mainly Chardonnay…

Cuvee Julie (NV*)
*Technically NV but the last two have been 100% from specific vintages (2004 & 2005 respectively). They have not been labeled that way though.

50% Chard - 50% PN

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Pol Roger

(Epernay) - NM

“Sir Winston gave everyone a good Rogering”

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Cuvee Sir Winston Churchill (V)

Chard & PN (%?)

First Vintage 1975

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Lanson

(Reims) - NM

“Isn’t Lancers Noble?”

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Noble Cuvee (V)

60-70% PN - 30-40% Chard

First Vintage 1979

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Mumm

(Reims) - NM

“LL = MM”

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Cuvee R Lalou (V)

Chard & PN (&?)

First Vintage 1966

Made 1966-1985,
and then from 1998+

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Boizel

(Epernay) - NM

“Boys sell Joy to French girls”

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Joyau de France (V)

typically 55-60% PN & 40-45% Chard

First vintage 1961

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Ayala

(Ay) - NM

“Pearls are white, Ayala is light”

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Cuvee Perle d’Ayala (V)

80% Chard - 20% PN

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Jacquesson

(Dizy) - NM

“AY!! Jackie is Dizzy Dizzy”

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Now has 4 single terroir Champagnes:

*Avize - Champ Cain** = (Chrd!) - (V)
*Dizy - Corne Bautry** = (Chrd!) - (V)
*Dizy -** Terre Rouge = (PN!) - (Rosé NV)
*Ay - Vauzelle Terme** = (PN!) - (V)

Grand Vin Signature (V)

First Vintage 1981

(discontinued after 2002)

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Piper-Heidsieck

(Reims) - NM

“Piper is anything but Rare”

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Cuvee Rare (V)

70% Chard - 30% PN

First Vintage 1976

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Louis Roederer

(Reims) - NM

“Do we really need one for this….?”

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*Cristal** (V)
Brut - Brut Rose*

~55% Pinot Noir - 45% Chard

-First Vintage 1876
(exclusively for Czar Alexander II).
-First Commercial Vintage 1945
-First Brut Rose Vintage 1974

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Bonnaire

(Cramant) - RM

“Bonnie is Prestigious”

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Cuvee Prestige (NV)

100% Chardonnay

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Canard Duchene

(Ludes) - NM

C=C - “Charles walks like a Duck”

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Charles VII (V)
Brut - Brut Rose - BdB - BdN
Blanc de Blancs - Blanc de Noirs

Brut
Grand Cuvee le Victorieux
~Celebrates the victor of the 100 years war~

Brut Rose
Grand Cuvee de la Rose
~Kingdom of the Rose (England) lays claim to the throne of France~

Blanc de Blanc
Grand Cuvee de Lys (Lillies)
~Joan of Arc saves France, the Kingdom of the Lillies~

Blanc de Noirs
Grand Cuvee de Beaute
~Charles VII presents the Castle of Beauty to his favorite mistress, Agnes Sorel~

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Delamotte

(Les-Mesnil-sur-Oger) - NM

Salon - Les Mesnil (V)

100% Chardonnay

First Vintage 1905(?), 1911(…)

Nicolas Louis Delamotte
(*I don’t think this actually exists…?)
there is no mention anywhere…

90% Chard - 10% PN

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Billecart-Salmon

(Mareuil-sur-Ay) - NM

Grand Cuvée (V)
60% PN - 40% Chard

First vintage 1982

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Clos St. Hillaire (V)
100% Pinot Noir
fermented in 100% oak barriques

Cuvee Nicolas Francois Billecart (V)
PN/Chard (%?)

First vintage 1964
Tribute to the house’s founder

Cuvee Elisabeth Salmon (V)
Brut Rosé
PN/Chard (%?)

First vintage 1988
Tribute to the house’s co-founder

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Taittinger

(Reims) - NM

“Got it!”

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*Comtes de Champagnes** (V)
Blanc de Blancs - Brut Rose*

*First Vintage 1952

Blanc de Blancs
100% Chardonnay

Brut Rose
70% PN - 30% Chard

Les Folies de la Marquetterie (NV)
55% Chard - 45% PN

First Released 2006…(?)

This single-vineyard cuvée is produced exclusively from grapes grown at Les Folies, a Taittinger-owned vineyard with a south/southwest exposure in the heart of the Champagne winegrowing region. A green harvest ensures that the final harvest has optimum sweetness and aromatic maturity. Only wines from the first pressing are used and each plot is vinified in small volumes, with certain lots in large, old oak casks. Slow aging for five years in bottles brings the flavors of this Champagne to perfect harmony.

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Ruinart

(Reims) - NM

“Got it!”

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*Dom Ruinart** (V)
Blanc de Blancs - Brut Rose*

Blanc de Blancs
100% Chardonnay
-First Vintage 1959

Brut Rose
85% Chardonnay - 15% Pinot Noir
-First Vintage 1966

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Bollinger (Ay) - NM

*"Can you think of a more French name than Bollinger"* ===== **_Grand Annee_** (V) Brut - Brut Rose 66% PN - 34% Chard - aged 2x longer than required - 'Vintage' became Grand Anee in 1976 **_"RD"_** (V) Brut -typically 2/3 PN... - aged 3x longer than required - only made in the best vintages -First "RD" vintage: 1961 **_Vieilles Vignes Francaises_** (V) BdN Brut 100% PN Made from 3 plots of ungrafted pre-phyloxerra vines: - Chaudes Terres (Ay) - Clos-St-Jacques (Ay) - Croix Rouge (Bouzy) - aged 2x legal mimimum - First VVF vintage 1969 (?)

Comtes Audoin de Dampierre (Chenay) - NM

*"The Count is very Prestigous"* ===== **_Prestige_** (V) 100% Chardonnay

Gosset (Ay) - NM

*"Go Celebrate!"* ===== * *_Celebris_** * Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut* * Vintage Brut - Vintage Brut Rose* _Blanc de Blancs_ (NV) 100% Chardonnay ``` _Vintage Brut_ (V) 66% Chard - 34% PN ``` _Vintage Brut Rose_ (V)

Charles Heidsieck (Reims) - NM

*"Charlie is a Millionaire!"* ===== **_Blanc des Millenaires_** (V) Blanc de Blancs Only!! 100% Chard First Vintage 1983 **_Champagne Charlie_** (V) \*discontinued after 1985 *Margaux's favorite wine!!*

Laurent-Perrier (Tours-sur-Marne) - NM

*I don't really have on for this...* ===== **_Grand Siecle_** (MV) Only produced from LP's best vintage years. ~55% Chard - 45% PN First Vintage 1959

Vilmart & Cie (Rilly-la-Montagne) - RM

*"Vilmart has Heart"* ===== **_Coeur de Cuvee_** (V) 80% Chard - 20% PN

Henriot (Reims) - NM

*"OH! Henri is very Enchanting!"* ===== **_Cuvee de Enchanteleurs_** (V) Chard & PN (???%)

Paul Dethune (Ambonnay) - RM

*"Paul's Death was Prestigious"* ===== **_Brut Prestige_** (NV?) 50% PN - 50% Chard

Chartogne-Taillet (Merfy\*) - RM

*"We Charted out a Fiasco"* ===== **_Fiacre_** (V) 60% Chard - 40% PN First Vintage 2002 (?) ----- \*Merfy is just NW of Reims (not necesarily in any of the 5 regions...Montagne de Reims?) \*\*Terry Theise calls him the most exciting young producer in Champagne

Duval-Leroy (Vertus) - NM

*"Leroy is kind of Effeminate" (funny because Leroy is a tough name)* ===== **_Femme de Champange_** (V) Brut - Brut Rosé 89% Chard - 11% PN First Vintage 1990

Guy Larmandier (Cramant) - RM

*"Guy Crams his Large Man Hole"* ===== **_Cramant Grand Cru Cuvee Prestige_** (V) 100% Chardonnay

Alfred Gratien (Epernay) - NM

*"Al is Gracious in Paradise"* ===== * *_Cuvee Paradis_** (NV) * Brut - Rose* Chard - PN (%?) * Huge style - aged in oak

Joseph Perrier (Chalons-sur-Marne) - NM

*"Joseph & Josephine" Ugly label: think JoJo is ugly...* ===== **_Cuvee Josephine_** (V) Mainly Chardonnay... \*not much info available

Jacquart (Reims) - NM

*"Jack Nichlson has lots of Nominations"* ===== **_Brut de Nominee_** (NV) 50% Chard & 50% PN

Jacques Selosse (Avize) - RM

**_Cuvee Substance_** (NV) 100% Chardonnay \*Solera for this wine was startd in 1986

Drappier (Urville, Aube) - NM

*"Charles de Gaul "Drops" Grand beats!"* ===== **_Grande Sendree_** (V) Brut - Brut Rosé _Brut_ 55% PN - 45% Chard _Brut Rosé_ 90% PN - 10% Chard Sendrée has an interesting history. A ferocious fire hit the Urville in the 1850s reducing the trees and shrubs to cinders. Afterwards the Drappiers planted a vineyard on the raised sloped above the village that became known as Les Cendrées (The Cinders). The family did not start bottling vintages from the Grande Sendrée until 1974 by which time an error had been made in the registration of the title of the vineyard replacing the “c” for and “s”. **_Charles de Gaulle_** (V) As it was chosen as the house to stock General de Gaule's private cellars 80% PN - 20% Chard First Vintage 1990

De Castellane (Epernay) - NM

*"The Commodore Casts off"* ===== * *_Cuvee Commodore_** (V) * Brut - Brut Rose* _Brut_ 70% PN - 30% Chard _Rose_ 80% PN - 20% Chard First vintage 1961

Diebolt-Vallois (Cramant) - NM

*"Valiantly Die for Passion"* ===== **_Fleur de Passion_** (V) 100% Chardonnay First Vintage 1995

AR Lenoble (Chouilly) - NM

*"The Noble Gentleman is Adventurous"* ===== **_Cuvee Gentilhomme_** (V) 100% Charonnay **_Cuvee les Aventures_** (MV) 100% Chardonnay (blend of the best vintages)

Pommery (Epernay) - NM

*"Louise has nice Pom Poms"* ===== * *_Cuvee Louise_** (V) * Brut - Brut Rose* _Brut_ 60% Chard - 40% PN _Brut Rose_ (???)

Veuve Clicquot-Ponsardin (Reims) - NM

*"The Widow was a Grande Dame"* ===== * *_La Grande Dame_** (V) * Brut - Brut Rose* _Brut_ 60-65% PN - 35-40% Chard -First Vintage 1969 _Brut Rose_ (%?) -First Vintage 1988

Name 3 producers who make Prestige?

**_Comtes Audoin de Dampierre_** (NM) "Prestige" **_Bonnaire_** (RM) "Cuvee Prestige" **_Paul Dethune_** (RM) "Brut Prestige" **_Guy Larmandier_** (RM) "Cramant Grand Cru Cuvee Prestige"

Who makes Clos des Goisses?

**_Philipponnat_** Brut - Brut Rosé (Mareuil-sur-Ay) - NM (Vintage) 70% PN - 30% Chard First Vintage 1935 * *_From Rare Wine_**: - Until Krug’s Clos des Mesnil was first made in 1979, Clos des Goisses was the region's only great single-vineyard wine. From its first vintage in 1935, it was not only unchallenged as the beacon of terroir in Champagne. It was the sole argument that great Champagne could be made from a single site, rather than a blend of vineyards has had been done for centuries in the region. No other Champagne vineyard can match its gifts: an unbroken 30 to 45 degree, fully south facing slope of pure chalk backed by a small plateau directly above the Marne River. In warm years the plateau assures balance; in cool years the steep southern slope guarantees ripeness. Even today, the respected American Champagne writer Peter Liem calls Clos des Goisses “arguably the greatest vineyard site in all of Champagne.” British Champagne expert Tom Stevenson says that “there can be no doubt that Clos des Goisses boasts the most climatically distinct, naturally occurring and expressive terroir in Champagne.”

Who makes Louis XV?

*"Louis was very in Vogue" V = XV* ===== **_De Venogue_** (V) Varietals (???)

Who makes Cuvee Josephine?

**_Joseph Perrier_** (V) Mainly Chardonnay...

Who makes Fleur de Passion?

*"Valiantly Die for Passion"* ===== **_Diebolt-Vallois_** (V) 100% Chardonnay

Who makes Femme de Champagne?

*"Leroy is kind of Effeminate" (funny because Leroy is a tough name)* ===== **_Duval-Leroy_** (V) Brut - Brut Rosé 89% Chard - 11% PN

Who makes Cuvee Substance?

**_Jacques Selosse_** (NV) 100% Chardonnay

Who makes Cuvee de Enchanteleurs?

*"OH! Henri is very Enchanting!"* ===== **_Henriot_** (V) Chard & PN (???%)

Who makes Liesse d'Harbonville?

**_Ployez-Jacquemart_** (V) 70% Chard - 30% (PN + PM)

Who makes Cuvee Laetitia?

**_Henri Billiot_** (NV) Mainly Chardonnay...

Who Makes La Vigne d'Antan?

**_Tarlant_** (Oeilly - Epernay) - RM (Vintage) 100% Chardonnay

Who makes Dizy - Terre Rouges?

**_Jacquesson_** (Dizy) - NM (Non-Vintage) 100% Pinot Noir Planted 1993 - 1.35 ha First Vintage 2002

Who Makes La Vigne d'Or?

**_Tarlant_** (Oeiully - Epernay) - RM (Vintage) 100% Pinot Meunier

Who makes Charles VII?

**_Canard-Duchene_** (V) *Brut - Brut Rose Blanc de Blancs - Blanc de Noirs*

Who makes Fiacre?

**_Chartogne-Taillet_** (V) 60% Chard - 40% PN

Who makes Cuvee R Lalou?

**_Mumm_** (V) Varietals (???)

Who makes Dizy - Corne Bautry?

**_Jacquesson_** (Dizy) - NM (Vintage) 100% Chardonnay Planted 1960 - 1 ha First Vintage 1995

Who makes Coeur de Cuvee?

**_Vilmart_** (V) 80% Chard - 20% PN

Who makes Nec-Plus-Ultra?

**_Bruno Paillard_** (V) 50% Chard - 50% PN

Who makes Vieille de Vrignes?

**_Egly-Ouriet_** 100% Pinot Meunier

Who makes Clos du Mesnil?

**_Krug_** (Reims) - NM (Vintage) 100% Chardonnay First Vintage 1979

Who makes Cuvee Rare?

**_Piper Heidsieck_** (V) 70% Chard - 30% PN

Who makes Grand Vin Signature?

**_Jacquesson_** discontinued after 2002 vintage _They now make 4 single vineyard wines_: * *Ay - Vauzelle de Terme** (100% PN) * *Dizy - Terre Rouge** (100% PN) * *Dizy - Corne Bautry** (100% Chard) * *Avize - Champ Cain** (100% Chard) ===== *"AY!! Jackie is Dizzy Dizzy"*

Who makes Terres de Noel?

*"**Aunt Jean had a* *Million Christmas"* **Jean Milan** (Oger) - NM (Vintage) 100% Chardonnay

Who makes Charles de Gaule?

*"Charles de Gaul "Drops" Grand beats!"* ===== **_Drappier_** (V) 80% PN - 20% Chard

Who makes Ay - Vauzelle Terme?

**_Jacquesson_** (Dizy) - NM (Vintage) 100% Pinot Noir Planted 1980 - .3 ha First Vintage 1996

Who makes Vieille Vigne de Cramant?

**_Larmandier-Bernier_** (Vertus) - RM Extra Brut!! (Vintage) 100% Chardonnay

Who makes Celebris?

*"Go Celebrate!"* ===== **_Gosset_** *Blanc de Blancs Vintage Brut - Vintage Brut Rose* _Blanc de Blancs_ (NV) 100% Chardonnay ``` _Vintage Brut_ (V) 66% Chard - 34% PN ``` _Vintage Brut Rose_ (V) ???

Who makes Terre de Vertus?

**_Larmandier-Bernier_** (Vertus) - RM Non-Dose!!/Brut Nature!! (Vintage) 100% Chardonnay

Who makes Cuvee Julie?

**_Henri Billiot_** (NV\*) \*Technically NV but the last two have been 100% from specific vintages (2004 & 2005 respectively). They have not been labeled that way though. 50% Chard - 50% PN

Who makes Cuvee Commodore?

*"The Commodore Casts off"* ===== * *_De Castellane_** (V) * Brut - Brut Rose* _Brut_ 70% PN - 30% Chard _Brut Rose_ 80% PN - 20% Chard

Who Makes Cuvee Louis?

**_Tarlant_** (Oeuilly - Epernay) - RM (Non-Vintage) 50% PN - 50% Chard

Who makes Clos de Bouveries?

**_Duval-Leroy_** (Vertus) - NM (Vintage) 100% Chardonnay

Who makes Cuvee Louise?

* *_Pommery_** (V) * Brut - Brut Rose* _Brut_ 60% Chard - 40% PN _Brut Rose_ (???)

Who makes Cuvee Gentilhomme?

**_AR Lenoble_** (V) 100% Chardonnay

Who makes Catherine de Medici?

*De Med = De Mer "Catherine was a degenerate"* ===== **_De Meric_** (V) 50% PN - 50% Chard

Who makes Clos-St-Hillaire?

**_Billecarte-Salmon_** (Mareuil-sur-Ay) - NM (Vintage) 100% Pinot Noir First Vintage 1986

Who makes Clos d'Ambonnay?

**_Krug_** (Reims) - NM (Vintage) 100% Pinot Noir First Vintage 1995

Who makes Les Folies de la Marquetterie?

**_Taittinger_** (Reims) - NM (Non-Vintage) 55% Chard - 45% PN First Released 2006...(?) This single-vineyard cuvée is produced exclusively from grapes grown at Les Folies, a Taittinger-owned vineyard with a south/southwest exposure in the heart of the Champagne winegrowing region. A green harvest ensures that the final harvest has optimum sweetness and aromatic maturity. Only wines from the first pressing are used and each plot is vinified in small volumes, with certain lots in large, old oak casks. Slow aging for five years in bottles brings the flavors of this Champagne to perfect harmony.

Who makes Les Crayeres?

**_Egly-Ouriet_** (Ambonnay) - RM (Non-Vintage) 100% Pinot Noir

Who makes Grande Sendree?

**_Drappier_** (Urville, Aube) - NM Vintage Brut - Vintage Brut Rose 55% Chard - 45% PN First Vintage 1975 (`99 first for 1.5L) First Rose Vintage 1990

Who makes Cuvee Speciale Les Chetillons?

**_Pierre Peters_** (les Mesnil-sur-Oger) - RM (Vintage) 100% Chardonnay First Vintage 1983

Who Makes Clos du Faubourg Notre Dame?

**_Veuve Fourny_** (Vertus) - NM 100% Chardonnay (fermented in 100% 4 year old barrels) ========== _Note_: - also makes La Cuvée R which is fermented in 100% new oak.

Who makes Cuvee les Adventures?

**_AR Lenoble_** (MV) 100% Chardonnay

Who makes Clos du Moulin?

*"Moulin Rouge girls are Catty"* ===== **_Cattier_** (Chigny-les-Roses) - NM (Non-Vintage) Brut - Brut Rosé 50% PN - 50% Chard First made 1952

Who makes Les Barres?

**_Chartogne-Taillet_** (Merfy) - RM (Vintage & Non-Vintage) 100% Pinot Meunier!! \*made from ungrafted vines First made 2006 (?)

Who makes Avize - Champ Cain?

**_Jacquesson_** (Dizy) - NM (Vintage) 100% Chardonnay Planted 1962 - 1.32 First Vintage 2002

Agrapart (Avize) - RM

**_Avize - Oise_** 100% Chardonnay

Name a producer of Cuis 1er Cru

**Pierre Gimmonet** ========== Cuis is in *_Cote de Blancs_*

Name a producer of Vrigny 1er Cru

**Egly Ouriet** (100% Pinot Meunier) ========== Vrigny is in *_Montagne de Reims_*

Name a producer of Cumières 1er Cru

**Georges Laval** (Brut Nature) ========== Cumières is in *_Vallée de la Marne_*

Name a producer of Dizy 1er Cru

**Jacquesson** (Dizy - Corne Beautry = 100% Chard) (Dizy - Terre Rouge = 100% Pinot Noir Rosé) ========== Dizy is in *_Vallée de la Marne_*

Name a producer of Vertus 1er Cru

**Veuve Fourny & Fils** **Larmandier-Bernier** ========== Vertus is in *_Cote de Blancs_*

Name a producer of Sillery Grand Cru

**Francois Seconde**

Name a producer of Chouilly Grand Cru

**Roland Champion**

Name a producer of Cramant Grand Cru

**Larmandier-Bernier** **Guy Larmandier**

Name a producer of Avize Grand Cru

**Jacquesson** | (Avize - Champ Cain = 100% Chard) ## Footnote **Agrapart**

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