Champage Producers

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Where is Krug Located?

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Located in Reims, Champagne.

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Who are the winemakers for Krug?

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The winemakers are Rémi and Henri Krug.

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Does the blend for basic Krug vary or remain constant from year to year?

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The blend of krug can vary considerably from year to year.

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What does Encépagement mean?

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Encépagement means blend.

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What is Krug vinified in?

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Ferments in 205 L oak casks, of which 3% are new oak every year. (100 out of 3000) Vinification in Oak is one of the hallmarks of Krug. They believe this to make the wine more aromatic.

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What temp is Krug vinified at?

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Wine is fermented between 19-22˚C (66-71˚F)

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Is Krug filtered or unfiltered?

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Never filtered. Racked by gravity.

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How big is Krug's reserve cellar, in terms of inventory?

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They keep a cellar of 3 million bottles, or 6 years worth of winesales.

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What is the minimum age for Krug?

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Krug is kept for a minimum five years in bottle before seeing the marketplace.

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When does lees aging stop being effective and imparting flavor?

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Less aging’s effectiveness stops after 5 years of age.

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Name Krug's Prestige Cuvee.

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Krug does not produce a Cuvée de Luxe. They say their vintage wine is the best they can make it every time, so they will not artificially create a prestige cuvée.

They do make a 2 single vineyard vines though, Clos de Mesnil and Clos d'Ambonnay.

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Vintage Krug ages how long before being released?

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Their vintage wine is not marketed until 7 or 8 years old

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Explain what the Krug Collection is.

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The Krug Collection are bottles from the Krug reserves. They are the same bottlings as before, just older. They are released in extremely small quantites.

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What is the latest vintage of Krug Collection wine currently available?

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Current Krug Collection wines only reach up to 1981.

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One of the great Krugs is Krug 1928. Tell the story associated with it.

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One of the great Krugs is Krug 1928. Joseph Krug had sold the rights to buyers in London, but bought it back personally because WWII was in full effect and the germans could potentially seize the wines as’enemy property’ otherwise.
Once the war ended, he offered the rights to the wine to the London buyers. Many wanted a more recent vintage, so Joseph Krug ended up with a huge stockpile of 1928 Krug. So he opened 1928’s liberally over the remaining sixty or so years of his life. He saved the remainder for his 100th birthday, which he never reached. There are still a few bottles left.

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Tell the story behind Krug Brut Rose.

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First created after the 76 vintage. Made in secret as an experiment by the krug sons. Father was impressed. This is a blend of all three varietals, with some pinot noir fermented on the skins, then combined with the traditional krug wine style. This wine will be floral and spicy, with notes of berry.

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What is Krug Grand Cuvee?

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GRAND CUVEE: A blend of all three varietals, and a compromise between the rose and clos du Mesnil. There is no formula for the blend; family members meet each year to recreate the proportions. Aged 6 years before release, fermented in barrel, these will be toasty, candied and dried fruit elements, mixed with a soft spice.

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Explain Clos de Mesnil, the Champagne.

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CLOS DE MESNIL: is a small enclosed vineyard that Krug purchased in 1971. They replanted it with chardonnay vines of different ages, to create complexity when harvested. This is a single vineyard, 100% chardonnay wine. It tastes of honey and mineral. By definition, it is not blended, and is single vintage.

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What is Krug Clos d'Ambonnay?

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Krug Clos d’Ambonnay, which is a blanc de Noir, 100% pinot. This is also a single vineyard, 1/3 the size of Clos du Mesnil, located along the southern slope of the Montagne de reims.

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Where is Pol Roger located?

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Located in Epernay, Champagne, France.

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Explain the History of Pol Roger and it's ties to Winston Churchill.

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Pol Roger was born in Ay in 1831. Started his own champagne business at 18.
The wife of Roger’s grandson, one of the three Wallace daughters (theWallace collection) who happened to be stunningly beauftiful and very smart, became fast friends with Winston Churchill. When Chruchhill died, they changed their label to black in honor of him. They launched the black labelled Prestige Cuvee “Sir Winston Churchill.”
created in 1975 to commerate the 10th anniversary of his passing. Churchill loved Pol Roger Champagne, and purportedly said, “In victory, you deserve it. In defeat, you need it.” Super rich, biscuity, with dried fruit and flowers. It’s exact blend is a secret.

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TRUE OR FALSE: Pol Roger is family owned.

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TRUE. Pol Roger is one of the few large champagne houses to remain completely independent.
The family owns almost all the shares.

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Describe Pol Rogers' cellar.

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Their cellars run for over 6 miles under ground and are on 3 levels.
The lowest level is known as the cave de prisse de mousse. This is where all the champagne goes through its second fermentation (ferment in bottle).

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What is it about Pol roger's cellar technique that produces such a fine "mousse?"

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The lower level is colder by a few degrees than normal cellar temps, so the ferment in bottle is prolonged.
This leads to a finer mousse.

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Does Pol Roger use gyropalettes?

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No
Reumage is entirely manual.

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Who makes White Foil NV?
What is the blend?

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Pol Roger.
White Foil NV: Blend of Chard, Pinot Noir, and Meunier in equal 3rds. Kept for 4 years in bottle before being marketed.

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Describe Pol Roger's Brut Vintage.

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Brut Vintage: 60% Pinot Noir 40% Chard. Has lightened over the years, but is still full and sumptuous.

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Besides Cuvee Winston Churchill, what is Pol Rogers' other prestige cuvee?

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Réserve Spéciale PR: Since 1990s. 50 % Pinot noir 50% chardonnay.

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Quantify Pol Roger's reserve cellar.

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They keep areserve of 6-7 million bottles, or 4.5 years worth of sales.

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Comapre and Contrast Cuvee Sir Winston Churchill and Réserve Spéciale PR.

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Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill: Pinot Noir dominant. More masculine in Character. Better with food.

Réserve Spéciale PR: Since 1990s. 50 % Pinot noir 50% chardonnay. Better as an aperitif.

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Where is Louis Roederer Located?

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Located in Reims, Champagne, France.

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Who heads up production at Louis Roederer

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Its managing director is Jean-claude Rouzand

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Does Louis Roederer own any vineyards?

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Roederer draws 80% of its grapes from it’s own vineyards.

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Describe Louis Roederer's wine making style.

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They are perfectionistic in controlling quality.

Only use the first pressing of the grapes, throw away or sell off the second and third pressing.

Never goes through malolactic fermentation.

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What varietal does Louis Roederer sometimes exclude?

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Never uses Pinot Meunier in its vintage or prestige cuvees.

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What is Louis Roederer's Prestige Cuvee?

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Cristal. is manually reumaged. Created in 1876 for Tsar Alexander II. Louis Roederer off ered to create an exceptional white crystal bottle to house the best selection from the 7 fi nest vineyards of his estate. Only made from Chardonnay and Pinot noir selected from the 10 best crus that the house has access to. 2002 vintage: 55% Pinot noir - 45% Chardonnay - 20% of wines matured in oak casks with weekly batonnage – No malolactic fermentation.

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How long is vintage Roederer aged on its lees?

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Five years on lees before disgorgement.

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How does Louis Roederer impart color to it's rose wines?

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skin contact.

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Name the largest Champagne house.

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Moet & Chandon.

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Who makes Dom Perignon?

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Moet & Chandon.

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What does OEnotheque mean in terms of Moet & Chandon?

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Means Wine Library. These are older vintage wines kept in reserve so that the wine makers can taste and understand how the vintages are developing.

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Is Moet & Chandon's style full bodied, medium bodied, or light bodied?

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Medium Bodied.

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Explain what Salon is.

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Owned by Laurent Perrier.
One of the rarest champagnes around.

“S”: salon only produces vintage champagne in certain years, and then only one “S” blend. It is always a blanc de blanc. All the fruit is picked and sorted by hand from a 2.5 acre vineyard in Mesnil. No oak, no malo. Green apple, lemon, grapefruit. Mineral and kiwi. Usually aged for 10 years or more on it’s lees and sediment.

full bodied.

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Is Veuve Cliqout's tyle full bodied, medium bodied, or light bodied?

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full bodied

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What is the origin of the name "Veuve Cliqout"

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Veuve means “widow.” Widow Cliquot took over the reins of her husbands champagne business and turned it into a thriving champagne house.

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What is Veuve Cliqout's Prestige Cuvee?

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La Grande Dame