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1
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Where is the Champagne region?

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The Champagne region is Frances most northerly region, it is apex 90 miles away from Paris.

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What are the major soil types of Champagne?

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Belemnite Chalk & Micraster chalk in the main regions.

Kimmeridigian clay in the Cote des Bars (Aube)

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Why is chalk a good subsoil?

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Provides good drainage while retaining just the right amount of moisture.
The chalk base with northerly aspect produce wines with high acidity and medium body

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Apox how many Growers are there in Champagne?

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19,000

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How much land in under vine in champagne?

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31,000 ha across 5 areas

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What are the 5 sub-districts of Champagne?

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Montage de Reims
Vallee de la Marne 
Cote des Blancs
Cotes de Sezanne
Cote des Bars (Aube)
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Who is the governing body of champagne?

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CIVC

Comite interprofessionnel di vin de champagne

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When was the CIVC Comite interprofessionnel di vin de champagne established?

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1941

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What are the 3 permitted grape varieties of Champagne?

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Chardonnay
Pinot Noir
Pinot Meunier

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The appellation controllee regulations permit 4 other varietals, what are they?

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Arbane
Petit Meslier
Pinot Blanc
Pinot Gris

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What % of plantings do the other 4 varieties in Champagne take?

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0.03%

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Where is the majority of Chardonnay grown in Champagne?

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Cote des Blancs

Cotes de Sezanne

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Where are the majority of black grapes grown in Champagne?

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Montage de Reims

Vallee de la Marne

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What are the 4 running methods permitted in Champagne?

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Chablis system
Cordon System
La Taille Guyot
La Taille Vellee de la Marne

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What is l’Echelle-des-crus Champagne

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It is the grading system in champagne that grades village from 100% to 80% depending on soil type, microclimate, altitude, aspect & grape variety

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What is the down fall of the l’Echelle-des-crus Champagne system?

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Doesn’t take into account the considerable differences there are in a single village. The whole village is classified as the same.
(some grapes will get more money than they should and other growers will get less)

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17
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What are the grades with in the l’Echelle-des-crus Champagne system?

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100% Grand Cru Classe
90-99% Premier cru Classe
80-89% Crus Classe

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How many villages are classified as Grand Cru?

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17

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How many villages are classified as Premier cru?

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44

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How many villages are classed as Cru Classe?

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237

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21
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What does CM (cooperative de Manipulate) stand for on a bottle of Champagne?

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The champagne has been made by a cooperative

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What does NM (Negociant Manipulant) stand for on a bottle of Champagne?

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The wine has been sold under the name of the house which made it.

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23
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What does RM (Recoltant Manipulate) stand for on a bottle of Champagne?

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Champagne is produced by a grower from their own grapes

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What does RC (Recoltant-cooperateur) stand for on a bottle of Champagne?

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Grower is selling champagne made from their own grapes but produced by a cooperative

25
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What does MA (Marque d’Acheteur) stand for on a bottle of Champagne?

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Champagne has been brought from a producer but sold under a different name (supermarket branded champagne)

26
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What does SR (Society de Recoltant) stand for on a bottle of Champagne?

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Champagne is sold under the name of a company created by growers from the same family.

27
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What does NR (Negociant Distributeur) stand for on a bottle of Champagne?

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A company they buys in champagne, re-brands it then distributes it

28
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What is the only method of sparkling wine production allowed in Champagne for the production of half bottles, bottles, magnums and jeroboams?

A

La Methode Champenoise

(inducing a secondary fermentation in the bottle.

29
Q

What is the limit of juice you can extract from champagne grapes?

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2,550 litres from 4,000kg of grapes

100 litres from 157kg

30
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What are the two main presses in Champagne?

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The first 2500 litres is called the vin de cuvee

The final 500 litres is called Premier taille or Vin de Taille

31
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How long does the must settle for before the first fermentation?

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uptown 48hours before run into stainless steel or glass lined vats.

Some premium producers use oak barrels for the first fermentation (Drug/Bollinger/Alfred Gratien/ Vilmart…)

32
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What happens at the end of the first fermentation?

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A large % of wine is allowed / induced to go through MLF.

33
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What happened in Late feb / Early march the year following harvest?

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The assemblage to prepare the cure takes place.

This is the house style.

34
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On average how many different vintages will a NV Champagne contain?

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40-50 other wines from 10 different vintages. Although the majority of the wine will be from the current vintage.

35
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What is liqueur de triage?

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A mixture of sugar, years, tannin and finings that is added to the wines to induce the second fermentation in the bottle.

36
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What is the small plastic cup that shits in the neck of the champagne bottles during the secondary fermentation?

A

Bidule

37
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What is Autolysis?

A

This is the gradual breakdown of the yeast during the second fermentation. It adds complexity and flavour to the wine.

38
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What is the minimum time a champagne must mature on the sediment?

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NV: 15 months
Vintage: 3 years
(Krug grand cru is matured for 6 years)

39
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What is remuage (rem-oo-age)?

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This is the movement of all the sediment and dead year cells caused by the second fermentation into the plastic cup (bidule) ready fro removal.

40
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What is the traditional method of remurge?

A

Lightly shaking and twisting the bottle over a period of 12-20 weeks until the bottle is almost inverted (Riddling)

41
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What is Riddling

A

The process of lightly shaking and twisting a bottle until it is in an almost inverted position over the course of 12-20 weeks.

42
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How many bottles can a top Remuer riddle in a day?

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40,000 bottles

43
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What does Mine sue pointe mean?

A

after riddling to an inverted position to leave the bottle like this for a couple of years.

44
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What is a Gyropalette?

A

A Gyropalette is a large machine that holds 42 dozen (502) bottles of champagne and disgorges.
All prestige cuvees carry out disgorgement traditionally (by hand).

45
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What is Bollinger RD?

A

Late disgorged Bollinger that has been left for 10 years.

46
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What is a la glace?

A

Disgorgement that is carried out by placing the bottle necks in a freezing mixture which freeze a small pellet of wine. the town is then removed allowing gas to force out the ice pellet and sediment out of the bottle.

47
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What is dosage?

A

A mesure amount of sweetened wine that replaces the wine lost tough disgorgement. (this determines the style of the champagne made)

48
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What is special about the production of quarter bottles or bottles larger than jeroboam?

A

They are produced through transfer method not La Methode Champenoise

49
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What is the transfer method?

A

Wines go though secondary fermentation in bottles and are then filtered and transferred in a clear state to the larger or smaller bottles under pressure.

50
Q

What is the largest bottle for champagne and how much wine can it hold?

A

Primat - 27L = 36 standard bottles.

51
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What is a Blanc de Blanc champagne?

A

Champagne made from 100% Chardonnay

52
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What is blanc de noir champagne?

A

Champagne made from 100% black grapes

53
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What is rose champagne?

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Usually made by blending 8-9% coteaux champenoise rouge wine with white wine prior to bottling.

54
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What is special about rose wine made in champagne?

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Champagne is the only AOC that permits rose to be produced by blending a red wine with a white wine.

55
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What is AOC Coteaux champernoise?

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AOC for still wine of champagne

56
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What is Ratafia de Champagne?

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This is a vin de liqueur made from the addition if a neutral spirit to unfermented grape must.

57
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What is Marc de champagne?

A

Brandy produced from the distillation of the skins, pips and stalks left after the pressing of the grapes.

58
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What is Blocage?

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This is a system of putting wine in reserve in good plentiful years to use in poor years when the harvest is short, or when there is a large increase in the same (millennium celebration)

59
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Most notable vintages in champagne in the 21st century?

A

2000
2002

2008

2012
2013
2014

Court of Master Sommelier, Intro (45 decks)

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