Champagne Flashcards
NM code
Negociants manipulant
House that may or May not own vineyards
RM code
Recoltant Manipulant
Grower producer
Min 95% fruit from their own vineyards
Cm code
Cooperative Manipulant
Grower’s coop
Single brand
RC code
Recoltant cooperateur
Grower’s own brand, bottled at a coop
SR code
Societe de Recoltants
A firm of often related grower’s may market several different brands
ND code
Negociant Distributer
A middleman co that sells wine it did not make
MA codemarwuee d’Acheteur
Buyers own brand usually a large supermarket brand
Sweetness level
Brut Nature/ Non- dose: 0-3 gl/l
Extra Brut: 0-6 gr/l
Brut: 0-12 gr/l
Extra Dry: 12-17 gr/L
Sec: 17-32 gr/L
Demi -sec: 32-50 gr/L
Doux: > 50 gr/L
Number of villages 1er and GC
357 villages, 42 1er Cru, 17 GC
Permitted training system
Cordon de Royat
Chablis
Valle de la Marne
Guyot (single/ double)
Regions
Montagne de Reims
Valle de la Marne
Cotes de Blancs
Cote de Sezane
Cote bars/ the Aube
The 9 Grand Crus of Montagne de Reims
Sillery
Puisieulx
Beaumont sur vesle
Verzenay
Mailly champagne
Very
Louvois
Bouzy
Ambonnay
Important 1er crus of Montagne de Reims
Vrigny
Ecueil
Rilly la Montagne
Chigny la rose
Life’s
Billers marmery
Trepail
Tauxieres
Valle de la Marne GC
Tour sur Marne
Ay
Vale de la Marne important 1er Cru
Mauriel sur Ay
Dizy
Hautvillers
Cumieres
Cote de Blancs GC
Chouilly
Oiry
Cramant
Avize
Oger
Le mesnil sur oger
Cotes de Blancs important PC
Cuis
Vertus
Bergeres Les vertus
GC Villages elevated in 1985
Verzy
Chouilly
Oiry
Oger
Les mesnil sur oger
Billecart Salmon prestige cuvee
Nicolas Francois billecart
When was ridding invented?
1818 from Antoine Muller, Veuve clicquots wine maker
First Brut champagne
Pommery “Nature” in 1874
1st prestige cuvee
Dom perignon in 1921
First single vineyard champagne
Clos de goisses in 1935
Clos Du moulin
Cartier monoparcel in Ludes 1er cru
