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Champagne Flashcards

1
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Who makes Clos St Hilaire and what is it?

A

Billcart Salmon, Blanc de Noir (100%PN) , planted in 1964

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When was the first vintage of Clos St Hillaire?

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1995, 15 month on lees

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3
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Name the 5 departments the Champagne region is located within.

A

Aube
Aisne
Marne
Haut Marne
Seine et Marne

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4
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What means CIVC and when was it found?

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Comité interprofessional du Vin de Champagne
1936

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5
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Name the authorised Grapes in Champagne.

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Chard, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier
Aubanne, Petit Meslier, Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc
Voltis (since 2022)

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6
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What are the training methods authorised in Champagne?

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Chablis
Cordon Royat
Vallee de la Marne
Guyot Singel & Double

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7
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How many ha are under wine in champagne?

A

34000ha

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8
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How many villages are authorised to produce Champagne?

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320

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9
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How many villages are authorised to grow grapes for champagne?

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357

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10
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What does the soil of Champagne comprise of?

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creataceous chalk
1. Belemnite Chalk = fossilized cephalopods, on hilltops surface
2. Micraster Chalk = extinct sea urchin, older + on valley floors

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11
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Why is there more P Meunier grown in Vallee de la Marne?

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Due to late budbreak & early ripening = proximity to river influence.

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12
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In which subregion do you find the following villages:Leuvrigny, St Gemmer, Cumieres?

A

Vallee de la Marne

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13
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Which Grand Cru Villages were elevated in 1985?

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Verzy
Chouilly
Le Mesnil sur Oger
Oger
Oiry

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14
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Name the 9 Grand Cru Villages of Montagne de Reims north to south.

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Sillery
Puisieulx
Beaumont-sur-Vesle
Verzenay
Mailly Champagne
Verzy
Louvois
Bouzy
Ambonnay

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15
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Name the GC Villages of Grand Vallee.

A

Ay
Tours sur Marne

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16
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Name the GC Villages of Cote de Blanc north to south.

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Chouilly
Oiry
Cramant
Avize
Oger
Le Mesnil-sur-Oger

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17
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What are the regulations on grape must pressing in champagne?

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Max 102l from 160kg grapes
= 2550l per 4000kg/4tonnes

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18
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Name the best recent vintages of champagne.

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2002, 2008, 2012, 2015

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19
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Name Vintage Classics of Champagne in 1900’s

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45, ‘47, ‘49, ‘52, ‘55, ‘59
61, ‘64. ‘66, ‘71, ‘76, ‘79
82, ‘85, ‘88, ‘90, ‘96

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20
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What means RC in Champagne?

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Recoltant Cooperateur - Grower selling wine made by Coop

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21
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What means MA in Champagne?

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Marque d’Acheteur - Buyers on Brand (Waitrose)

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22
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What means NM in Champagne?

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Negociant Manipulant: Champagne house buying in grapes

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23
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What means RM in Champagne?

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Recoltant Manipulant: Grower makes his own wine

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24
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What means CM in Champagne?

A

Coop de Manipulation - Coop

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25
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How much is one mark in Champagne?

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4000kg = one filling of basket press

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26
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What is the names and amounts of a Marc in champagne broken into?

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Cuvee = 2050l
Taille = 500l

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27
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What is autopressurage?

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first 100l of free run juice in champagne that is disgarded due to containing dust.

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28
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What means ‘serre’ in champagne

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one pressing
first 3 serres make up the cuvee

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29
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What is rebêche?

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Last pressing of champagne grapes that goes to distilling.

30
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What means PAI?

A

pressoir automatic à plateau incliné

31
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What is the AOP for still wines in Champagne and when was it established?

A

Coteaux Champenois AOP - 1974

32
Q

How many communes are allowed to produce Coteaux Champenois?

33
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What are the regeulation on Voltis?

A

Max 5% on vineyard area
max 10% of any blend
hybrid

34
Q

When was the special club concept formed?

A

1971
renamed in 1999 Club Tresors de Champagne
all to be done at own facility

35
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What is jetting?

A

protect the wine from oxidation: just before the cork is inserted, a small dose of wine, or bisulfite diluted in water, is injected into the neck of the bottle at high pressure; this creates bubbles that rise just to the lip of the bottle.

36
Q

Name 3 common rootstocks in champagne.

A

41B, SO4, 3309C

37
Q

How large is a Champagne Barrel?

38
Q

Name the house Producing Cuvee R Lalou and first Vintage?

A

Mumm, 1966
discontinued in 1985 and revived in 1998

39
Q

Name the house Producing Fine Fleur de Bouzy ?

A

Hubert Dauvergne

40
Q

Name the house Producing Coeur de Cuvee and first Vintage?

A

Villmart, 1989
80% Ch, 20% PN

41
Q

What is the first Vintage of Vieille Vignes Francais?

42
Q

Name the house Producing Palmes d’Or and first Vintage?

A

Nicolas Feuillatte,
Brut - 1985
Rose - 1996

43
Q

What size is a Mathusalem in Champagne?

A

6l & 8 bottles

44
Q

How many bottles holds a Balthazar in Champagne?

A

12l & 16 bottles

45
Q

What size is a Rehoboam?

A

4.5l (often 5l) and 6btls

46
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What size litre is a Midas/Melchizedec?

A

30Litres and 40bottles

47
Q

how large is a Primat bottle?

A

27ltr and 36btls

48
Q

What is the size of a Nebbucadnezar?

A

15ltrs and 20bottles

49
Q

Which year was Clos d’Ambonnay first launched and who makes it?

A

1995, Krug

50
Q

What is the Prestige Cuvee of Bruno Paillard?

A

Nec Plus Ultra

51
Q

Which is the inaugural Vintage of Plentitude 2?

51
Q

Until What year was Dom Perignon Oenotheque produced?

52
Q

Which were the first 2 Vintages of Dom Perignon Plentitude 3?

A

1970 & 1982

53
Q

Which is the most recent Vintage of Plentitude 3?

54
Q

How long is Plentitude 3 on Lees?

A

30yrs minimum

55
Q

What does Bollinger PNVZ19 stand for?

A

5th Edition of the Blanc de Noir, based on Pinot Noir from mostely the 2019 Vintage and the best showing cru in this case Verzenay is the base Cru.

56
Q

Producer of Prestige Cuvee:
Charles de Gaulle

57
Q

Producer of Prestige Cuvee:
Cuvee Paradis

A

Alfred Gratien

58
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Producer of Prestige Cuvee:
Femme de Champagne

A

Duval Leroy

59
Q

Producer of Prestige Cuvee:
Cuvee R Lalou

60
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Producer of Prestige Cuvee:
Cuvee Les Aventures NV

A

AR Lenoble

61
Q

Producer of Prestige Cuvee:
Nec Plus Ultra

A

Bruno Paillard

62
Q

Producer of Prestige Cuvee:
Belle Epoque

A

Perrier Jouet

63
Q

Producer of Prestige Cuvee:
Rare

A

Piper Heidsieck

64
Q

Producer of Prestige Cuvee:
Cuvee Louise

65
Q

Producer of Prestige Cuvee:
Substance

A

Jacques Selosses

66
Q

Producer of Prestige Cuvee:
Les Echansons

A

Mailly Grand Cru

67
Q

Producer of Prestige Cuvee:
Palmes d’Or

A

Nicholas Feuillatte

68
Q

Producer of Prestige Cuvee:
Hemera

69
Q

Producer of Prestige Cuvee:
Blanc de Millenaires

A

Charles Heidsieck

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