champagne Flashcards
In Champagne, the space between vines within the same row can range between______ meters and _______ meters
0.9-1.5
what is en foule
French for “in a crowd,” this term refers to a method of planting vines that relies on a layering system; these vineyards would have had a vine density of over 25,000 per hectare.
named Four systems of vine training
Chablis, Cordon, Guyot, and Vallée de la Marne.
which vine training systems in chapamgne is head training
guyot
named three cordon training system in chapamgne
Chablis, Cordon, Vallée de la Marne.
what two training systems are only allow for GC and PC
Cordon, Chablis
what is this training system
chablis
what is it
cordon
what is it
guyot
what is it
valle de la marne
Most of the best Champagne vintages have been September harvests, whereas most of the worst vintages have been _______ harvests.
October
named Maximum Press Yield of champagne if have 160kg grapes
102 liters
what is rebêche
the “end of pressing”, and must account for 0-10% of the total. This may only be used for distillation.)
what is CIVC
Comité interprofessionnel du vin de Champagne
Champagne grapes are never destemmed, T or F
true
what is Coquard
a machine, Champagne’s traditional Coquard press is essentially 17th-century technology
what is PAI
Coquard brought out its radically new model, the PAI (an acronym for pressoir automatique à plateau incliné)
what is cuvee and taille, and how much are they
hold 4,000 kilograms of grapes
2,666 liters of juice.
the first 2,050 liters extracted classified as the cuvée
the next 500 liters called the taille,
what is débourbage
the juice is piped to cleansing vats for débourbage, or settling. It typically remains in the vats for 12 to 24 hours while any solids (particles of skin, stalk, pips, and more) settle on the bottom as bourbes.
what is vin clair
the product of the first fermentation is known as a vin clair (clear wine)
what is Assemblage
blending, for nonvintage Champagne, assemblage involves the use of reserve wines.
what is prise de mousse
Second Fermentation
what is Liqueur de Tirage
liqueur de tirage is that the ingredients are mixed and added to the base wine for second fermentation
what is light-struck
Exposure to light waves, primarily but not exclusively in the ultraviolet (UV) range, will quickly have a devastating and irreversible effect on the quality of any wine
size of Jeroboam
3L
size of methuselah
6L
what is agrafe
The cork(bouchon de tirage) which use for second fermention, is secured by a clip called an agrafe.
what is Mytik Diam
cork closures for The risk-free
what is sur pointe
After remuage, the bottles are ready for disgorging, although many might undergo further yeast aging sur pointe.
named mechanization of riddling machine
gyropalettes
how many bottles of gyropalette hold
504
how many bottles of Pupitre hold
120
what is liqueur d’expédition
dosage
