champagne Flashcards

1
Q

In Champagne, the space between vines within the same row can range between______ meters and _______ meters

A

0.9-1.5

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2
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what is en foule

A

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.

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3
Q

named Four systems of vine training

A

Chablis, Cordon, Guyot, and Vallée de la Marne.

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4
Q

which vine training systems in chapamgne is head training

A

guyot

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5
Q

named three cordon training system in chapamgne

A

Chablis, Cordon, Vallée de la Marne.

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6
Q

what two training systems are only allow for GC and PC

A

Cordon, Chablis

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7
Q

what is this training system

A

chablis

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8
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what is it

A

cordon

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9
Q

what is it

A

guyot

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10
Q

what is it

A

valle de la marne

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11
Q

Most of the best Champagne vintages have been September harvests, whereas most of the worst vintages have been _______ harvests.

A

October

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12
Q

named Maximum Press Yield of champagne if have 160kg grapes

A

102 liters

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13
Q

what is rebêche

A

the “end of pressing”, and must account for 0-10% of the total. This may only be used for distillation.)

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14
Q

what is CIVC

A

Comité interprofessionnel du vin de Champagne

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15
Q

Champagne grapes are never destemmed, T or F

A

true

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16
Q

what is Coquard

A

a machine, Champagne’s traditional Coquard press is essentially 17th-century technology

17
Q

what is PAI

A

Coquard brought out its radically new model, the PAI (an acronym for pressoir automatique à plateau incliné)

18
Q

what is cuvee and taille, and how much are they

A

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,

19
Q

what is débourbage

A

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.

20
Q

what is vin clair

A

the product of the first fermentation is known as a vin clair (clear wine)

21
Q

what is Assemblage

A

blending, for nonvintage Champagne, assemblage involves the use of reserve wines.

22
Q

what is prise de mousse

A

Second Fermentation

23
Q

what is Liqueur de Tirage

A

liqueur de tirage is that the ingredients are mixed and added to the base wine for second fermentation

24
Q

what is light-struck

A

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

25
Q

size of Jeroboam

A

3L

26
Q

size of methuselah

A

6L

27
Q

what is agrafe

A

The cork(bouchon de tirage) which use for second fermention, is secured by a clip called an agrafe.

28
Q

what is Mytik Diam

A

cork closures for The risk-free

29
Q

what is sur pointe

A

After remuage, the bottles are ready for disgorging, although many might undergo further yeast aging sur pointe.

30
Q

named mechanization of riddling machine

A

gyropalettes

31
Q

how many bottles of gyropalette hold

A

504

32
Q

how many bottles of Pupitre hold

A

120

33
Q

what is liqueur d’expédition

A

dosage