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Champagne Flashcards

1
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What are the major varieties in Champagne (3)

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Pinot Noir
Pinot Meunier
Chardonnay

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2
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Where is Champagne located

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Between the 48th and 49th parallels
90 miles east of Paris

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3
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What are the 5 districts of Champagne

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Montagne de Reims - PN dominant
Valee de la Marne - PM dominant
Cote de Blancs - Chard dominant
Cote Sezanne
Cote de Bars (Aube) - PN dominant

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4
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What are the major bodies of water that influence Champagne (2)

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Atlantic Ocean
Marne River

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5
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What are the soils in Champagne

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Chalk with high limestone content
Top layers of clay and sand with more clay in the south (PN)

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6
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What is the climate in Champagne

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Cool continental

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7
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Who is credited with assemblage and viticulture in Champagne

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Dom Perignon

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8
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When was Ruinart founded as the first sparkling wine house

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1729

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9
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Who pioneered riddling and disgorgement to create a clear sparkling wine in the early 1800s

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Madame Ponsardin of Veuve Cliquot

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When was the first tete de cuvee released (Moet & Chandon’s Dom Perignon)

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1921

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11
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When was the CIVC formed

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1941

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12
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What is the CIVC

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Comite Interprofessional du Vin de Champagne

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13
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What is the Vin de Cuvee

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First press juice

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14
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What is Vin de Taille

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Second press juice, more tannic

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15
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What is Rebeche

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Last press, used for distillate

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16
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What is liquer de tirage

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A mixture of yeast, sugar, and fining agents (kicks off secondary fermentation)

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17
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What is riddling

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The process of shaking and turning bottles to loosen the lees

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18
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What is disgorgement

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The neck of the bottle is frozen in a salt brine and the yeast plug is popped out

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19
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List Champagne Styles from driest to sweetest (7)

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Brut Nature (0-3g)
Extra Brut (0-6g)
Brut (0-12g)
Extra Dry (12-17g)
Sec (17-32g)
Demi-Sec (32-50g)
Doux (50+g)

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20
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What is Couteaux Champenoise

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Appellation for still wines

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21
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Top 10 Champagne Houses

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Krug
Perriet Joet
Moet & Chandon
Louis Roederer
Bollinger
Taittinger
Pol Roger
Veuve Clicquot
G.H. Mumm
Laurent Perrier
Duval-Leroy
Phillipponat
Ruinart
Pommery
Vilmart

22
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Non-Vintage (NV)

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Generally Brut
The NV cuvee represents the house’s style

23
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Vintage Champagne

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100% must come from the same vintage
The best houses only produce in exceptional years

24
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Prestige Cuvee (Tete de Cuvee)

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The finest the house has to offer
Usually vintage dated
Aged for many years
Released in superior vintages

25
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NM (Négociant Manipulant)

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A house that purchases grapes and or base wines from growers and other smaller houses. Large Champagne houses with the most international presence are invariably in this category.

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RM (Récoltant Manipulant):

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A grower-producer who makes Champagne from estate-grown fruit. 95% of the grapes must originate in the producer’s own vineyard

27
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CM (Coopérative Manipulant)

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A growers’ co-operative that produces the wine under a single brand

28
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RC (Récoltant Coopérateur)

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A grower whose grapes are vinified at a co-operative, but whose wines are sold under the grower’s own label

29
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SR (Société de Récoltants)

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A firm, not a co-operative, set up by a union of often related growers, who share resources to make their wines and collectively market several brands

30
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ND (Négociant Distributeur)

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A middleman company that distributes Champagne it did not make

31
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MA (Marque d’Acheteur)

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A buyer’s own brand, often a large supermarket chain or restaurant, that purchases Champagne and sells it under its own label

32
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NV Champagne required aging

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15 months from tirage

33
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Vintage Champagne required aging

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36 months from tirage

34
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Picollo size

35
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Half bottle size

36
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Bottle size

37
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Magnum size

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1.5 L / 2 bottles

38
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Jeroboam size

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3 L / 4 bottles

39
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Prestige Cuvee Krug

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Krug Grand Cuvee

40
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Prestige Cuvee Louis Roederer

41
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Prestige Cuvee Moët & Chandon

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Dom Perignon

42
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Prestige Cuvee Perrier Joët

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Belle Epoque

43
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Prestige Cuvee Pol Roger

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Winston Churchill

44
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Prestige Cuvee Bollinger

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Grand Annee

45
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Prestige Cuvee Taitinger

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Comtes de Champagne

46
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Prestige Cuvee Veuve Cliquot

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La Grande Dame

47
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Prestige Cuvee G.H. Mumm

48
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Prestige Cuvee Laurent Perrier

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Grand Siecle

49
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Prestige Cuvee Phillipponat

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Clos de Goisses

50
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Prestige Cuvee Ruinart

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Dom Ruinart

51
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What makes Krug special?

A

They do not make a prestige cuvee

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