Champagne Flashcards
What is Assemblage
Blending
By Dom Perignon
Who transferred Sparkling wine from cask to glass
English
Oldest champagne house
(As still wine producer )
Gosset 1584
The oldest Sparkling Champagne House
Ruinart 1729
When Mousseux appeared with wine of Champagne
1724
What is Vin Gris
Pressing Red grapes to make white or light rose
Who invented Remuage
What is Remuage
Madame Barbe Nicole Ponsardin
Veuve Clicquot
Riddling
Who find out relationships between sugar and fermentation
Jean Antoine Chaptal
1801
First Brut Champagne
Pommery Nature
1874
When Champagne AOC
1936
What is Fromenteau in Champagne
Pinot Gris
What is CIVC
When
The Comite inter professional du Vin de Champagne
1941
By Robert Jean de Vogue of Moet et Chandon
First Vintage of Dom Perignon
1921
1936 released
What is tete de Cuvée
Prestige Cuvee
Champagne Chalk Subsoil
Belemnite
(Fossil, limestone)
Champagne second layer
Micraster
(Sea urchin)
Champagne Grapes
PN / Chardonnay / PM
PB / PG / Petit Meslier / Arbane
Voltis
What is Voltis
New grape of Champagne
Drappier first grow
Can’t not use until 2028
In next 10y only can use max 10% in Cuvée
First PIWI grape in Champagne
What is PIWI grape
Fungus resistant Vines
European Vine
X
Fungus resistant American Vines
What is Marc of Grape
1992 CIVC set
4000kg 2550L
160Kg 102L
4 pruning methods in Champagne
Cordon de Royat (PN)
Chablis (Chardonnay)
Vallee de la Marne (PM)
Guyot (double or Simple)
Grand Cru and 1er only can use
Cordon and Chablis
Major Commercial House of Champagne are located in ?
City of Reims
Town of Epernay and Ay
Region of Champagne
Montagne de Reims
Vallee de la Marne
Cote de Blancs
Cote de Sezanne
Cote des bar
How many GC and 1er Village in Champagne
17 GC
42 1er
How many villages in Champagne
357
When stop Echelle de Crus
2010
Only two 1er villages with 99% ranking
Mareuil sur Ay (Vallee de la Marne)
Tauxieres ( Montagne de Reims)
GC in Vallee de la Marne
Only one
AY
GC in Montagne de Reims
10
Sillery
Puisieulx
Beaumont sur Vesle
Verzenay
Verzy
Bouzy
Ambonnay
Mailly Champagne
Louvois
Tours sur Marne
GC in Cote de Blancs
6
Chouilly
Oiry
Oger
Le Mesnil sur Oger
Cramant
Avize
Biggest GC
Smallest GC
Biggest : Chouilly 522.5 ha
Smallest : Puisieulx 18.8 ha