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Champagne Flashcards

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What is the oldest still operating Champagne house, when was it founded

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Gosset 1584

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What is the oldest sparkling champagne house

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Ruinart - 1729

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The early 1800s brought improvements to the imprecise sparkling wine method. What did the following person contribute:
-Andre Francois
-Jean- Antoine Chaptal

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AF-Calculated the exact amount of sugar that could be added to stimulate a ferment and not break the bottle
JAC - Identified the relationship between sugar and the secondary fermentation

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When did champagne become an AOP

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1936

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5
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What does CIVC stand for

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Comite Interprofessionel du Vin de Champagne

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What was the first Tete de Cuvee, what was it?

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1921 Dom Perignon (Moet)

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Permitted Grapes for Champagne

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Pinot Noir
Chardonnay
Meunier
Pinot Blanc
Pinot Gris
Arbane
Pinot Meslier
Voltis (For adaptation) up to 5%

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How much of a years harvest may be sold as vintage?

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80%

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What is the elevage mandated for Champagne

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15 months from tirage (12 months on lees)
Vintage 36 months from tirage

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Permitted vine training for Champagne AOP

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Chablis, Cordon du Royat, Vallee de la Marne (Meunier only)), Guyot (simple and double)

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What is the permitted yield for Champagne, expressed as a press load

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2550l per 4000kg grapes (102l per 160kg)

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12
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What is rebeche?

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A juice extraction beyond the 102l/per 160kg that is used for distillation, can be up to 10% of total

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13
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What is the permitted rs for Brut nature and extra brut?

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BN - 0-3g/l no added dosage
EB - 0-6g/l

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What is the permitted rs for Brut, Extra Dry and Sec?

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B - 0-12g/l
ED - 12-17g/l
S - 17-32g/l

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What is the main chalk soil of champagne, what effects does it have?

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Belemnite - Porus, provides good drainage and stores heat

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16
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What Chalk subsoil is of fossilised sea urchin remains

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Mircraster

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17
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What phrase refers to the household waste dumped in Champagnes vineyards as compost

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Les Bleu de Villes

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18
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Of the three main champagne grapes, what is their % plantings

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PN - 38%
Chard - 31%
Meu - 31%

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19
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What is the harvest yield in champagne

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90-100hl/h

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What does each main grape offer the champagne blender?

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PN - Richness, body, structure
Chard - Elegance, longevity
Meu - youthfull fruit

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21
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What is the average vine age in champagne?

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20years

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22
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Major regions of Champagne and their main grape

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Montagne de Reims - PN
Valle de la Marne - Meu
Cotes de Blanc - Chard
Cote de Sezanne - Chard
Cote des Bar - PN

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Why is Meunier prised in Vallee de la Marne?

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Buds late (frost protect), Ripens early (can be picked and not at risk of late rain)

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24
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How many 1er villages are there in Champagne?

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42

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What is blocage and deblocage
the reserve and the release of reserve wines respectively
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What two villages recieved a score of 99 on Echelle de Crus, as such just outside GC
Mareuil-sur-Ay and Tauxieres
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GC of Montagne de Reims
Sillery Puisielx Beaumont sur Vesle Verzenay Mailly Verzy Louvois Bouzy Ambonnay
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GC of Vallee de la Marne
Ay and Tours sur Marne
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GC of Cote de Blancs
Chouilly Oiry Cramant Avize Oger Les Mesnil sur Oger
30
What % of fruit must come from own vineyards for an RM producer
95%
31
What is RC on a champagne bottle
Recolatant Cooperateur - Wine made at co-op but sold under growers own label
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What is SR on a Champagne bottle
Societe de Recoltants - a private company of growers that make and sell a range of wines together
33
What is the Vin de Cuvee
First 2050l of press
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What is the Vin de Taille, what is it used for?
final 500l of press, used for pigment, tannin and structure
35
What is debourbage?
Post fermentation settling of solids
36
What is prise de mousse
Secondaty fermentation
37
What is the alc % of Vin Clairs
Approx 11% (Min 9% by AOP)
38
What is the rack called for hand remuage, what is the modern equivalent
Pupitre Gyropalette
39
What is Sur Pointe and Sur Latte
SP - bottle facing down with sediment trapped at top in bidule SL - bottle stored horizontally aging on lees
40
What bottle sizes can be filled with finished champage rather than made in bottle
Smaller than half, Greater than jeroboam
41
What size are Methuseleh, Salmanzar and Balthazar
M - 6l (8bott) S - 9l (12bott) B - 12l (16 bott)
42
Prestige cuvee of Laurent Perrier
Grande Siecle
43
Prsetige Cuvee of Veuve Cliquot
La Grande Dame
44
First vintage and maker of Clos de Goisses
Philliponat 1935
45
Rose still wine AOP in Champagne, where is it?
Rose de Riceys AOP - Aube
46
What grapes are permitted for Coteaux Champenois AOP
Same as Champagne AOP
47
8 Cremant AOP in France
Bordeaux, Bourgogne, Loire, Limoux, Die, Jura, Alsace, Savoie(part of vin de savoie)
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Aging and press yield, for Cremant
12 months from tirage, 9 on lees, 100l from 150kg grapes
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Main grape of Blanquette de Limoux
Mauzac (min 90%)
50
Franciacorta aging (plus saten/rose, millesimato, riserva)
F - 25 from harvest, 18 on lees S/R- 31 from harvest, 24 on lees M - 37 from harvest, 30 on lees R - 67 from harvest, 60 on lees
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Fermentation tank used in Charmat method
Autoclave
52
What is the blend of Pol Roger Brut Reserve
equal PN, Chard Meu
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Where does Gimonet source PN from
Ay and Mareuil-sur-Ay
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Ave vine age for Pierre Gimonet
35 years
55
Cote de Blanc villages of Pierre Gimonet
Cuis, Vertus, Choilly, Cramant, Oger
56
Tete de Cuvee of Billecart
Cuvee Nicolas Francois
57
Where are Bollinger based
Ay
58
Prestige cuvee of Drappier
Charles de Gaulle
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Tete de Cuvee of Duval Leroy
Femme de Champagne
60
Tete de cuvee of Charles Heidsick
Blanc de Millenaires
61

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