Champagne Flashcards
Champagne producers codes
NM
RM
CM
MA
ND
RC
SR
NM meaning
Negociant Manipulant – Champagne winemaker who buys grapes or base wine
RM meaning
Recoltant Manipulant – Grower–producer
CM meaning
Cooperative–Manipulant –Co–op of growers that produce one brand
MA meaning
Marque d’Acheter – Buyers house brand
ND meaning
Negociant Distrubiter – a middle man, sells champagne but don’‘t make it
RC meaning
Recoltant Cooperative – grower who makes his own brand from grapes of co–op
SR meaning
Societe de Recoltant – Firm of growers that united to share resources and making several brands
Which and where 1er cru got 99% at ‘Crus des Echelles’?
Tauxieres–Mutry
Mareuil–Sur–Ay
What is the french term for base wine?
Vin Clairs
How big is a bottle of Solomon?
18 liters, 24 bottles
How big is Salmanazar
9 liters, 12 bottles
How big is Metuselah
6 liters, 8 bottles
How big is Rehoboam
4.5 liters, 6 bottles
Stoped in 89’
How big is Jeroboam
3 liters, 4 bottles
How big is Nebuchadnezar
15 liters, 20 bottles
Champagne bottles sizes acronym
Mary–Jane Makes Some Boys Nervous
M – Magnum
J – Jerobaom
M – Metushelah
S – Salmanazar
B – Balthazar
N – Nebuchadnezar
How big is Balthazar?
12 liters, 16 bottles
Explain Champagne climate
Cool continental
High rain
Frost
Fungal diseases
Aging requirements for Champagne
NV – minimum 12 months on the lees, total 15 months
Vintage – minimum 12 months on the lees, total 36 months
Champagne production regions
Montagne de Reims
Vallee de la Marne
Cote de Blancs
Cote de Sezanne
Cote de Bar (Aube)
Extraction amount for Champagne
2,550 liters from 4,000 KG or 102 liters from 160 KG
The first 2050/82 liters are ‘Vin de Cuvee’, the remain 500/20 are ‘Vin de Taille’
Champagne vintages between 2001–2010
02 – Exceptional
04
06
08
Champagne vintagess between 1990–2000
1990 – Exceptional
1995
1996 – Exceptional
1998
2000
The 2 favorable soils for Champagne
Micraster – Sea Urchins fossils
Belemnite – Squid fossils
Champagne sweetness level
Brut Nature – 0–3 gr/l
Extra Brut – 0–6 gr/l
Brut – 0–12 gr/l
Extra Dry – 12–17 gr/l
Sec – 17–32 gr/l
Demi–Sec 32–50 gr/l
Doux – 50+ gr/l
Still wine AOP in Champagne
Coteaux Champenois
Rose des Riceys
2 major cru (vineyards) in Mareuil–sur–Aÿ
Clos de Gossies
Clos St–Hilaire
What is unique about Clos de Gossies
It was the first single–vineyard champagne by Phlipponat available to the public
Grand cru of Vallee de la Marne
Ay
Tours–sur–Marne
Grand cru of Cote de Blanc
Oger
Les Mensil Sur Oger
Avize
Cramant
Oiry
Chouilly
Grand Cru of Montagne de Reims
Sillery
Bouzy
Ambonnay
Verzenay
Verzy
Puisieulx
Beaumont–Sur–Vesle
Mailly–Champagne
Louvois
Who makes wine from Clos–St–Hilaire?
What is the assemblage?
Billecart Salmon
Pinot Noir
Who founded the Champagne Specail Club?
Pual Bara
Pierre Gimonnet
Gaston Chiquet
What is the contribution of each variety to the blend?
Pinot Noir – Structure and complexity
Chardonnay– Elegance and finesse
Meunier – Fruitiness and vividness
Which pruning methods are allowed in Champagne?
Guyot (Single & Double)
Chablis
Valle de Marne (in Valle de Marne only!)
Cordon de Royat
What pruning methods are allowed in Champagne Grands and Premiers Cru?
Chablis
Cordon de Royat
What is Rebeche?
The portion from the extraction that goes into distilling
What is pupitre?
The ‘A’ like shape wooden rack used for riddling the bottles
How many bottles does Gyropalette hold?
504
What is liqueur de tirage?
A mixture of yeast, sugar, and wine to ignite 2nd fermentation
What is liqueur d’expedition?
Mixture of wine and sugar added to the champagne after disgorgement
What is the Champagne special club?
Union of Grower–Producers only who committed more firm regulations on their champagne to ensure high quality
Rose AOP in Champagne
Rose de Riceys
Still wine AOP of Champagne
Color of production
Coteaux Champenois
All 3
What are the CIVC initial means, what is their job
Comité Interprofessionnel du vin de Champagne. Regulation body of Champagne include trade, commerce, vinification and etc
Synonym for Pinot Gris in Champagne
Fromenteau
Why does Meunier thrives in Valee de Marne?
Valee de Marne is a cooler area and richer in clay. Meunier grows well in clay soils, has late budding that helps avoid frost and in general, is a more cold–resistant variety
Who were the first bio–dynamic producers in Champagne?
Fleury
Name 5 major bio–dynamic producers in Champagne
*Larmandeir Bernier
*David Laclapart
*Leclerc–Briant
*Voutte & Sorbere
*Fluery
At which age the chalk of Champagne was formed?
Cretaceous
What soil type can you find in the Aube?
Kimmerdigean
What is unusual in David Leclapart’s wines?
Produce 100% Chardonnay champagne from Trepail 1er which is located in Pinot Noir dominated area – Montagne de Reims, and are always vintage champagne
Where is ‘Les Béguines’?
Who produced wine from there?
What is the grape variety
The vineyard is located in Gueux, a village located in the north west part of ‘le petit Montagne’. Jerome Prevost makes 100% Meunier Champagne
