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Champagne Flashcards

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What is Assemblage ?

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Blending wine Vintages

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Term: Remuage

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Riddling, thank you Veuve Clicquot

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Term: tete de cuvee

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Premier bottling often carrying a vintage date

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What are the Three Grapes of Champagne

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Pino Noir, Chardonnay, Pino Meunier

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Champagne serving and storing temp

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53-54F

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What are the (5) districts of Champagne ?

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Montagne de Reims (Pino Noir)
Vallee de la Marne (Pino Meunier)
Cote des Blancs   ( Chardonnay)
Cote de Sezanne ( Chardonnay) 
Cote des Bars ( the Aube) (Pino Noir)
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7
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Sweetness Levels for Champagne

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Extra Brut             0-6 grams per liter
Brut                      0-12
Extra Dry              12-17
Sec                      17-32
Demi- Sec            32-50
Doux                    50+
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Champagne Bottle size

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Bottle          750
Magnum      2 Bottles
JeroBoam    6 Bottles
Salmanazar  12 Bottles 
Solomon      24 Bottles
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9
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Champagne Styles

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(NV) Non- Vintage Signature Style about Consistency

Vintage 100% All of the Blend must come from the sated Vintage.

Blanc de Blancs 100% Chardonnay, best ageworthy vintage or NV

Blanc de Noir White Wine Produced solely from black Grapes.

Rose Champagne Wine gains its tint from extended Skin contact ( saignee Method)

Prestige Cuvee (tete de Cuvee) Usually the Finest most expensive, also usually a Vintage

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What is the Climate of Champagne?

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Continental Semi Continental/ Almost cold

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The soil in Champagne is what?

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Chalk

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the most Classic Rep of Champagne is ?

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A blend , Utilizing a number of Grapes growing areas and vintages.

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What is Champenoise?

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The traditional Method of making Champpagne

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What is Dosage

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A mixture of sugar syrup and wine toped offf

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15
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Which Champagne House makes Dom Perignon?

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Moet & Chandon

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16
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What does RM mean?

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The Grower uses the grapes they make and label.

17
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Which of the Following is a Grand Cru Village in Champagne?

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Les Mensnil- Sur- Oger

18
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The term Petilant, Cremant and mousseux means what?

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There is some sparkle( Bubbles) in the Wine.

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