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Champagne Flashcards

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1
Q 
How much in % is planted of
Pinot Noir
Pinot Meunier
Chardonnay
in Champagne?
A

38 % Pinot Noir
32% Pinot Meunier
30% Chardonnay

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Which rootstock is the favourite in Champagne?

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The favourite rootstock in Champagne today is the very adaptable
41B (81% of plantings),
which will grow just about anywhere and particularly likes chalky soils.

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What is the AVC?

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Association Viticole Champenoise

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4
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What is La sélection massale

A

Massal selection aims to achieve that ideal by selecting and propagating only those vines producing the finest grapes.
(Generally speaking, every winegrower’s ideal is a robust, resistant vine producing fine, healthy grapes with exceptional taste characteristics.)

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5
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What is the CIVC?

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Comité interprofessionnel du vin de Champagne

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6
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What are the yield restrictions for Champagne?

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The harvest base yield fixed by the INAO is 10,400 kg/ha, revisable upwards or downwards depending on the quality and quantity of the yield but capped at 15,500 kg/ha for AOC production.

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7
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What is average yield in Champagne?

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66 hectolitres per hectare.

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What does “NM” mean on a Champagne?

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Négociant manipulant. These companies (including the majority of the larger brands) buy grapes and make the wine

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What does “CM” mean on a Champagne?

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Coopérative de manipulation. Cooperatives that make wines from the growers who are members, with all the grapes pooled together

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What does “RM” mean on a Champagne?

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Récoltant manipulant. (Also known as Grower Champagne) A grower that also makes wine from its own grapes (a maximum of 5% of purchased grapes is permitted). Note that co-operative members who take their bottles to be disgorged at the co-op can now label themselves as RM instead of RC

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What does “SR” mean on a Champagne?

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Société de récoltants. An association of growers making a shared Champagne but who are not a co-operative

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What does “RC” mean on a Champagne?

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Récoltant coopérateur. A co-operative member selling Champagne produced by the co-operative under its own name and label

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What does “MA” mean on a Champagne?

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MA: Marque auxiliaire or Marque d’acheteur. A brand name unrelated to the producer or grower; the name is owned by someone else, for example a supermarket

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What does “ND” mean on a Champagne?

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ND: Négociant distributeur. A wine merchant selling under his own name

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15
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How much sugar in Champagne Extra Brut

A

less than 6 grams of residual sugar per litre

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16
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How much sugar in Champagne Brut

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less than 12 grams per litre

17
Q

How much sugar in Champagne Extra Dry

A

between 12 and 17 grams per litre

18
Q

How much sugar in Champagne Sec

A

between 17 and 32 grams per litre

19
Q

How much sugar in Champagne Demi-sec

A

between 32 and 50 grams per litre

20
Q

How much sugar in Champagne Doux

A

more than 50 grams per litre

21
Q

There are 17 grand cru villages in Champagne, which?

A 
Ambonnay
Avize
Ay
Beaumont-sur-Vesle
Bouzy
Chouilly
Cramant
Louvois
Mailly Champagne
Le Mesnil-sur-Oger
Oger
Oiry
Puisieulx
Sillery
Tours-sur-Marne

Verzenay
Verzy

22
Q

How many premier cru villages in Champagne?

A

44

23
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What are the 5 main areas in Champagne?

A

Montagne de Reims: (Champagne’s northernmost region, around the city of Reims is the premier region for PN)
Vallée de la Marne: (The Marne Valley surrounds the Marne River, and includes the town of Epernay. Meunier is the favored grape)
Côte des Blancs: (The best region in Champagne for Chard.)
Côte de Sézanne
The Aube (Côte des Bars)

24
Q

Which areas are the Grand Cru villages in?

A

Montage de Reims, Vallée de la Marne, and Côte des Blancs

25
Q

When was the number of Grand Cru villages increased from 12 to 17?

A

1985

26
Q

Which five villages were elevated to Grand Cru in Champagne in 1985

A

Chouilly, Mesnil-sur-Oger, Oger, Oiry and Verzy

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