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CHAMPAGNE Flashcards

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CHAMPAGNE SPECIAL CLUB

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Club Trésors de Champagne (est. 1971)

General Rules for Membership

Viticulture must occur on the estate (only RM producers may join)
Vinification and bottling must occur on the estate
Members must respect and uphold the Club’s charter
Official Site of the Club Trésors de Champagne

Rules for “Special Club” Wines

The “Special Club” is the top-of-the-range, prestige cuvée for all members
The Club Trésors will declare a vintage as being worthy of “Special Club” prestige cuvées, then each member may decide individually whether or not to produce a “Special Club” wine
All base wines and finished “Special Club” wines must undergo tasting analysis
All “Special Club” bottles share an identical label and bottle shape

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CHAMPAGNE SPECIAL CLUB MEMBERS

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Paul Bara (Bouzy)

Roland Champion (Chouilly)

Charlier et Fils (Montigny-sous-Châtillon)

Gaston Chiquet (Dizy)

Forget-Chemin (Ludes)

Fresnet-Juillet (Verzy)

Pierre Gimonnet (Cuis)

Henri Goutorbe (Aÿ)

Grongnet (Etoges)

Dumenil (Chigny-Les-Roses)

Marc Hébrart (Mareuil-sur-Aÿ)

Hervieux-Dumez (Sacy)

José Michel (Moussy)

Vincent Joudart (Fèrebrianges)

Juillet-Lallement (Verzy)

Sanchez Leguédard (Cumières)

Larmandier Père et Fils (Cramant)

J. Lassalle (Chigny-les-Roses)

Launois Père et Fils (Mesnil-sur-Oger)

Mouzon Leroux et Fils (Verzy)

Joseph Loriot Pagel (Festigny)

A. Margaine (Villers Marmery)

Moussé Fils (Cuisles)

Nominé-Renard (Villevenard)

Salmon (Chaumuzy)

Rémy Massin et Fils (Ville-sur-Arce)

Vazart-Coquart (Chouilly)

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MONTAGNE DE REIMS GC

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Sillery
Puisieulx
Beaumont-sur-Vesle
Verzenay
Mailly Champagne
Verzy*
Louvois
Bouzy
Ambonnay

* added after 1985.

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VALLEE DE LA MARNE GC

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Aÿ
Tours-sur-Marne (red grapes 100%, white grapes 90%)

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COTE DES BLANCS GC

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Chouilly* (white grapes 100%, red grapes 95%)
Oiry*
Cramant
Avize
Oger*
Le Mesnil-sur-Oger*

* added after 1985

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Montagne de Reims Premier Cru Villages (26 total)

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Avenay-Val-d’Or
Bezannes
Billy-le-Grand
Chamery
Chigny-les-Roses
Cormontreuil
Coulommes-la-Montagne
Écueil
Jouy-lès-Reims
Ludes
Les Mesneux
Montbré
Pargny-lès-Reims
Rilly-la-Montagne
Sacy
Sermiers
Taissy
Tauxières-Mutry
Trépail
Trois-Puits
Vaudemange
Villers-Allerand
Villers-aux-Nœuds
Ville-Dommange
Villers-Marmery
Vrigny

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Vallée de la Marne Premier Cru Villages (7 total)

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Bisseuil
Champillon
Cumières
Dizy
Hautvillers
Mareuil-sur-Ay
Mutigny

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Côte de Blancs Premier Cru Villages (9 total)

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Bergères-lès-Vertus
Cuis
Étréchy
Grauves
Pierry
Val-des-Marais (Coligny)
Vertus
Villeneuve-Renneville-Chevigny
Voipreux

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Rosé des Riceys AOP

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Communes of Production: Les Riceys

Rosé (tranquille): 100% Pinot Noir

Minimum Potential Alcohol: 10%
Minimum Must Weight: 170 g/l

Vinification Requirements: Grapes are vinified as whole bunches (semi-carbonic maceration)

Élevage: The wines may not be released until July 15 of the year following the harvest

Minimum Planting Density: max. 2.5 square meters per vine

Maximum Yields (Rendement de Base): 10,400 kg per hectare (max. press yield of 102 liters per 160 kg)

AOC Established: 1947

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Dom Pérignon

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  • myth = invented sparkling wine
  • lasting contributions to modern Champagne lie in the techniques of assemblage (blending) and viticulture
  • cellar master at the Abbey of Hautvillers from 1668 until his death in 1715
  • struggled with natural refermentation
  • In the late 17th century, the English transferred Champagne from cask to stronger, coal-fired glass that could contain the pressure, and were likely the first to enjoy true sparkling Champagne
  • Pérignon and his contemporaries endeavored to lessen the probability of refermentation, rather than encourage it.
  • However, in 1724 the word mousseux—implying effervescence—appeared in connotation with the wines of Champagne, although the Champenoise may have enjoyed intentionally sparkling wines as early as 1700
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Bouvreux

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Rain often interrupts flowering, resulting in a bouvreux, or second crop, that rarely ripens and is left on the vine

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Champagne Soil

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Porous, belemnite chalk subsoil is pushed to the surface on the appellation’s slopes, absorbing heat to protect the vines at night and providing excellent drainage in the wet climate.

Belemnite chalk, derived from the fossilized remains of millions of extinct cephalopods, has a high limestone content, which allows vine roots to dig deeply and is linked to increased acidity.

A second layer of micraster chalk, named for an extinct sea urchin, characterizes the valley vineyards

** **A thin layer of clay and sand covers much of the chalk in Champagne; in the Aube to the south clay is the dominant soil type

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THREE MAIN GRAPES %

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CHARDONNAY, PINOT NOIR, PINOT MEUNIER (formerly Pinot Meunier—“miller’s” Pinot—named for the dusty appearance of its leaves)

In 2012, Pinot Noir accounted for 38% of total plantings, Chardonnay accounted for 30%, and Meunier accounted for 32%

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