Champagne

Question 0

What does each primary grape of champagne bring to the blend?

Answer 0

Chardonnay brings finesse and longevity

Pinot noir brings structure

Pinot meunier brings fruit character

Question 1

Primary grape varieties of champagne are:

Answer 1

Chardonnay, Pinot noir and Pinot meunier

Question 2

What is the kind of climate in champagne

Answer 2

Northern continental

Question 3

What is the soil type in champagne

Answer 3

Belemnite Chalk

-absorbs heat, high limestone content which leads to high acidity

Question 4

What is remauage?

Answer 4

Riddling procedure that allows sediment to be easily removed from the bottle during disgorgement

Question 5

What was the first house to release a tete de cuvée or prestigious cuvée

Answer 5

Moët and Chandon’s Dom perignon in 1921

Question 6

What is vin de taille?

Answer 6

The second level in quality for champagne (last 500 ml of a pressing)

Question 7

What is bouvreaux?

Answer 7

Second crop that is left on the vine.

Question 8

What are the 5 regions of champagne?

Answer 8

1. Montagne de Riem
2. Valle de la Marne
3. Côte de blancs
4. Côte de sezzane
5. Côte de bar (the aube)

Question 9

Are cru statuses given to the house, the village, or the vineyard?

Answer 9

The village

Question 10

How many cru villages have grand cru status?

Answer 10

17. (42 are premier cru)

Question 11

What is a negociant manipulant?

Answer 11

Purchases grapes from growers and smaller houses. Most of the large houses are in this category.

Question 12

What is a recoltant manipulant?

Answer 12

Grower producer that makes champagne from estate fruit 95% of grapes from vineyards.

Question 13

What is rebeche?

Answer 13

1-10% of the total extraction from a pressing, that is required by law to be used for a distillate not champagne.

Question 14

What is the limit for extraction of wine in champagne

Answer 14

102 L from 160 KG of grapes

Question 15

What is vin de cuvée?

Answer 15

The first 2050 Liters of a pressing.

Question 16

What is assemblage?

Answer 16

Blending of wines to create a cuvée

Question 17

What is liqueur de tirage?

Answer 17

Still wine, yeast, and sugar

Question 18

What is the cage called on a sparkling wine?

Answer 18

Muselet

Question 19

How many months do NV champagne age for?

Answer 19

15 months ( 12 months on the lees, 3 months in bottle)

Question 20

What is the sweetness level for brut champagne?

Answer 20

0-12g per liter

Question 21

What are two still wines from chamapagne

Answer 21

Coteaux champagnoise and rose de riceys (100% Pinot noir)

Question 22

What are other traditional method sparkling wines from France

Answer 22

1. Cremant de Bourgogne
2. Cremant de Bordeaux
3. Cremant de limoux
4. Cremant de die
5. Cremant de Loire
6. Cremant de Jura
7. Cremant de Alsace

Question 23

What are the two only DOCG sparkling wines of Italy

Answer 23

Fraciacorta and altrepo pavese metodo classico

Question 24

What is assemblage?

Answer 24

Blending of base wine

Question 25

What is Madame barbe-Nicole Ponsardin best known for?

Answer 25

Creating riddling process for champagne

Question 26

What was the first brut champagne on the market?

Answer 26

Pommery

Question 27

What are some tete de cuvees of champagne?

Answer 27

• Moët and Chandon - Dom perignon
• Tattinger -comtes de champagne
• Louis Roederer - Cristal
• Laurent Perrier - Grande sicle
• Perrier Joet - Belle Époque
• Pol Roger - Cuvée sir Winston Churchill
• Ruinart - Dom Ruinart
• Vueve Cliqout Ponsardin - La grande Damme

Question 28

What are the seven AOPS for Cremant wines in France

Answer 28

Bordeaux, Bourgogne, Loire, Limoux, Die, Jura, Alsace