Champagne 4.21.23 Flashcards
Name 3 Champagne bottlings in which Meunier is the primary grape variety
Tarlant Vigne d’Or, Chartogne-Taillet Les Barres, Moussé Fils Special Club
Name 3 Producers who bottle a Zero Dosage
Louis Roederer, Philipponat Royale Reserve Non Dosé, Drappier Brut Nature
What was the first commercially available vintage of Louis Roederer’s Cristal? Cristal Rose?
1945, 1974
Inaugural vintage of Krug Clos d’Ambonnay?
1995 (Mesnil 1979)
What are the two parcels from which Bollinger harvests grapes for ‘Vieilles Vignes Françaises’?
Clos Saint Jacques and Clos Chaudes Terres
What is the current vintage of Salon Clos du Mesnil?
2012
Name 3 CM (Coopérative-Manipulant) Producers of Champagne?
Nicolas Feuillatte, Jacquart, Palmer & Co
What is the dominant grape variety in Philipponat Clos des Goisses?
Pinot Noir (70%)
What is the earliest CIVC harvest date of the last five vintages?
2020 (Aug 17)
Name three producers who bottle Coteaux Champenois Rouge
Bollinger (cotes aux enfants), Paul Bara (Bouzy Rouge), Rene Geoffroy (Cumieres Rouge)
How many bottles does a gyropalette hold?
504 btls
What is the range of sugar for champagne labelled Demi-Sec?
33-50 g/l
What are the grapes allowed in champagne production besides pinot noir, meunier, and chardonnay?
Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Arbane, Petit Meslier
What is the maximum residual sugar for base wines in Champagne production?
10 g/l
What is Rebêche in Champagne production?
What is jetting? Why do producers do it?
wine and pressure forcing it into the top to active carbon dioxide and blow out excess air
Members of the Club Tresors?
25
How many Grand Cru villages are in the Cotes des Blancs?
6
Arrange the following villages from north to south: Mesnil-Sur-Oger, Chouilly, Cramant
Describe the 2021 vintage in Champagne
frost, hail, rot, tough
First vintage of Bollinger Grande Annee
1952
First Vintage of Vieilles Vignes Francaises
1969
Diebolt-Valois Prestige Cuvee
Fleur de Passion (100% Charddonay 1995)
Drappier Prestige Cuvee
Charles de Gaulle 1990
Duval-Leroy Prestige Cuvee
Femme de Champagne (chardonnay dominant 1990)
Current vintage of Heidsick’s Champagne Charlie
2017 (last was 1990)
Inaugural vintage of Blanc des Milenaires
1983
What is the difference between an RC and a CM producer?
RC - Sells grapes to co-op, receives wine and bottles under own label
CM - receives wine and bottles under the co-op’s collective label
What type of press is the traditional Champagne press?
Vertical basket
Why would a champagne producer opt to use a pneumatic press or a PAI?
Controlled extraction, no retrousse
What is a serre in champagne production?
pressing
autopressurage
first 100 liters (discarded)
How many Serres constitute the cuvee?
3