Champagne Flashcards
What are the 3 AOPs of Champagne
Champagne
Coteaux Champenois
Rose de Riceys
Minimum ageing from date of Tirage for
- NV
- Vintage
NV - 15 months
Vintage - 36 months
Maximum press yield for Champagne
102 litres from 160kg of grapes, or 2550 litres from 4000kg of grapes
Allowable varieties for Champagne AOP
Pinot Noir Chardonnay Pinot Meunier Pinot Blanc Pinot Gris Arbane Petit Meslier
Grand Cru villages of Montagne de Reims
Sillery Puisieulx Beaumont-sur-Vesle Verzenay Mailly Champagne Verzy* Louvois Ambonnay Bouzy *Added after 1985
Grand Cru villages of Valle de la Marne
Ay
Tours-sur-Marne (red grapes 100%, white grapes 90%)
Grand Cru villages of Cote des Blancs
Chouilly (white grapes 100%, red grapes 90%)* Oiry* Cramant Avize Oger* Le Mesnil-sur-Oger* *Added after 1985
What are the different sweetness styles for Champagne and dosages?
Brut Nature - 0-3g/l (may not contain any added dosage) Extra Brut - 0-6g/l Brut - 0-12g/l Extra Dry - 12-17g/l Sec - 17-32g/l Demi-Sec - 32-50g/l Doux - 50+g/l
What are the different Champagne bottle sizes?
Quarter bottle - 187ml Half bottle - 375ml Bottle - 750ml Magnum - 1.5l (2 bottles) Jeroboam - 3l (4 bottles) Methuselah - 6l (8 bottles) Salmanazar - 9l (12 bottles) Balthazar - 12l (16 bottles) Nebuchadnezzar - 15l (20 bottles) Solomon - 18l (24 bottles)
Which Champagne bottle size was discontinued and when?
Rehoboam - 4.5l (6 bottles), 1989
What is the style & encepagement of Rose des Ricey AOP?
Rose (tranquille)
100% Pinot Noir
What are the vinification requirements of Rose des Riceys AOP?
Grapes are vinified whole bunches (semi-carbonic maceration)
Style & encepagement for Coteaux Champenois AOP?
Style - Blanc - Rose - Rouge Encepagement - Chardonnay - Pinot Noir - Pinot Meunier - Arbane - Petit Meslier - Pinot Blanc - Pinot Gris
What are the 7 types of Champagne producers?
NM - Negociant Manipulant RM - Recoltant Manipulant CM - Cooperative Manipulant RC - Recoltant Cooperateur SR - Societe de Recoltants ND - Negociant Distributeur MA - Maque d'Acheur
5 authorized Champagne districts
Montagne de Reims Valle de la Marne Cotes des Blancs Cote de Sezanne Cote des Bars (the Aube)
4 permitted pruning methods in Champagne
Cordon de Royat
Chablis
Valle de la Marne (Pinot Meunier only)
Guyot (single & double)
What is vin de cuvee?
First 2,050l pressed
What is vin de taille?
Second part of pressing, 500l between 2,050-2,550l
What is rebeche?
Third extraction, 1-10% of total by law. Used for distillate
What is debourbage?
Pressed juice allowed to settle
What are Bourbes?
Remaining solids after debourbage
What are vin clairs?
High acid base wines
What is liqueur de tirage?
Addition of sugar and yeast to begin secondary fermentation
What is remuage?
The riddling process
What is a bidule?
A plastic cap that collects sediment during remuage
Name the single vineyard Champagne of Agrapart
Venus - Avise
Name the single vineyard Champagne of Billecart Salmon
Clos-St-Hilaire - Mareuil-sur-Ay
Name the single vineyard Champagne of Cattier
Clos du Moulin - Ludes
Name the single vineyard Champagne of Chartogne-Taillet
Les Barres - Meffy
Name the single vineyard Champagne of Claude Cazals
Clos Cazals - Le Mesnil-sur-Oger
Name the single vineyard Champagne of Drappier
Grand Sendree - Urville (the Aube)
Name the single vineyard Champagne of Duval Leroy
Clos des Bouveries - Vertus
Name the single vineyard Champagne of Egly Ouriet
Les Crayeres - Ambonnay
Name the single vineyard Champagnes of Jacquesson
Dizy Corne Bautray - Dizy
Ay Vauzelle Terme - Ay
Dizy Terres Rouge Rose - Dizy
Avize Champ Cain - Avise
Name the single vineyard Champagnes of Krug
Clos du Mesnil - Le Mesnil-sur-Oger
Clos d’Ambonnay - Ambonnay