Champagne Flashcards

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AOPs of Champagne?

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Champagne AOP
Coteaux Champenois AOP
Rosé des Riceys AOP

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Champagne AOP Départements?

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Aube, Aisne, Marne, Haute-Marne, Seine-et-Marne

Communes of Production: 357 villages

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Champagne AOP Styles?

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Vin Mousseux Blanc

Vin Mousseux Rosé (either saignée or blending prior to tirage is authorized)

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Champagne AOP Encépagement?

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Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Meunier, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Arbane, Petit Meslier

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Champagne AOP Base Wine Statistics?

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Minimum Potential Alcohol: 9%

Maximum Residual Sugar: 10 g/l

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Champagne AOP Tirage?

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Secondary fermentation (prise de mousse) is accomplished in glass bottles
Tirage may not occur until at least January 1 of the year following the harvest
Volume of wine may not increase by more than 1.12% per 1% increase in alcohol during secondary fermentation
Wines may not be disgorged until at least 12 months after the date of tirage
Finished wines are marketed in the same bottle in which tirage occurred, except for bottle sizes with a volume smaller than 375 ml or larger than 3 liters. For NV bottlings, up to 20% of 375 ml bottles may also be transferred into new bottles.

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Champagne AOP Liqueur d’Expédition?

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The addition of liqueur d’expédition may not lead to an increase in volume of wine (expressed in percentage) higher than the sum of the percentage increase in alcoholic strength (multiplied by a coefficient of 1.266) and the grams per liter increase in sugar content (multiplied by a coefficient of 0.0666). See the following formula:
Volume of Wine (%) = (1.266 × Alcohol Percent Increase) + (0.0666 × Sugar Increase)

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Champagne AOP Vintage Dated Wines?

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Max. 80% of a year’s harvest may be sold as vintage Champagne
Vintage-dated wines must contain 100% of a stated vintage (with the exception of wine and products contained in the liqueur de tirage or the liqueur d’expédition)

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Champagne AOP Élevage?

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NV wines: Min. 15 months from date of tirage

Vintage Wines: Min. 36 months from date of tirage

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Champagne AOP Minimum Must Weight?

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143 g/l

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Champagne AOP Permitted Training Methods?

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Chablis, Cordon de Royat, Vallée de la Marne (allowed for Meunier only), Guyot (simple or double)
Minimum Planting Density: max. 2.5 square meters per vine

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Champagne AOP Maximum Yields (Rendement de Base)?

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10,400 kg/ha

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Champagne AOP Maximum Press Yield?

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102 liters/160 kg (Additional pressed juice is rebêche, or the “end of pressing”, and must account for 0-10% of the total. This may only be used for distillation.)

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Sweetness Levels for Champagne Brut Nature*?

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0-3 grams per liter
Brut Nature wines may not contain any added dosage. Equivalent terms include Non-Dosé, Brut Sauvage, Ultra Brut, Dosage Zéro, Sans Sucre, Pas Dosé.

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Sweetness Levels for Champagne Extra Brut?

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0-6 grams per liter

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Sweetness Levels for Champagne Brut?

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0-12 grams per liter

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Sweetness Levels for Champagne Extra Dry?

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12-17 grams per liter

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Sweetness Levels for Champagne Sec?

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17-32 grams per liter

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Sweetness Levels for Champagne Demi-Sec?

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32-50 grams per liter

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Sweetness Levels for Champagne Doux?

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50+ grams per liter

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Coteaux Champenois AOP Styles?

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Blanc
Rosé
Rouge

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Coteaux Champenois AOP Encépagement?

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Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Meunier, Arbane, Petit Meslier, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris
Assemblage: none specified

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Rosé des Riceys AOP Styles?

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Rosé (tranquille): 100% Pinot Noir

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

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Champagne Special Club General Rules for Membership?

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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

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Champagne Special Club Rules for “Special Club” Wines?

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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 Grand Cru Villages located in Montagne de Reims?

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Sillery  
    Puisieulx            
    Beaumont-sur-Vesle    
    Verzenay         
    Mailly Champagne            
    Verzy*            
    Louvois           
    Bouzy              
    Ambonnay
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Champagne Grand Cru Villages located in Vallée de la Marne?

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Aÿ

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

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Champagne Grand Cru Villages located in Côte des Blancs?

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Chouilly* (white grapes 100%, red grapes 95%) 
    Oiry*               
    Cramant           
    Avize                
    Oger*              
    Le Mesnil-sur-Oger*
* added after 1985.