Champagne Flashcards
AOPs of Champagne?
Champagne AOP
Coteaux Champenois AOP
Rosé des Riceys AOP
Champagne AOP Départements?
Aube, Aisne, Marne, Haute-Marne, Seine-et-Marne
Communes of Production: 357 villages
Champagne AOP Styles?
Vin Mousseux Blanc
Vin Mousseux Rosé (either saignée or blending prior to tirage is authorized)
Champagne AOP Encépagement?
Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Meunier, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Arbane, Petit Meslier
Champagne AOP Base Wine Statistics?
Minimum Potential Alcohol: 9%
Maximum Residual Sugar: 10 g/l
Champagne AOP Tirage?
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.
Champagne AOP Liqueur d’Expédition?
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)
Champagne AOP Vintage Dated Wines?
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)
Champagne AOP Élevage?
NV wines: Min. 15 months from date of tirage
Vintage Wines: Min. 36 months from date of tirage
Champagne AOP Minimum Must Weight?
143 g/l
Champagne AOP Permitted Training Methods?
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
Champagne AOP Maximum Yields (Rendement de Base)?
10,400 kg/ha
Champagne AOP Maximum Press Yield?
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.)
Sweetness Levels for Champagne Brut Nature*?
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.
Sweetness Levels for Champagne Extra Brut?
0-6 grams per liter