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1
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State champagne sweetness levels

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2 6 12 17 32 50

0-2 Brut Zero, nature, sauvage 
2-6 Extra Brut
6-12 Brut
12-17 Extra Dry
17-32 Sec (Dry)
32-50 Demi Sec
50+ Doux
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What’s the name of the river that passes thru Champagne?

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Marne river

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3
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Name all of Champagne regions

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N-S

Montagne de Reims -PN
Valle de la Marne -PM
Cote de Blancs -CH
Cote de Sezame -CH
The Aube (Cote de Bar) -PN
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4
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What’s champagne’s Latitude?

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49-49.5

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5
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What’s the soil in Champagne?

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Chalk (Belemite)

Kimmeridgian

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6
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What’s Champagne vintage aging requirement?

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3 years total (36 mnts)

9 mnts on lees

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7
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What’s Champagne AOC aging requirement?

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15 months total

9 sur lié + 3 mnts in bottle

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8
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Champagne AOC grapes

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7 total (3+4)

Pinot Noir
Pinot Meunier
Chardonnay

Arbane
Petite Meslier
Pinot Blanc
Pinot Gris 
-Basically all the Pinots
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9
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Champagne AOC’s

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3 total

Champagne AOC -sparkling
Coteaux Champenois AOC -Still (same area as champagne AOC)

Rose de Riceys -Rose of PN in the Aube

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10
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What’s the maximum amount of wine (total production) that may be use for vintage champagne?

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80%

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11
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Champagne bottle sizes

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Michael Jackson Really Makes Small Boys Nervous

Meth -speed up x4btls (1st take it then speed up)

Magnum -2 btls 1.5 L
Jeroboam -4 btls 3L
Rehoboam -6 btls 4.5L
Mathuselah - 8 btls 6L

Salmanazar -12 btls 9L
Balthazar -16 btls 12L
Nebuchadnezzar -20 btls 15L

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12
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Name the different processes to make Champagne Rose?

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Blending small quantities of Red wine

Saignee

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13
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What’s does NM mean on a label of champagne?

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Negotiant Manipulant

The big houses, they buy the grapes and make their own wines/ blends

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14
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What does RM mean on a label of champagne?

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Recoltant Manipulant

“Grower Champagne” farmer fizz
The vitner makes the wines

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15
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What does RC mean on a champagne label?

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Recoltant -Cooperateur

Grower makes the wine at the co-op

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What does SR mean on a label of champagne?

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Societe de Recoltants

Group of growers that jointly “pool” their grapes and vinified/ sell their own brands

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What does CM mean on a label of champagne?

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Cooperative de Manipulation

Co-op cellar that vinifies grapes from member and sells it

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18
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What does MA mean on label of champagne?

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Marque Auxilliare/ d’Acheteur / Autorisee

A private label sourced by any method

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What does ND mean on a label of champagne?

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Negotiant Distributeur

A firm that purchases finished wines for his own label

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20
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What does RD mean on a label of champagne?

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Recently Disgorged
An alternative to older champagne
Extra aging on the lees

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21
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How many Grand Crus in Champagne?

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17 total

9 Montagne de Reims
2 valle de la Marne
6 cote de Blancs

22
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Name all the grand crus of the Cote de Blancs

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6 GC Villages

  • Chouilly
  • Cramant
  • Avize
  • Oger
  • Les Mesnil Sur Oger
  • Oiry
23
Q

What’s ratafia de champagne?

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A mistelle, a mix of Marc and unfermented juice of grapes

24
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What’s the Echelle de Crus?

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Champagne classification system for villages. It ranked the villages according to how much they should be pay

25
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Name the 2 grand crus of the valle de la Marne

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  • Ay

* Tours Sur Marne

26
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What’s Champagne most planted grape?

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Pinot Noir

Followed by Pinot Meunieur and Chardonnay

27
Q

What’s the name of the largest Grand Cru in Champagne?

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Chouilly in the Cote de Blancs

28
Q

Name all of montagne de Reims grand crus

A
  • verzennay
  • mailly champagne
  • verzy
  • Bouzy
  • Ambonnnay
29
Q

Who makes Clos de Goisses?

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It’s a single vineyard from the Marne made by Philipponnat

30
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Who makes Clos de Mesnil?

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Single vineyard made by Krug

31
Q

Name two champagnes that are typically dry within the bruts

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Ayala -for a lighter elegant style

Krug -for a richer powerful style

32
Q

Who makes Clos de Ambonnay?

A

Krug -a Blanc de noirs from montagne de Reims

33
Q

Which champagne house doesn’t use any oak at all?

A

Dom Perignon

34
Q

Which champagne houses use more oak (fermentation)?

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Krug and Henry Giraud

Jacquesson -large oak barrels

35
Q

What’s special about Jaquesson champagne?

A

Large oak fermentation and no house style, instead they make a vintage/ terroir based wine every year.

36
Q

What’s Vin Claire?

A

It’s the wine that makes champagne before the second fermentation

37
Q

Champagne best vintages

A

86 88 90 95 96

02 04 08 12

38
Q

Which one is the oldest champagne house?

A

Ruinart 1729

39
Q

Which countries do not honor the name Champagne?

A

4 total

  • Brazil
  • Argentina
  • Russia
  • USA
40
Q

What’s MCR??

A

Mout Concentre et Rectified

Concentrated and rectified grape must, used in place of the typical liqueur d’expedition or dosage in champagne, used by many small growers

41
Q

What does talento mean on an Italian wine?

A

Traditional method

42
Q

What’s the biggest size of champagne bottles?

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Melchizedek 
40 btls (30lts) and double a Nebuchadnezzar  (20 btls)
43
Q

How big is a Primat champagne bottle?

A

AKA Goliath

36 btls 27 lts

44
Q

How big is a sovereign bottle of champagne?

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Equivalent to 35 btls

Named after a cruiser

45
Q

How big is a Solomon bottle of champagne?

A

24 btls or 18 lts

46
Q

Name one champagne that has some of the minor grapes

A

The minor grapes being:

  • petit meslier
  • fromentau
  • arbanne

••••••Aubry•••••••

47
Q

What are Krugs 2 single vineyards?

A
  • Clos d’Ambonnay ($k’s) Blanc de noirs

* Clos de Mesnil (Blanc de Blancs)

48
Q

What’s the difference between Liqueur d’expedition and liqueur tirage?

A
  • Liqueur de tirage creates the secondary fermentation (sugar n yeast)
  • Liqueur d’expedition aka dosage is sugar and wine to top it off after disgorgement and add sweetness (Brut 12-17, Extra Dry 17-32)
49
Q

Name of the billecart salmon fermented in Oak

A

BS “sous bois”

50
Q

Name 3 champagnes that are oaky

A
  • Bollinger (RD)
  • Krug (clos de mesnil)
  • Henri Giraud (Argonne)
51
Q

What are the “blood vintages”?

A

1914 n 1915, champagne

52
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Who was Champagne Charlie?

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George leybourne, he promoted Moët et Chandon, and made in a way Champagne famous in the US in 1889

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