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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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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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What’s champagne’s Latitude?

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49-49.5

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What’s the soil in Champagne?

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Chalk (Belemite)

Kimmeridgian

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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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What’s Champagne AOC aging requirement?

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15 months total

9 sur lié + 3 mnts in bottle

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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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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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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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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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Name the different processes to make Champagne Rose?

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Blending small quantities of Red wine

Saignee

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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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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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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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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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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
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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
Name the 2 grand crus of the valle de la Marne
* Ay | * Tours Sur Marne
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What's Champagne most planted grape?
Pinot Noir Followed by Pinot Meunieur and Chardonnay
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What's the name of the largest Grand Cru in Champagne?
Chouilly in the Cote de Blancs
28
Name all of montagne de Reims grand crus
* verzennay * mailly champagne * verzy * Bouzy * Ambonnnay
29
Who makes Clos de Goisses?
It's a single vineyard from the Marne made by Philipponnat
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Who makes Clos de Mesnil?
Single vineyard made by Krug
31
Name two champagnes that are typically dry within the bruts
Ayala -for a lighter elegant style | Krug -for a richer powerful style
32
Who makes Clos de Ambonnay?
Krug -a Blanc de noirs from montagne de Reims
33
Which champagne house doesn't use any oak at all?
Dom Perignon
34
Which champagne houses use more oak (fermentation)?
Krug and Henry Giraud Jacquesson -large oak barrels
35
What's special about Jaquesson champagne?
Large oak fermentation and no house style, instead they make a vintage/ terroir based wine every year.
36
What's Vin Claire?
It's the wine that makes champagne before the second fermentation
37
Champagne best vintages
86 88 90 95 96 02 04 08 12
38
Which one is the oldest champagne house?
Ruinart 1729
39
Which countries do not honor the name Champagne?
4 total * Brazil * Argentina * Russia * USA
40
What's MCR??
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
What does talento mean on an Italian wine?
Traditional method
42
What's the biggest size of champagne bottles?
``` Melchizedek 40 btls (30lts) and double a Nebuchadnezzar (20 btls) ```
43
How big is a Primat champagne bottle?
AKA Goliath | 36 btls 27 lts
44
How big is a sovereign bottle of champagne?
Equivalent to 35 btls Named after a cruiser
45
How big is a Solomon bottle of champagne?
24 btls or 18 lts
46
Name one champagne that has some of the minor grapes
The minor grapes being: * petit meslier * fromentau * arbanne ••••••Aubry•••••••
47
What are Krugs 2 single vineyards?
* Clos d'Ambonnay ($k's) Blanc de noirs | * Clos de Mesnil (Blanc de Blancs)
48
What's the difference between Liqueur d’expedition and liqueur tirage?
* 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
Name of the billecart salmon fermented in Oak
BS "sous bois"
50
Name 3 champagnes that are oaky
- Bollinger (RD) - Krug (clos de mesnil) - Henri Giraud (Argonne)
51
What are the "blood vintages"?
1914 n 1915, champagne
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Who was Champagne Charlie?
George leybourne, he promoted Moët et Chandon, and made in a way Champagne famous in the US in 1889

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