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Champagne Flashcards

1
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Location

A

Northern France

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2
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Climate

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cool continental

- frost and freezes serious hazard

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3
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Soils

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Chalk
Limestone
Marl
Sand
- all low nutrient!
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4
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Classifications

A 
Crus
Grand - 17 villages
Premier - 44 villages
Based on the echelles des crus pricing scheme
- price fixing
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5
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Grapes

A 
Pinot Noir
Meunier
Chardonnay
Arbanne
Petit Meslier
Pinot Blanc
Pinot Gris
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6
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Sub-regions

A 
Montagne De Reims
Cote des Blancs
Vallee de la Marne
Cote de Sezanne
Cote des Bar
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7
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Pruning

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Taille Chablis
- chardonnay
Cordon de Royat
Guyot (single and double)
- cane
Vallee de la Marne (only for Meunier)
- except guyot, all about wood
-- frost resistance
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8
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Harvest Date

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set by Comite Champagne

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9
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Minimum Potential alcohol

A

set by Comite Champagne

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10
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Harvest method

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By hand

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11
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Juice Yield

A 
coquard press
25.5hL / 4000kg -> 63.75L / 100kg
4000kg -> a 'marc'
First 20.5 hL -> cuvee
next 5hL -> Taille
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12
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Rose Methods

A

maceration

or blending

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13
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Vintages

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allowed
100% of year
no more than 80% of harvest can be vintaged

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14
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Maturation and Storage

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12 months minimum lees NV
15 months before release NV

36 months minimum lees NV
36 months before release V

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15
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label: Premier Cru

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made complete from grapes of premier crus, and/or grand cru villages

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16
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label: Grand Cru

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made only from grand cru village fruit

17
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label: non-vintage (NV)

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usual case, wine potentially from multiple vintages

- house style

18
Q

label: Vintage

A

wine of a single year

19
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label: RD

A

recently disgorged, trademark of Bollinger

vintage wine, with extended lees aging

20
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Prestige Cuvee

A

generalyl the best of a producer

21
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Producer Classifications

A

NM - negociant manipulant - a house
RM - recoltant manipulant - grower producer
SR - societe de recoltants - two or more growers, share winery
CM - cooperative manipulant - coop
RC - recoltant cooperateur - grower, sells wine made by a coop
ND - negociant distributeur - broker, buy/sell finished wine
MA - marque d`acheteur - brand owned by restaurant, retailer

22
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Bollinger

A

Founded 1829 by german, Jacques Bollinger
Lot of Oak use, old barrels, 6-7 months base wine
oxidative
significant land holdings
hold reserve wines in magnums 5-7 years
- small dosage, 1.5atm
changed bottle shape to slow oxidation
- smaller neck/head space to body
Make a 100% pinot from en foile, ungrafted plants
prestige
- Vieille Vignes Françaises

23
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Dom Perignon

A 
Owned by Moet Chandon, part of LVMH
first prestige cuvee, in 1936
- of moet and chandon
same source of grapes each year
rigourous selection
man credited for blending
- and pressing technique for whites from black grapes
50/50 chard. / pinot
24
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Krug

A 
owned by LVMH
1842 krug, left Jacquesson
eric lebel, current wine maker
Use of MV - multivintage
Grand cuvee is given precedent over vintages
clos du mesnil
clos d'ambonnay
Used to be family centric
very high prices, tight selection, trend towards organic
fermented in barriques
rapid first fermentation, no malo. intended
grande cuvee composed of35-50% reserve wine
dosage is the same wine
Prestige cuvee
- grand cuvee ( it's normal)
- Clos du Mesnil -> single plot
- Clod d'Ambonnay -> single plot
25
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Pol Roger

A

Pol Roger founded house at 19yrs of age
Family in Epernay through ww2, story about mayor
Success comes from expert blending
At least two members of family required to approve blend
reserve wines in concrete
double old settling - no filteration needed on base wines
Cooler cellars than others -> slower secondary
prestige cuvee
- cuvee sir winston churchill

26
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Louis Roederer

A

Prestige cuvee -> Cristal

  • originally produced for tzars, very sweet
  • produced only from their land

Took over russian market
70% of their own fruit
“quality over appearance”

27
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Moet & Chandon

A 
largest producer
- 30M bottles
owns > 1000ha
style is 'approachable'
- for wider market appeal
Introducing Mytik closure
history of good marketting
- Napoleon
Dom Perignon in 1936
28
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Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin

A 
LVMH
est. 1772, Philippe Clicquot Murion
Originally family business in fabrics, and banking
overly polished brand
recently started using oak foudres
vintages considered better than prestige
credited with inventing riddling, disgorement, dosage process
prestige cuvee
- la grand dame
29
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LVMH owns:

A 
Krug
Mercier
Moet & Chandon
Montaudon
Ruinart
Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin
30
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Name of press used

A

Coquard

31
Q

disgorgement a la glace

A

Belgian

Almand Walfart, 1884

32
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Montagne de Reims

A 
Northern most of subregions
Pinot Noir 40%
Pinot Meunier 36%
Chardonnay 20%
North side:
Verzy
Verzenay
Mailly-Champagne
South Side:
Ambonnay
Bouzy
Louvois
33
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Vallee de la Marne

A 
To the west
South facing slopes -> ripest
Pinot Meunier 62%
Pinot Noir 22%
Chardonnay 16%

Ay-Champagne
Tours-Sur-Marne

34
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Cote de Blanc

A

East facing slopes, south of Epernay
Chardonnay

Chouilly
Cramant
Avize
Oger 
Le Mesnil-sur-oger
35
Q

Cote de Sezanne

A

Chardonnay 64%
Meunier 21%
Pinot Noir 15%

36
Q

Cote de Bar

A

Pinor Noir 87%
Chardonnay 7%
Meunier 5%
*Hill of Montgueux -> top tier chard.

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