Champagne Flashcards
Aging requirements
NV - 15 months
Vintage - 36 months
Sweetness level
Brut Nature, Non Dose - o-3 Extra Brut - o-6 Brut - o-12 Extra Dry - 12-17 Sec - 17-32 Demi Sec - 32-5o Doux - 5o plus
Grapes of Champagne
Pinot Noir Pinot Meunier Chardonnay Arbane Petit Meslier Pinot Blanc Vrai Pinot Gris
Pressing requirements
16o kg - 1o2 l
4ooo kg - 255o l
Grand Crus of Cote des Blancs
Avize Cramant Chouilly Oiry Le Mesnil Sur Oger Oger
Grand Crus of Vallé de la Marne
Ay
Tours Sur Marne
Grand Crus of Montagne de Reims
Bouzy Sillery Puisieulx Verzy Verzenay Louvois Ambonnay Mailly Champagne Beaumont sur Vesle
Two 99 points Echelle de Crus
Mareuil Sur Ay - Valle de la Marne
Tauxiéres - Montagne de Reims
Which GC have been added in 1985
Verzy Chouilly Oiry Oger Le Mesnil sur Oger
Which GC are only classified for one colour?
Cramant
Avize
Oger
Le Mesnil sur Oger
How do you call the second fermentation
preiss de mous
Liqueur de dosage
liqueur d’expédition, a liquid mixture of sugar syrup and wine. Rarely, bone-dry non-dosage styles are produced
Liqueur de tirage
After the assemblage and cold stabilization, the blend will be racked and bottled with the addition of liqueur de tirage, a mixture of still wine, yeasts, sugar, and fining agents that will serve to ignite the second fermentation.
How many bottles can fit in a gyrop palette
5o4
Soil of Champagne
Belemnite Chalk