Champagne Flashcards
How many Grand Cru villages are in Montagne de Rheims
9 villages
Ambonnays is in..
Montagne de Rheims
Beaumont-sur-Vesle is in…
Montagne de Rheims
Bouzy is in…
Montagne de Rheims
Louvois is in…
Montagne de Rheims
Mailly-Champagne is in…
Montagne de Rheims
Puisieulx is in…
Montagne de Rheims
Sillery is in…
Montagne de Rheims
Verzenay is in…
Montagne de Rheims
Verzy is in…
Montagne de Rheims
How many Grand Cru villages are there in Vallee-de-la-Marne
2 villages
Ay-Champange is in…
Vallee de la Marne
Tours-sur-Marne is in…
Vallee de la Marne (only red grapes)
How many Grand Cru villages are there in te Cotes-des-Blancs
6 villages
Avize is in…
Cotes des Blancs
Chouilly is in…
Cotes des Blanc (only white grapes)
Cramant is in…
Cotes des Blancs
Le Mesnil sur Oger is in…
Cotes des Blancs
Oger is in…
Cotes des Blancs
Oiry is in…
Cotes de Blancs
Name the 5 regions of Champagne
Montagne de Rheims Vallee de la Marne Cotes des Blancs Cotes de Sezanne Cotes de Bars (the Aube)
CIVC
Comite Interprofessionel du Vin de Champagne
Since 1941
Governing Body, enforces all the AOC regulations
Permitted grape varieties
Pinot Noir
Pinot Meurnier
Chardonnay
Others: Arbane Petit Meslier Pinot Blanc Pinot Gris
Pruning Methods
Guyot simple
Guyot double
Cordon de Royat
Vallee de la Marne (only Pinot Meurnier)
CM
Cooperative de Manipulant;
The Champagne has been made by a co-operative
NM
Negociant-Manipulant;
The wine has been sold under te name of the House which made it
RM
Recoltant-Manipulant;
The Champagne is produced by a grower from their own grapes
RC
Recoltant-Cooperateur;
The grower is selling the champagne made from their own grapes but produced by a cooperative
MA
Marque d’Acheteur;
The Champagne has been bought from a producer and sold under another name (BOB) buyers own brand
SR
Societe de Recoltant;
The Champagne is sold under the name of a company created by growers who are from the same family
NR
Negociant Distributeur;
Which is a company that buys in champagne, re-brands it and then distributes it
Brut Nature
0-3 g/L
Brut
0-6 g/L very dry
0-12 g/L dry
Extra sec
12-17 g/L dry - off dry
Sec
17-32 g/L medium
Demi sec
32-50 g/L sweet
Doux
50 g/L Upwards
liqueur d’expedition
Dosage of suger
Quarter bottle
185 ml
Half bottle
375 ml
Bottle
750 ml
Magnum
1,5 L 2 bottles
Jeroboam
3 L 4 bottles
Methuselah
6 L 8 bottles
Salmanazar
9 L 12 bottles
Balthazar
12 L 16 bottles
Nebuchadnezzar
15 L 20 bottles
How invented the la methode champenoise?
Dom Perignon, celler master at the Abbey at Hautvillers from 1670 to 1715.
Madame Nicole-Barbe Cliquot-Ponsardin
Developed remuage
Cuvee Prestige Billecart Salmon
Grand Cuvee and Guvee Elizabeth Salmon Rose
Cuvee Prestige Bollinger
Grand Annee
Cuvee Grand Prestige Duval-Leroy
Femme de Champagne
Cuvee Prestige Krug
Collection and Grande Cuvee (Multi-vintage)
Cuvee Prestige Laurent Perrier
Grand Siecle and La Cuvee (Multi-vintage)
Cuvee Prestige Louis Roederer
Cristal Brut
Cuvee Prestige Moet & Chandon
Dom Perignon
Cuvee Prestige G.H. Mumm
Cuvee R Lalou
Cuvee Prestige Perrier-Jouet
Belle Epoque
Cuvee Prestige Perrier-Jouet Rose
Fleur de Champagne
Cuvee Prestige Philipponat
Clos de Goisses
Cuvee Prestige Pol Roger
Winston Chuchill
Cuvee Prestige Pommery
Cuvee Louise
Cuvee Prestige Ruinart
Dom Ruinart
Cuvee Prestige Taittinger
Comtes de Champagne and Taitinger Prelude
Cuvee Prestige Veuve Clicquot
La Grande Dame
Cuvee Prestige Vilmart
Coeur de Cuvee
Coteaux Champenoise
AOC for still wines of Champagne
Marc de Champagne
Brandy produced from the distillation of the skins, pips and stalks (the marc) left after pressing the grapes
Blocage
This is a system putting wine in reserve in good and plentiful years for use in poor years, when the harvest is short or when there is a large increase in sales
Deblocage
When the CIVC approves the use of reserve wines
Cremant
AOC’s for dry sparkling wines produced in France other than in the Champagne which are made by the methode traditionnelle.
Name the 5 cremant regions
Aude Cremant de Limoux (Carcasonne) Loire Cremant (Anjou and Tourraine) Cremant d'Alsace Cremant de Die (Rhone) Cremant de Bourgogne (Burgundy)
Cuvee Close (Charmat)
Thanks or bulk method.
Still wine is pumped into a tank together with yeast and sugar. The temp is controlled to start the secondary fermentation. Completed in a matter of days. Then filtered and bottled under pressure.
Vinos espumosos
Sparkling wine form Spain made by the carbonation or transfer method
Muscat d’Asti en Prossecco
Made by the Cuvee Close method
Fransciacorta
From Lobardy made by the traditional method
Transversage method
Transfer method. In this method, the second fermentation and degorgement is carried out in the bottle as for champagne. But the wine is then chilled and placed (transferd) into a tank. The dosage is dan added and it is filtered and rebottled under pressure. This method is used for quarter and large format champagne bottles
Methode Dioise Ancestrale
The wine is bottled before finishing fermentation. The wine continues to ferment producing carbon dioxide gas in the bottle. No addition of liqueur d’expedition, but remains sweet due to natural sugar still in the wine. Resulting wine is generally slightly cloudy
Carbonation method
Quickest en cheapest method. The wine is chilled in large tanks and carbon dioxide is pumped into it. The wine is then bottled under pressure. The resulting wine is a fizzy drink in the glass with large flabby bubbles which do not last long.
Vin mousseaux
French term for sparkling wines, but in the case of Vouvray it refers to a particular AOC
Pertillant
Meaning slightly sparkling, but in the case of Vourvray it refers to a particular AOC
Spritzig
German term meaning slightly sparkling
Schaumwein
German term for sparkling wine of the lowest quality
Sekt
German term for sparkling wine
Espumante
Portuguese term for sparkling
Espumosos
Spanish term for sparkling
Spumante
Italian term for sparkling
