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2019 MS Alexis Iaconis > Champagne > Flashcards

Champagne Flashcards

1
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What is the standard amount of liqueur de tirage that is added for secondary fermentation?

A

24g/l to get to 6 atmospheres

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2
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What is a couronne?

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A capsule, or capsule de tirage

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3
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What does “entreillees,” refer to?

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Bottles lad down horizontally.

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4
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La Taille portion of the Champagne pressing is what?

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450l out of 4000 kg

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5
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What is the la Cuvee portion of the Champagne pressing?

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2050 liters from 4,000kg of grapes.

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6
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What is jetting?

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Oxygen management during disgorgement. A small amount of wine is added before its closed with a cork.

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7
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What is pointage?

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Shaking the bottles during lees aging to keep the lees in suspension, and also after the liqueur de expedition is added to incorporate.

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8
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Who is Andre Julien?

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He was the first person to do a comprehensive effort classifying the Champagne vineyards in 1796.

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9
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How long was the Echelle des Crus in control over Champagne ratings and pricing?

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1911-2010

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10
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What are the four approved pruning methods in Champagne?

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Cordon de Royat
Chablis (Chardonnay)
Valle de la Marne
Guyot- single and double

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11
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What are the only approved pruning methods in grand cru and premier cru vineyards?

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Cordon de Royat and Chablis

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12
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Fromenteau is another name for which grape in Champagne?

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Pinot Gris

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13
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Epinette, Morillon blanc and Romeret are all synonyms for which grape in Champagne?

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Chardonnay

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14
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What is the main grape of the Coteaux du Morin?

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47% Pinot Meunier. Ulysses Colin is the most known producer here in the village of Congy.

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15
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What is the most planted grape in the Cote de Sezanne?

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77% Chardonnay. It is warmer here than in the Cote des Blancs.

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16
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Pascal Douquet is located in this region of Champagne

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Vitryat which is down near the Cote de Sezanne

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17
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What type of soil is in the Cote des Bar?

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Kimmeridgean marl

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18
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Name the villages of the Cote des Blancs north to south

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Chouilly - GC
Oiry - GC
Cuis - PC
Cramant - GC
Avize - GC
Les Mesnil-Sur-Oger - GC
Vertus - PC
Bergeres-les-Vertus
Villereuve-Rennville
Voipreux
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19
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Where would you find the Ardre and Vesle Rivers?

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They both flow through the Montagne de Reims region.

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20
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What is the elevation of the Montagne de Reims?

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280 meter plateau.

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21
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What are the grand cru villages of the Montagne de Reims?

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Sillery
Puisieulx
Beaumont-Sur-Vesle
Verzenay
Mailly-Champagne
Verzy
Louvois
Bouzy
Ambonnay
22
Q

Which grand cru villages of Champagne were added after 1985?

A 
Chouilly
Oiry
Les Mesnil
Oger
Verzeny
23
Q

What are the two streams that shoot off from the Marne River?

A

The Belval and the Flagot streams

24
Q

What is the most planted grape of Vitryat?

A

Chardonnay is 98%. This used to be the most densely planted area before phylloxera hit.

25
Q

Where is the city of Troyes?

A

This is the main city in the Cote des Bars. It was the largest trading center in Medical Europe- was right on the spice route.

26
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What are the two subregions of the Cote des Bars?

A

Barsequanais

Bar-Sur-Aubois

27
Q

Where would you find the producer Drappier?

A

Cote des Bars

28
Q

What is blanc vrai another name for?

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Pinot Blanc in the Aube region of Champagne

29
Q

Which two villages of Champagne had a 99% rating with the Echelle des crus?

A

Tauxieres

Tous-Sur-Marne

30
Q

A Champagne that is Brut Nature can have how much RS?

A

0-3g/l

31
Q

What is the sweetness range for Extra Brut Champagne?

A

0-6g/l

32
Q

A Brut Champagne can have what range of sugar in it?

A

0-12g/l

33
Q

Which is sweeter: Extra Dry or Sec Champagne?

A

Extra Dry is 12-17

Sec is 17-32

34
Q

What is the sweetness level for Demi-Sec Champagne?

A

32-50g/l

35
Q

A Doux Champagne is a minimum of what sweetness?

A

50g/l or higher.

36
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Why are Chablis and Cordon de Royat the only used trellising methods in Grand Cru vineyards?

A

Guyot and Valle de La Marne trellising allows for more renewal of wood and therefor the vines are less susceptible to frost damage. This is unnecessary in warmer Grand Cru villages.

37
Q

Who makes “Cave Prive?”

A

Veuve Clicquot

38
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What is the dominant grape planted in the villages of Trepail and Villers-Marmery?

A

Both are premier cru vineyards in the Montagne-de-Reims. While the Grande Montagne is regarded as Pinot noir terroir, its eastern villages Trapail and Villers-Marmery are planted almost entirely with Chardonnay. David Leclapart is best in Trepail, and A. Margaine in Villers-Marmary. Some have called this portion of the mountain “Perle Blanche.”

39
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What is the permitted harvest yield in Champagne?

A

66 hl/ha

40
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What does the CIVC regulate?

A

The size of the harvest, blockage and deblocage (the reserve and release of wine stocks for use in future vintages), and protects the designation of Champagne.

41
Q

What does “RC” stand for on a bottle of Champagne?

A

Recoltant Cooperateur: cooperative members who bottle under their own name

42
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What does “SR” stand for on a bottle of Champagne?

A

Society de Recoltants: a firm, not a co-operative, set up by a union of often related growers who share resources to make their wines collectively and market several brands.

43
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What is the permitted pressing of Champagne?

A

102 liters from 160KG.

44
Q

What is in the liqueur de tirage?

A

Still wine, yeasts, sugar and fining agents.

45
Q

What is the Rose de Riceys AOP?

A

100% Pinot Noir rose wines from Les Riceys village in the Aube.

46
Q

What styles can be produced in Coteaux Champenois?

A

White, red, rose still wines.

47
Q

Who produces “Grand Vin des Princes?”

A

De Venoge, Epernay. 100% Chardonnay, also makes Louis XV which is 50/50 Pinot and Chardonnay.

48
Q

What is the prestige Cuvee of Delamotte?

A

Nicolas Louis Delamotte- is no longer produced.

49
Q

Who makes “Charles de Gaulle?”

A

Drappier, Urville, 80% Pinot Noir, 20% Chardonnay

50
Q

Who makes “Cuvee Paradis?”

A

Alfred Gratien, Epernay

Brut and Brut Rose- Chardonnay and Pinot Noir

51
Q

Who produces “Grande Sendree?”

A

Duval-Leroy, 100% Chardonnay from Vertus.

2019 MS Alexis Iaconis (48 decks)

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