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1
Q

How many kings were crowned in the Cathedral of Reims?

A

27

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2
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How were Champagne wines known in the 9th century?

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Vins de la Montagne and Vins de la Riviére

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3
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What was the first Champagne House

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Ruinart

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4
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What is the name of the Champagne classification?

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Echelle des Crus

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5
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When did Champagne enter its golden age?

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1920s

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6
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What can regions outside of Champagne use to indicate the use of the Method Champegnois?

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Méthode traditionnelle

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7
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What is the most northerly of all French wine regions?

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Champagne

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8
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Where is Champagne located?

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49 and 49.5 parallel north

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9
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What is the climate in Champagne?

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Dual: Continental and Maritime

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10
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Primary soils of Champagne?

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Belemnite and Micraster Chalk

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11
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What are the growing areas with chalk sub-soil called?

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Dry Champagne. Top soil does not retain moisture

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12
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What is Marl?

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Limestone and clay soils

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13
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Where is Kimmeridgian Marl found?

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Cotes de Bar

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14
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What are the soils of the Cote de Sezanne?

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chalk and clay

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15
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What is the preferred chalk soil in France?

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Belemnite

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16
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Where is Chalk Found in Champagne?

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Montagne de Reims and Monts de Berru, Coteaux sud d’Epernay, Cotes de Blancs and surroundings and Montgeux

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17
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What is chalk?

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Type of limestone with water retention capacity

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18
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Marl soils are common in?

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Montagne de Reims, Val du Reims, Vallée de l Marne, and Val de Petit Morin

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19
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What is Kimmeridgian Marl?

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Marl with fossils of oysters

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20
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Val de Reims and Vallee de la Marne contain which soils?

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Marl, sand and clay

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21
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Val du Petit Morin soils?

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Chalk and clay, marls and sands

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22
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Grande Montagne de Reims is mostly planted to?

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Pinot Noir

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23
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Massif de Saint-Thierry is dominated by?

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Pinot Meunier

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24
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Monts de Berru is dominated by?

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Chardonnay

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25
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Val de Reims dominated by?

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Pinot Meunier

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26
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Grand Vallée de la Marne dominated by?

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Pinot Noir

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27
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Coteaux Sud d’Epernay is dominated by?

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Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier

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28
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Rive Gauche is dominated by?

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Pinot Meunier

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29
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Rive Doit is dominated by?

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Pinot Meunier

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30
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Condé is dominated by?

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Pinot Meunier

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31
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Valle de la Marne Ouest dominated by?

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Pinot Meunier

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32
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What grape dominates the Cote des Blancs?

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Chardonnay

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33
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Vals du Petit Morin dominated by?

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Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier

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34
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Cotes de Sezzane are planted to?

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Chardonnay

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35
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Vitry le Francois planted to?

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Chardonnay

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36
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Montgeux planted to?

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Chardonnay and Pinot Noir

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37
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Bar sur Aubois plantings?

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Pinot Noir on Kimmeridgian Marl

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38
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Barsequanais how many river valleys?

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5

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39
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Plantings of the Barsequanais?

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Pinot Noir on Kimmeridgian Marl

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40
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What were the principal grapes of early Champagne?

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Gouais Blanc and Noir and Fromentau

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41
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What is a synonym por Fromentau?

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Pinot Gris

42
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What are the primary grapes of Champagne today?

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Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier

43
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What is the ancestral fermentation?

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A single fermentation that undergoes a winter pause

44
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Who crafted the first sparkling wine?

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Monks of St. Hilaire (Languedoc)

45
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What were the challenges of the rural method?

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Vignerons could not control the nature of the wine that would emerge each spring. Cloudiness

46
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What is the champagne process?

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  1. Grapes are hand-harvested and fermented into still wine
  2. Wine is blended with other still wines to create a house style and with liqueur de tirage- assemblage
  3. Second fermentation happens in the bottle
  4. Remuage
  5. Dégorgement
47
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What is a cuvée

48
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Name residual sugar from lowest to highest

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Brut Nature (no dosage) 0-0.3%
Extra Brut 0-0.6%
Brut 0-1.2%
Extra Sec (dry) 1.2-1.7%
Dry (sec) 1.7%-3.2%
Demi-sec 3.2-5%
Doux (over 5%)
49
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Are the grapes picked with less sugar in Champagne?

50
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Why do Champagne houses blend?

A

Consistency

51
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What is Tirage?

52
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What is liqueur de tirage?

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Yeast and sugar mixed into the cuvee before bottling

53
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What are lattes

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Thin strips of wood in the cellar that separate the bottles during bottle fermentation. Storage sur lattes

54
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What is the Prise de Mousse

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Seizing of the foam. Second fermentation

55
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What is sur lie aging

A

aging with dead yeast cells

56
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Aging requirements for NV champagne

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min. of 12 months on the lees and 15 months on the cellar from bottling (tirage) to release

57
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Aging for Vintage Champagne

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3 years in the cellar

58
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What is Remuage?

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Riddling of the bottles from vertical to the horizontal position

59
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Who is Remuage credited to?

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Veuve Cliquot widow. She invented the A shape riddling rack

60
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What is Dom Perignon credited for?

61
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What is pupitre?

A

A shape riddling rack

62
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What do mechanized gyropalettes do?

63
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What is Dégorgement?

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Yeast is chilled, collects in the neck of the bottle, turns into an ice plug and is then ejected

64
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What is transversage?

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750 ml bottles used to fill bigger bottles (for large format bottles only)

65
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What is a la volée?

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The traditional method of disgorgement. Wine is not chilled and is removed by hand.

66
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What is juponé

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skirt or mushroom-shaped cork- first few years when released from the bottle

67
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What is an older cork when releases?

A

peg-shaped. Chevillé

68
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Who invented the cork?

69
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Who manufactured a product that would withstand 6 atmospheres pressure?

70
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How many AOCs in Champagne?

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3 two still and one sparkling

71
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What are the Champagne region AOCs?

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AOC Champagne (sparkling) AOC Coteaux Champenois (still), Rosé des Ricesys (still)

72
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AOC Champagne

A

100% sparkling, methode champenois

73
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What white grapes can be used in AOC Coteaux Champenois?

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Chardonnay, pinot blanc, pinot gris, arbanne, petit meslier

74
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What red grapes can be used in AOC Coteaux Champenois?

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Pinot Meunier, Pinot Noir

75
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Most of the wine in AOC Coteaux Champenoi is?

A

Non-vintage and white. Red and rosé also produced

76
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What is the principal grape for Rosé des Riceys?

A

Pinot Noir

77
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What is the Rosé des Riceys area?

A

Les Riceys in the Aube (Barséquanais)

78
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What does the Echelle des Crus do?

A

Rank villages and vineyards

79
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Eschelle des Crus ranking

A

100% Grand Cru
90-99% Premier Cru
80-89% AOC elegible for Champagne production

80
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Does Grand Cru signify a single vineyard?

81
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Is the Eschelle still used to set prices for grapes?

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Not since 2003

82
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What is Vintage Champagne

A

Only crafted in good vintages

83
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What is non-vintage champagne

A

House style through multiple vintages

84
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What is a Tete de Cuvee

A

Prestige bottlings, non-plus ultra

85
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What is Blanc de Noir?

A

White sparkling made from black grapes (Pinot Noir and/or Pinot Meunier)

86
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What is Blanc the Blanc?

A

A white sparkling made from white grapes (Chardonnay)

87
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What is RD or Late discorged?

A

Prolonged aging on the lees

88
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What is NM on Champagne label?

A

Negociant-manipulant. Producers that incorporate grapes from others. Big Champagne houses

89
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What is RM on Champagne label?

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Recolant-manipulant. Vinifies only his own grapes

90
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What is RC on Champagne label?

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Recoltant cooperateur- affiliated with cooperative cellar

91
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What is SR on Champagne label?

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Group of growers who jointly vinify and sell one communal or several communical brands

92
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What is CM on Champagne label?

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Cooperative de Manipulation: cooperative cellar that vinifies the grapes of its member growers

93
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What is MA on Champagne label?

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Marque auxiliauire- Private label

94
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What is ND on Champagne label?

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Negociant distribuiter- Purchases wine and distributes it under its own private label

95
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Most widely planted grape in Champagne?

A

Pinot Noir

96
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What is assemblage in Champagne?

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Assemblage is the blending of various non vintage fermented base wines to create the taste that will become the unique cuvee

97
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What is the climate in Champagne?

A

Continental with Maritime/Atlantic influences

98
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Cotes de Blancs is planted to

A

Chardonnay

99
Q

Cotes de Sezzane is planted to

A

Chardonnay

100
Q

Valle de la Marne is planted to

A

Pinot Meunier

101
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Cotes de Bar is planted to

A

Pinot Noir

102
Q

Champagne sub-region located in Aube?

A

Cotes de Bar

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