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Champagne Flashcards

1
Q

French name for secondary fermentation?

A

Prise de mousse

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2
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When did viticulture truly begin to emerge in Champagne?

A

9th Century

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3
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Vin de Cuvee

A

first pressing of wine destine for Champagne (the first 2050ltr)

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4
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What are the grapes of Champagne?

A

Pinot Noir

Chardonnay

Meunier

Pinot Blanc

Pinot Gris

Arbane

Petit Meslier

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5
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Bouvreux

A

a second crop that rarely ripens caused by an interruption of flowering

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6
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Les bleus de Ville

A

Parisian garbage in the vineyards of Champagne

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7
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How much is a Marc of grapes?

A

4000 kg

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8
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What are the 5 districts of Champagne?

A

Cote de Sezanne

Montagne de Reims

Vallee de Marne

Cote de Blanc

Cote de Bars

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9
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French term for the reserve and release of wine stock for Champagne?

A

Blocage - Reserve

Deblocage - Release

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10
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WHat is the name Taittingers project in England?

A

Domaine Evremond

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11
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How were wines of Champagne labeled prior to the 1600’s?

A

According to village not as Champagne

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12
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French term for solids in the must?

A

Bourbes

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13
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What departments does Champagne cover?

A

Aube

Aisne

Marne

Haut Marne

Seine et Marne

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14
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What does CIVC stand for?

A

Comite Interprofessional du Vin de Champagne

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15
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When did Champagne end fised grape prices?

A

1990

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16
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Name for the Settling of solids with cool temperatures?

A

Debourbage

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17
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Champenois term for base wine

A

vins clairs

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18
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What is sur pointe?

A

Bottles held in vertical position

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19
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Another name for Dosage

A

liqueur d’expedition

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20
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187ml

A

piccolo

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21
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375ml

A

Demi

Half Bottle

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22
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What styles of wine may be produced under Coteaux Champenois

A

Red

White

Rosé

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23
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Name the North facing grand cru villages of the Montagne de Reims?

A

Verzenay

Mailly

Sillery

Verzy

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24
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What is the largest and smallest grand village of Champagne?

A

Verzenay - Largest

Puisieulx - Smallest

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25
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Name 2 Champagne producer known for using Oak?

A

Krug

Egly Ouriet

Selosse

Vilmart

Bollinger

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26
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What is the first vintage of Pierre Peters put Les Chetillon on the label?

A

2000

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27
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What was the original size of Champagne when it was delimited in 1927?

A

407 villages

46,000 hectares

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28
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When was the first written record of Sparkling Champagne?

A

1724 Dictionaire Universal

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29
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Name the major Champagne houses created in the 1800s

A

Ruinart 1729

Taittinger (Fourneaux) 1734

Moet 1743

Delamotte & Lanson 1760

Roederer (dubois) 1770

Heidsieck 1785

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30
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When did the first real Method Champenoise wine start being made?

A

Mid 1800s

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31
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When did brut Champagne begin to dominate the Markets?

A

1970s

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32
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RS

Extra Dry

A

12 - 17 grams per liter

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33
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RS

Sec

A

17- 32 grams

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34
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RS

Demi Sec

A

32-50 grams

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35
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RS

Doux

A

50+ grams

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36
Q

Prestige Cuvée/Village of Producer:

Cuvée Perle d’Ayala

A

Ayala (Ay)

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37
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Prestige Cuvée/ Village of Producer:

Nicolas François Billecart

A

Billecart-Salmon

(Mareuil-sur-Ay)

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38
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Prestige Cuvée/ Village of Producer:

Grand Cuvée

A

Billecart-Salmon

(Mareuil-sur-Ay)

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39
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Prestige Cuvée/ Village of Producer:

Elisabeth Salmon Rosé

A

Billecart-Salmon

(Mareuil-sur-Ay)

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40
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Prestige Cuvée/ Village of Producer:

La Grande Année

A

Bollinger

(Ay)

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41
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Prestige Cuvée/ Village of Producer:

R.D.

A

Bollinger

(Ay)

42
Q

Prestige Cuvée/ Village of Producer:

Vieilles Vignes Françaises

A

Bollinger

(Ay)

43
Q

Prestige Cuvée/ Village of Producer:

Joyau de France

A

Boizel

(Épernay)

44
Q

Prestige Cuvée/ Village of Producer:

Charles VII

A

Canard Duchene

(Ludes)

45
Q

Prestige Cuvée/ Village of Producer:

Prestige

A

Comtes Audoin de Dampierre

(Chenay)

46
Q

Prestige Cuvée/ Village of Producer:

Cuvée Comodore

A

De Castellane

(Épernay)

47
Q

Prestige Cuvée/ Village of Producer:

Catherine de Médicis

A

De Meric

(Ay)

48
Q

Prestige Cuvée/ Village of Producer:

Grand Vin des Princes

A

De Venoge

(Épernay)

49
Q

Prestige Cuvée/ Village of Producer:

Louis XV

A

De Venoge

(Épernay)

50
Q

Prestige Cuvée/ Village of Producer:

Delamotte

A

Nicolas Louis Delamotte (Cuvée no longer produced)

Les-Mesnil-Sur-Oger

51
Q

Prestige Cuvée/ Village of Producer:

Cuvée William Deutz

A

Deutz

(Ay)

52
Q

Prestige Cuvée/ Village of Producer:

Amour de Deutz

A

Deutz

(Ay)

53
Q

Prestige Cuvée/ Village of Producer:

Fleur de Passion

A

Diebolt-Vallois

(Cramant)

54
Q

Prestige Cuvée/ Village of Producer:

Charles de Gaulle

A

Drappier

(Urville)

55
Q

Prestige Cuvée/ Village of Producer:

“Femme de Champagne”

A

Duval-Leroy

(Vertus)

56
Q

Prestige Cuvée/ Village of Producer:

Celebris

57
Q

Prestige Cuvée/ Village of Producer:

Cuvée Paradis NV

A

Alfred Gratien

(Épernay)

58
Q

Prestige Cuvée/ Village of Producer:

Champagne Charlie

A

Charles Heidsieck- discontued after 1985

(Reims)

59
Q

Prestige Cuvée/ Village of Producer:

Blanc des Millénaires

A

Charles Heidsieck- 100% Chardonnay

(Reims)

60
Q

Prestige Cuvée/ Village of Producer:

Cuvee des Enchanteleurs

A

Henriot

(Reims) - discontinued after 2000

61
Q

Prestige Cuvée/ Village of Producer:

Hemera

A

Henriot

(Reims)

62
Q

Prestige Cuvée/ Village of Producer:

Grand Vin Signature

A

Jacquesson

(Dizy)

63
Q

Prestige Cuvée/ Village of Producer:

Noble Cuvee

A

Lanson

(Reims)

64
Q

Prestige Cuvée/ Village of Producer:

Grand Siecle

A

Laurent-Perrier

(Tours-sur-Marne)

65
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Prestige Cuvée/ Village of Producer:

Alexandra

A

Laurent-Perrier

Tours-sur-Marne

66
Q

Prestige Cuvée/ Village of Producer:

Cuvee Les Aventures

A

AR Lenoble

(Chouilly)

100% Chardonnay

67
Q

Prestige Cuvée/ Village of Producer:

Cuvee Gentilhomme

A

AR Lenoble

(Chouilly)

100% Chardonnay

68
Q

Prestige Cuvée/ Village of Producer:

Dom Perignon

A

Moet et Chandon

(Epernay)

1921

rose-1959

69
Q

Prestige Cuvée/ Village of Producer:

Dom Perignon

A

Moet et Chandon

(Epernay)

1921

1959- Rose

70
Q

Prestige Cuvée/ Village of Producer:

Cuvee R. lalou

A

G.H. Mumm

(Reims)

71
Q

Prestige Cuvée/ Village of Producer:

Nec-Plus-Ultra

A

Bruno Paillard

(Reims)

72
Q

Prestige Cuvée/ Village of Producer:

Cuvee Josephine

A

Joseph Perrier

(Chalons-en-Champagne)

73
Q

Prestige Cuvée/ Village of Producer:

Belle Epoque/ Fleur de Champagne

A

Perrier-Jouet

(Epernay)

(2002 last vintage for Fleur de Champagne label)

74
Q

Prestige Cuvée/ Village of Producer:

Rare

A

Piper- Heidsieck

(Reims)

75
Q

Prestige Cuvée/ Village of Producer:

Liesse d’Harbonville

A

Ployez-Jacquemart

(Ludes)

76
Q

Prestige Cuvée/ Village of Producer:

Cuvee Sir Winston Churchill

A

Pol Roger

(Epernay)

77
Q

Prestige Cuvée/ Village of Producer:

Cuvee Louise

A

Pommery

(Reims)

78
Q

Prestige Cuvée/ Village of Producer:

Cristal

A

Louis Roederer

(Reims)

1876

(Not commercially available until 1945)

Rose- 1978

79
Q

Prestige Cuvée/ Village of Producer:

Dom Ruinart

A

Ruinart

(Reims)

80
Q

Prestige Cuvée/ Village of Producer:

Comtes de Champagne

A

Taittinger

(Reims)

81
Q

Prestige Cuvée/ Village of Producer:

Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin

A

La Grande Dame

(Reims)

1962

Rose 1988

82
Q

Prestige Cuvée/ Village of Producer:

Cuvee Laetitia

A

Henri Billiot (RM)

(Ambonnay)

83
Q

Prestige Cuvée/ Village of Producer:

Cuvee Prestige

A

Bonnaire (RM)

(Cramant)

100% Chardonnay

84
Q

Prestige Cuvée/ Village of Producer:

Fine Fleur de Bouzy

A

Hubert Dauvergne (RM)

Bouzy

85
Q

Prestige Cuvée/ Village of Producer:

Cuvee Julie

A

Henri Billiot (RM)

(Ambonnay)

86
Q

Prestige Cuvée/ Village of Producer:

Fiacre

A

Chartogne-Taillet (RM)

(Merfy)

87
Q

Prestige Cuvée/ Village of Producer:

Brut Prestige

A

Paul Dethune (RM)

(Ambonnay)

88
Q

Prestige Cuvée/ Village of Producer:

Cramant Grand Cru Cuvee Prestige

A

Guy Larmandier (RM)

(Vertus)- 100%Chardonnay

89
Q

Prestige Cuvée/ Village of Producer:

Substance

A

Jacques Selosse (RM)

(Avize)- 100% Chardonnay

90
Q

Prestige Cuvée/ Village of Producer:

Coeur de Cuvee

A

Vilmart & Cie (RM)

(Rilly- la-Montagne)

91
Q

Prestige Cuvée/ Village of Producer:

Palmes d’Or

A

Nicolas Feuillatte (CM)

(Chouilly)

92
Q

Prestige Cuvée/ Village of Producer:

Cuvee Alpha

A

Jacquart (CM)

(Reims)

93
Q

Prestige Cuvée/ Village of Producer:

Brut de Nominee

(Discontinued)

A

Jacquart (CM)

(Reims)

94
Q

Prestige Cuvée/ Village of Producer:

Les Echansons

A

Mailly Grand Cru (CM)

(Mailly-Champagne)

95
Q

Prestige Cuvée/ Village of Producer:

L’Intemporelle

A

Mailly Grand Cru (CM)

Mailly-Champagne

96
Q

Name the Grand Cru Villages of the Cote Des Blanc

A

Chouilly

Oiry

Cramant

Avize

Oger

97
Q

What factors in champagne lead to the Grower movement?

A

Depression

Russian Market Collapse

Prohibtion

Over full cellars with no way to sell fruit

Bumper crop in 1934

98
Q

Name for string used to hold cork on the bottle of Champagne?

99
Q

Rules for Membership in Special Club

A

Estate Grown

Vinification and Bottling occur at the estate

100
Q

Size of Solomon

101
Q

What are the 1er cru villages of the Cotes de Blanc?

A

Bergères-lès-Vertus

Cuis

Étréchy

Grauves

Pierry

Val-des-Marais (Coligny)

Vertus

Villeneuve-Renneville-Chevigny

Voipreux

102
Q

NAme 4 producers based in Mesnil Sur Oger?

A

Pierre Moncuit

Pierre Peters

Salon

Delamotte

Andre Jacquart

Delamotte

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