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Champagne & All Sparkling Flashcards

1
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What is “Turo d’en Mota”?

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A top bottling from Recaredo.
100% Xarel-lo, ages on the lees for a minimum of 10 years. The 1st vintage was produced from 1999 and was the 1st single vineyard sparkling wine in the Penedes.

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What is important to know about Recaredo?

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Recaredo was founded in 1924, in Sant Sadurni d’Anoia. They were pioneers for oak usage, longer aged wines, and for dry Cava.

All cuvees are vintage dated and brut nature.
Everything is organic and done by hand, including remuage and disgorgement

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Name some of Recaredo’s bottlings.

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Reserva Particular
Serral del Vell
Subtill
Intens Rosat
Terrers

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What are the main grapes used in Cava?

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Macabeo, Parrelada, and Xarel-lo.
Chardonnay, Malvasia are authorized as well.
Pinot, Monastrell, Garnacha allowed… and Trepat but only for Rosé

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What are the aging requirements for the various styles of Cava?

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Cava & Cava de Guarda must age for a min. 9 months on the lees.
Cava Reserva and Cava de Guarda Superior age for min. 18 months
Cava de Paraje Calificado for min. 36 months

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What ABV range would you expect from Cava?

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10.8% to 12.8%

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What is the Corpinnat?

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an EU-recognized splinter group of Cava producers dissatisfied with the industrialism in the Cava industry. They’re focused on a more specific territory for production, organic and artisanal methods.

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Name a few Corpinnat producers?

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Gramona
Julie Bernet
Recaredo
Can Feixes
Nadal
Torello
Llopart
Mas Candi
Sabate i Coca

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What is the Cava de Parade Calificado?

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Single vineyard Cava, must age min. 36 months on lees and are subject to stricter criteria.
Freixenet’s Casa Sala and Juve Y Camps La Capella are examples

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Billecart-Salmon’s tete de cuvées?

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based in Mareuil-sur-Ay
Grande Reserve, Cuvee Elisabeth Salmon, Cuvee Nicolas Francois Billecart
*all are generally 60% PN, 40% Chard

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La Grande Annee

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Bollinger
Current release 2014
60 Pinot/40 Chard

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RD

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Bollinger
Current release 2007
70 Pinot/30 Chard
Ages for a long time on lees, disgorged just a few months before sale.
Extra Brut, 3 gl

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13
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Deutz’s top cuvees?

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Cuvee William Deutz
Amour de Deutz
Both in blanc/rose styles

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Fleur de Passion

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Diebolt-Vallois (Cramant)
100% Chardonnay
Fermented and aged in barrels, only made in best years

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Charles de Gaulle

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Drappier (Urville)
80 Pinot/20 Chardonnay

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Femme de Champagne

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Duval-Leroy
90 Chardonnay/10 Pinot Noir

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Celebris

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Gosset (Epernay)
Blanc de Blancs NV
Blanc de Blancs Vintage Extra Brut
Rosé Vintage Extra Brut

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Cuvee Paradis

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Alfred Gratien (Epernay)
NV - Brut, Brut Rosé

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Champagne Charlie

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Charles Heidsick (Reims)
NV - relies heavily on mature reserve wines
Last release was 2017

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Blanc des Millénaires

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Charles Heidsick
100% Chardonnay from Cote des Blancs
Not made every year, recent vintage 2007

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21
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What are Charles Heidsieck’s top 2 cuvees?

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Champagne Charlie
Blanc des Millenaires

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Hemera

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Henriot (Reims)
50-50 chard pinot

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Noble Cuvée

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Lanson (Reims)
Brut, NV Rosé, Blanc de Blancs

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Grand Siècle

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Laurent-Perrier
*typically NV
Current release is N°25, based on 2006 - 2008 vintages, aged 12 years on lees
First vintage 1959

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Alexandria

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Laurent-Perrier
Vintage Rosé
80 PN/20 Chard

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Cuvée Gentilhomme

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AR Lenoble (Chouilly)
100% Chardonnay
Vintage

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Cuvée Les Aventures

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AR Lenoble
100% Chardonnay
NV

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Dom Perignon - talk about the history and the full range.

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First vintage was in 1921. ALWAYS vintage.
Current release is 2012, current rose release is 2008.

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29
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Does anyone in Champagne do only Vintage production?

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Yes, Dom P.
BUT it is stipulated that the max. percentage of production that can be vintage Champagne is 80%
It would be Grand Cru, except the og plot at the Abbey is classified 1er cru.

Oenoteque was rebranded as P2/P3 in 2014

They make a Brut and Brut Rosé and both are made into the P2/P3 concept. They release the basic around 9 years, the P2 around 18 years, and the P3 around 25

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What is the idea behind Dom P’s Plenitude? What are the current releases?

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The wine is left in contact with the lees for a slow, but active maturation, carefully monitored by the chef de cave. When a window of opportunity, or “plénitude”, presents itself, some of the wine is disgorged and released to consumers.

White: P2 from 2003, available since July 2021
Rose: 2004, released in September

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How long does NV Champagne age for? Vintage?

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15 months from date of tirage for NV; 36 for Vintage

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32
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Cuvee R Lalou

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GH Mumm

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33
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Nec-Plus-Ultra

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Bruno Paillard
Chardonnay/Pinot

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34
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What is Perrier-Jouet’s tete de cuvee?

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Belle Epoque aka Fleur de Champagne
Brut, Brut Rosé, Blanc des Blancs
Current vintage 2013

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Rare

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Piper Hiedsieck
70 Pinot/30 Chard
Current vintages.. 2008 for the Rare Millesime, 2006 for the Rare Rose

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Cuvee Sir Winston Churchill

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Sir Winston Churchill
*only best vintages, most recent release is 2013
*1st vintage 1975

37
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Cuvee Louise

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Pommery
Brut, Brut Rosé
Current releases - Millesime 2005, Brut Nature 2006, Rose 2004

38
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Cristal

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Louis Roederer
Brut, Brut Rosé
*created in 1876 for the Russian Czar, not commercially released until 1945
*ages for 6 years then 8 months in bottle
*60 PN/40 Chard
*recent release 2013 for both Blanc and rose

39
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Dom Ruinart

A

2010 Blanc des Blancs
2009 Rosé

40
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Comtes de Champagne

A

Taittinger
*2008 Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs
*2009 Rosé

41
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La Grande Dame

A

2012 vintage for both Blanc and Rose

42
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Palmes d’Or

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Nicolas Feuillatte
50/50 PN Chard

43
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Cuvee Alpha

A

NV
Jacquart

44
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Venus

A

Single Parcel
Agrapart - Avize
100% Chardonnay
Single parcel Champagne

45
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Clos St Hilaire

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Billecart-Salmon
100% Pinot Noir
Mareuil-sur-Ay
Single parcel Champagne

46
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Clos du Moulin

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Cattier
NON VINTAGE
1st release in 1952
Chigny-les-Roses
50 PN 50 Chard
Single parcel Champagne

47
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Les Barres

A

Chartogne-Taillet

White Label: 100% Meunier
Black Label: 100% Pinot Noir

Made from Ungrafted vines in Merfy
Single parcel Champagne

48
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Les Barres

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Chartogne-Taillet

White Label: 100% Meunier
Black Label: 100% Pinot Noir

Made from Ungrafted vines in Merfy
Single parcel Champagne

49
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L’Orizeaux

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Chartogne-Taillet
100% Pinot Noir from Merfy
Single parcel Champagne

50
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Les Alliées

A

Chartogne-Taillet
100% Meunier from Merfy
Single parcel Champagne

51
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Grand Sendrée

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Drappier
Urville - the Aube
55% Pinot Noir, 45% Chardonnay
Single parcel Champagne
Current vintages for blanc/rose = 2010

52
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Clos des Bouveries

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Duval-Leroy
100% Chardonnay
Vertus
Single vineyard Champagne

53
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Les Crayères

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NON VINTAGE single parcel Champagne from Egly-Ouriet from a plot in Ambonnay
100% Pinot Noir

54
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What’s up with Jacquesson’s labelling system?

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The sons that took over believed in creating the best expression of each vintage and not necessarily striving to create something consistent that lacked expression of the year.
1st blend - 728. Each iteration is based on a vintage ie 734 is based on the 2006 vintage

55
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What are Krug’s 2 single parcel Champagne bottlings?

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Clos du Mesnil
100% Chardonnay, 1979 on

Clos du Ambonnay
100% Pinot Noir, 1995 on

56
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Vieille Vigne de Cramant

A

Larmandier-Bernier
100% Chardonnay
Single Parcel

57
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Terre de Vertus

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Larmandier-Bernier
100% Chardonnay
Single Parcel

58
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Cuvée Spéciale les Chétillons

A

Pierre Peters
Single parcel Champagne
100% Chardonnay from Les Mesnil-sur-Oger

59
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Clos des Goisses

A

Philliponnat
70 PN 30 Chard
Mareuil-sur-Ay
1935

60
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Les Folies de la Marquetterie

A

Taittinger
Single parcel

61
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La Vigne d’Or

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100% Meunier, single parcel Champagne from Tarlant

62
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La Vigne d’Antan

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100% Chardonnay, ungrafted
Single parcel Champagne from Tarlant

63
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La Vigne Royale

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100% Pinot Noir
Tarlant
Single Parcel Champagne

64
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Clos Faubourg Notre Dame

A

Veuve Fourny
Vertus
100% Chardonnay from a .23ha walled vineyard

65
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What is the aging requirement for Franciacorta DOCG?

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Min. 18 months on lees, 25 months total from the date of harvest

66
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What is the aging requirement for Franciacorta Saten?

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Min. 24 months on lees, 31 total from date of harvest
*May be Millesimato or Riserva.

67
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What is the aging requirement for Franciacorta Rose?

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Min. 24 months on lees, 31 total from date of harvest
*May be Millesimato or Riserva.

68
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What is the aging requirement for Franciacorta Millesimato?

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Min. 30 months on lees, 37 total from date of harvest
*85% must be from said vintage

69
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What is the aging requirement for Franciacorta Riserva?

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60 months on lees, 67 months total from harvest

70
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What varieties are allowed for Franciacorta Rose?

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Minimum 35% Pinot Nero
Maximum 65% Chardonnay
Maximum 50% Pinot Bianco
Maximum 10% Erbamat

71
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What varieties are allowed for Franciacorta Satén?

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Chardonnay and a maximum 50% Pinot Bianco

72
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What varieties are allowed for Franciacorta DOCG (normal)?

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Pinot Nero and/or Chardonnay
Maximum 50% Pinot Bianco
Maximum 10% Erbamat

73
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Name some Franciacorta producers.

A

Ca’ del Bosco
Bellavista
Berlucchi
Monte Rossa

74
Q

What are the aging requirements for Austrian Sekt?

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Sekt: 9 months on lees
Sekt Rsv: 18 months on lees
Sekt Grosse Rsv: 36 months on lees

75
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Austrian Sekt: Make some suggestions.

A

Brundlmayer (Kamptal), Malat (Kremstal), Fred Loimer (Kamptal), Harkamp (Styria)

  • Weingut Malat BdB Grosse Reserve (Chard - Kremstal)
  • Brundlmayer BdB Grosse Rsv Brut Nature (Chardonnay)
76
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Cuvee Annamaria Clementi

A

Ca’ del Bosco
Franciacorta Reserva
8 years+ on lees
Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Bianco

77
Q

Riserva Vittorio Moretti

A

Bellavista
Franciacorta

78
Q

Name 3 producers of English sparkling wine.

A

Hush Heath Estate
Ridgeview Estate
Gusborne
Chapel Down

79
Q

What is the German word for “sparkling wine”?

A

Schaumwein

80
Q

Suggest some producers of German Sekt.

A

Von Buhl (Pfalz)
Maximin Grunhauser (Mosel)
Sekthaus Raumland (Rheinhessen)
Dr. Loosen (Mosel)
Robert Weil (Rheingau)

81
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E. J. Carr Late Disgorged

A

House of Arras
Tasmania

82
Q

Suggest a few Tasmanian producers of sparking wine.

A

House of Arras
Jansz
Clover Hill
Bellebonne

83
Q

Suggest a few American wineries focused on sparkling wines.

A

Schramsberg
Gloria Ferrer
Iron Horse
Treveri
Argyle

84
Q

Non-Champagne French sparkling?

A
  • Huet Sparkling Vouvray
  • F. Chidaine Mountlouis Brut
  • Lucien Albrecht Cremant d’Alsace
  • Albert Mann Cremant d’Alsace
  • Veuve Ambal Cremant de Bourgogne
85
Q

What is Domaine Chandon’s tete de cuvee?

A

ÉTOILE TÊTE DE CUVÉE
Ages 9 years on lees
Northern California

86
Q

What is Taittinger’s venture into English sparkling?

A

Domaine Evremond

87
Q

Suggest 3 Champagne Demi-Sec.

A

Laurent-Perrier Harmony
Veuve Cliquot

88
Q

What is Domaine Carneros’ Tete de Cuvee?

A

La Reve
(“the dream”)
100% Chardonnay

89
Q

L’Ermitage

A

Roederer Estate
Anderson Valley
Tete de Cuvee
2015 for blanc, 2013 for rose
only made in exceptional years

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