Champagne & All Sparkling Flashcards
What is “Turo d’en Mota”?
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.
What is important to know about Recaredo?
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
Name some of Recaredo’s bottlings.
Reserva Particular
Serral del Vell
Subtill
Intens Rosat
Terrers
What are the main grapes used in Cava?
Macabeo, Parrelada, and Xarel-lo.
Chardonnay, Malvasia are authorized as well.
Pinot, Monastrell, Garnacha allowed… and Trepat but only for Rosé
What are the aging requirements for the various styles of Cava?
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
What ABV range would you expect from Cava?
10.8% to 12.8%
What is the Corpinnat?
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.
Name a few Corpinnat producers?
Gramona
Julie Bernet
Recaredo
Can Feixes
Nadal
Torello
Llopart
Mas Candi
Sabate i Coca
What is the Cava de Parade Calificado?
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
Billecart-Salmon’s tete de cuvées?
based in Mareuil-sur-Ay
Grande Reserve, Cuvee Elisabeth Salmon, Cuvee Nicolas Francois Billecart
*all are generally 60% PN, 40% Chard
La Grande Annee
Bollinger
Current release 2014
60 Pinot/40 Chard
RD
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
Deutz’s top cuvees?
Cuvee William Deutz
Amour de Deutz
Both in blanc/rose styles
Fleur de Passion
Diebolt-Vallois (Cramant)
100% Chardonnay
Fermented and aged in barrels, only made in best years
Charles de Gaulle
Drappier (Urville)
80 Pinot/20 Chardonnay
Femme de Champagne
Duval-Leroy
90 Chardonnay/10 Pinot Noir
Celebris
Gosset (Epernay)
Blanc de Blancs NV
Blanc de Blancs Vintage Extra Brut
Rosé Vintage Extra Brut
Cuvee Paradis
Alfred Gratien (Epernay)
NV - Brut, Brut Rosé
Champagne Charlie
Charles Heidsick (Reims)
NV - relies heavily on mature reserve wines
Last release was 2017
Blanc des Millénaires
Charles Heidsick
100% Chardonnay from Cote des Blancs
Not made every year, recent vintage 2007
What are Charles Heidsieck’s top 2 cuvees?
Champagne Charlie
Blanc des Millenaires
Hemera
Henriot (Reims)
50-50 chard pinot
Noble Cuvée
Lanson (Reims)
Brut, NV Rosé, Blanc de Blancs
Grand Siècle
Laurent-Perrier
*typically NV
Current release is N°25, based on 2006 - 2008 vintages, aged 12 years on lees
First vintage 1959
Alexandria
Laurent-Perrier
Vintage Rosé
80 PN/20 Chard
Cuvée Gentilhomme
AR Lenoble (Chouilly)
100% Chardonnay
Vintage
Cuvée Les Aventures
AR Lenoble
100% Chardonnay
NV
Dom Perignon - talk about the history and the full range.
First vintage was in 1921. ALWAYS vintage.
Current release is 2012, current rose release is 2008.
Does anyone in Champagne do only Vintage production?
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
What is the idea behind Dom P’s Plenitude? What are the current releases?
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
How long does NV Champagne age for? Vintage?
15 months from date of tirage for NV; 36 for Vintage
Cuvee R Lalou
GH Mumm
Nec-Plus-Ultra
Bruno Paillard
Chardonnay/Pinot
What is Perrier-Jouet’s tete de cuvee?
Belle Epoque aka Fleur de Champagne
Brut, Brut Rosé, Blanc des Blancs
Current vintage 2013
Rare
Piper Hiedsieck
70 Pinot/30 Chard
Current vintages.. 2008 for the Rare Millesime, 2006 for the Rare Rose