Champagne/Sparkling 15 Feb Flashcards
Who made first Brut Champagne
Pommery in 1874
Max residual sugar allowed in base wines from Champagne
10g/l
How much % of stated vintage need to be there in Vintage Champagne
100%
What are the permitted vine training methods in Champagne
Cordon Royat
Taille a Chablis
Valee de la Marne
Guyot
What is rebeche
Juice squeezed after end of pressing.
Must be between 0 - 10% of total
Used for distillation
How much sugar allowed in extra dry Champagne
12 - 17 g/l
How much minimum ageing on Lees is required for vintage champagne
12 months
List the 6 grand crus of Cotes de Blancs
Choilly Oiry Cramant Avize Oger Mesnil sur Oger
Which is the largest Grand Cru in Champagne by planted area
Chouilly
Name the regions of following 1er Cru Villages
Etrechy - Blancs
Champillon - Marne
Mutigny - Marne
Trepais - Reims
Name the prestige cuvee of following houses
De Castellane - Cuvee Commodore
Delamotte - Nicolas Louis Delamotte
Alfred Gratien - Cuvee Paradis
Bruno Paillard - Nec Plus Ultra
Max Yield required for Coteaux Champanois AOP
10400 kg/ha
Which grape varieties are allowed in Rose des Riceys AOP
Only Pinot Noir
What are the two subsoils found on champagne slopes
Belemnite Chalk
Micraster Chalk
What is Blocage and deblocage
Reserve and release of wine stocks for use in future vintages
What does SR stands for on a champagne bottle
A firm set up by union of growers (often related to each other)
They share the resources and make multiple brands
What is Vin de Taille
500 ltrs of juice pressed after the vin de cuvee - usually richer in pigment and tannins
What is Pointage
Champagne bottles briskly shaken to prevent the yeast from sticking to sides of the bottles
How many bottles can fit in a traditional Pupitre
120 bottles
Gyropallette - 504
What is transvasage
Transferring champagne from a bottle to another, under pressure.
Minimum ageing on the lees required for Oltrepo Pavese Metodo Classico NV
15 months on the lees
Grape variety used for Franciacorta Saten
Chardonnay and Max 50% Pinot Bianco
Ageing requirement for Franciacorta Riserva
Min 60 months on the lees. 67 months total from the date of harvest
Minimum ageing required for Limoux Method ancestral
Min 2 months
Which method is used for producing Blanquette de Limoux
Traditional
Minimum ageing period for Cava de Paratge
36 months on the lees
Max permitted yields for cava
12 tons/ha
Minimum ageing required for Penedes DO Vino espumosos premium
18 months
What is Brut on a method cap classique label
15 g/l or less
First cap classique producer to use champagne method
Simonsig
What kind of wines is William Salyem famous for
Pinot Noirs from Russian River and Sonoma coast
Different catagories of Austrian sekt
Klassik
Reserve
Grosse Reserve
Hauersekt
What is Hauersekt
Austrian sparkling where Tirage, disgorgement and expedition is performed by grape grower
Max permitted press yield in Gross Reserve Austrian Sekt
50%
Permitted method and grape variety for Amynteo PDO sparkling wines
Traditional or tank
Xinomavro
What is the method used for Tavora Verosa DOP sparkling wines
Traditional method
Grape varieties permitted for Vouvray Vin Mousseaux
Chenin Blanc
Orbois
Max press yield for Alsace Cremant
100 L from 150 KG grapes
