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Champane General Flashcards

1
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Name the grand cru of the Côtes des Blancs

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Avize, Oger, Mesnil sur Oger, Chouilly, Cramant, Oiry

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Which of the following is not a premier cru village: Vertus, Cuis, Urville, Hautvillers

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Urville (home of Drappier in the Aube)

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3
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Which of the following is not an NM: Pommery, Taittinger, Pierre Peters, Veuve Clicquot

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Pierre Peters

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4
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Why is Pinot Meunier considered the preferential grape to plant in the Vallée de la Marne

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The Vallee has a compressed growing season with a shorter summer. Pinot Meunier buds later
making it less susceptible to frost, and ripens better on the clay dominant soils.

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Name three requirements to produce a champagne under the Club Tresors label

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The producer must be an RM
• The producer must perform all steps of the production process on his or her domaine
• The wines are subject to a tasting both as vin clair and after 3 years in the bottle
• The wine is a single vintage wine, only to be made in outstanding years
• The wines must be bottled in the approved special club bottle emblazoned with the special
club logo
• It must be the producer’s tete de cuvee

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6
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Name 3 special club Producers

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1 Champagne PAUL BARA
2 Champagne ROLAND CHAMPION
3 Champagne CHARLIER ET FILS
4 Champagne GASTON CHIQUET
5 Champagne DUMÉNIL
6 Champagne FORGET-CHEMIN
7 Champagne FRESNET-JUILLET
8 Champagne PIERRE GIMONNET ET FILS
9 Champagne J.M. GOULARD
10 Champagne HENRI GOUTORBE
11 Champagne GRONGNET
12 Champagne MARC HÉBRART
13 Champagne HERVIEUX DUMEZ
14 Champagne VINCENT JOUDART
15 Champagne JUILLET-LALLEMENT
16 Champagne LARMANDIER PÈRE ET FILS
17 Champagne J. LASSALLE
19 Champagne JOSEPH LORIOT-PAGEL
20 Champagne A. MARGAINE
21 Champagne RÉMY MASSIN ET FILS
22 Champagne JOSÉ MICHEL ET FILS
23 Champagne MOUSSÉ FILS
24 Champagne MOUZON-LEROUX ET FILS
25 Champagne NOMINÉ-RENARD
26 Champagne SALMON
27 Champagne SANCHEZ-LE GUÉDARD
28 Champagne VAZART-COQUART ET FILS
29 Champagne PERTOIS MORISET
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7
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What is a bidule

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A plastic insert within the crown cap used to catch yeast as the wines are riddled while under
tirage

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8
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How long must vintage champagne spend en tirage on its lees

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12 months, the same as non-vintage champagne

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9
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True or False: Rose de Riceys may be produced from a blend of red and white grapes

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False, it is made from exclusively pinot noir

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10
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Which grapes may be used for the production of Champagne AOP

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Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier, Pinot Blanc (vrai), Pinot Gris (aka Fromonteau), Arbane,
Petit Meslier

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11
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What is the difference between a wine labelled “Extra Brut” and a wine labelled “Brut Nature”

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Extra Brut may receive dosage and produce finished wines with a maximum 6 g/l of residual
sugar, while a Brut Nature may not receive dosage and must produce finished wines with a
maximum of 3 g/l of residual sugar.

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12
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What is the allowed residual sugar content for Demi Sec champagne

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32-50 grams/l

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13
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What is NM?

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Négociant Manipulant: A house that purchases grapes and or base wines from growers and other smaller houses. Some NM houses own a significant portion of their own vineyards; others own none at all. Large Champagne houses with the most international presence are invariably in this category: Moët et Chandon, Louis Roederer, Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin, Billecart-Salmon, Lanson, Taittinger, Pol Roger, Perrier-Jouët, Mumm, and Laurent-Perrier. Quality varies widely, although prices are uniformly high. Many houses often fall under the same corporate parentage; for example, Moët et Chandon, Krug, Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin, and Mercier fall under the umbrella of the luxury conglomerate LVMH.

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What is RM?

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(Récoltant Manipulant): A grower-producer who makes Champagne from estate-grown fruit. 95% of the grapes must originate in the producer’s own vineyards.

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15
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What is CM?

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(Coopérative Manipulant): A growers’ co-operative that produces the wine under a single brand.

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16
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What is RC?

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(Récoltant Coopérateur): A grower whose grapes are vinified at a co-operative, but sells the wine under his own label.

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17
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What is SR?

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(Société de Récoltants): A firm, not a co-operative, set up by a union of often related growers, who share resources to make their wines and collectively market several brands

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18
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What is ND?

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(Négociant Distributeur): A middleman company that distributes Champagne it did not make.

19
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What is MA?

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(Marque d’Acheteur):A buyer’s own brand, often a large supermarket chain or restaurant, that purchases Champagne and sells it under its own label.

20
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What is the sweetness level of Brut Nature?

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0-3 grams per liter, no added dosage

21
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What is the sweetness level of Extra Brut?

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0-6 grams per liter

22
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What is the sweetness level of Brut?

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0-12 grams per liter

23
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What is the sweetness level of Extra Dry?

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12-17 grams per liter

24
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What is the sweetness level of Sec?

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17-32 grams per liter

25
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What is the sweetness level of Demi Sec?

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32-50 grams per liter

26
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What is the sweetness level of Doux?

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50+ grams per liter

27
Q

What is the size of a Jeroboam?

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3 L (4 bottles)

28
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What is the size of a Rehoboam? (discontinued in 1989)

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4.5 L (6 bottles)

29
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What is the size of a Methuselah?

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6 L (8 bottles)

30
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What is the size of a Salmanazar?

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9 L (12 bottles)

31
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What is the size of a Balthazar?

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12 L (16 bottles)

32
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What is the size of a Nebuchadnezzar?

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15 L (20 bottles)

33
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What is the size of a Solomon?

A

Solomon 18 L (24 bottles)

34
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What is Batonnage?

A

Lee’s stirring

35
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What is Cepage?

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Literally grape variety. Can refer to the ‘recipe’ of grapes that make a particular champagne

36
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What is Debourbage?

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The settling process that removesbits of skin, pips and other flotsam and jetsam from the pressed juice

37
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What is Dosage?

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Sugar added to the sparkling wine after disgorgement via the liqueur d’expedition

38
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What is Grand Marque?

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literally means great brand. Referred to a members of a club until 1997 when it disbanded over disagrreements about what constitutes quality

39
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What is liqueur de Tirage?

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The bottling liqueur. Wine, sugar, yeast, and yeast nutrients added to still champagne to induce the mousse

40
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What is the Maillard reaction?

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Chemical interactions between amino acids created during autolysis and residual sugar added by dosage. Responsible for many desirable aromas adored by drinkers of mature champagne

41
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Describe the Tank method

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A bulk method where secondary fermentation occurs in tank invented by Eugene Charmat

42
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What is Tete de Cuvee?

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The first flow of juice during the pressing. The cream of the cuvee. Best balance of acids, sugars and minerals.

43
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What is Remuage?

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The process whereby the sediment is encouraged down to the neck of the bottle in preparation for disgorgement

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