Chapter 4 - Wine Styles/Label Details Flashcards

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Name two types of champagne

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  1. N/V champagne. Also known as Brut Sans Année or multi-vintage.
  2. Vintage champagne.
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Name four styles of champagne.

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  1. Blanc de Blancs
  2. Blanc de Noirs
  3. Late-Disgorged
  4. Rosé
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What is an NM?

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  1. Négociant-Manipulant.
    A company that buys grapes, must or finished wine to sell under their own label.
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What is an RM

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Récoltant-Manipulant
A grower who produces champagnes from their own grapes and produced on their own premises. An RM is not allowed to purchase more than 5% of the fruit that they process.

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What is an RC?

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Récoltant-Coopérateur
A producer who grows grapes, delivers them to a co-op, and markets the wine produced by the co-op under his own label.

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What is an SR?

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Société de Récoltants
An association (usually one family) that vinifies and sells one or several communal brands.

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What is a CM

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Coopérative de Manipulation
A coooperative is a collectively owned structure that produces wine from grapes grown by its members.

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What is an MA?

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Marque Auxiliaire
Marque d’Acheteur
Or, Marque Autorisée

Buyer’s own brand, or private label (restaurant, supermarket etc).

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What is an ND?

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Négociant-Distributeur
A distributor that sells finished champagne produced by others under their own label.

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