Chapter 4 - Wine Styles/Label Details

Question 1

Name two types of champagne

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Name four styles of champagne.

Answer 2

1. Blanc de Blancs
2. Blanc de Noirs
3. Late-Disgorged
4. Rosé

Question 3

What is an NM?

Answer 3

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

Question 4

What is an RM

Answer 4

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.

Question 5

What is an RC?

Answer 5

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.

Question 6

What is an SR?

Answer 6

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

Question 7

What is a CM

Answer 7

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

Question 8

What is an MA?

Answer 8

Marque Auxiliaire
Marque d’Acheteur
Or, Marque Autorisée

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

Question 9

What is an ND?

Answer 9

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