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2020 CSW > France - Champagne > Flashcards

France - Champagne Flashcards

1
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Champagne - How many cases of Champagne are produced annually?

A

32 million

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Champagne - Champagne makes up _____% of the world’s production of sparkling wine.

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18%

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Champagne - How many acres of vineyards are in Champagne?

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84,500 acres

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Champagne - What are the 5 main zones of Champagne?

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Vallee de la Marne, Montagne de Reims, Cote des Blancs, Cote de Sezanne and Cote des Bar

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5
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What is the main river in Champagne?Champagne -

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Marne

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Champagne - What is the region in Champagne that is located 60 miles southeast of Eperney? known for what grape?

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Cote des Bar

Pinot Noir

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Champagne - What is the region in Champagne situated southeast of the Cote des Blanc? Known for what grape?

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Cote de Sezanne

chardonnay dominates

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Champagne - What is the region in Champagne on the plateau between the Marne and Reims? Known for what grape?

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Montagne de Reims
Pinot Noir
but supports Chard and Meunier too

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9
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What is the region in Champagne west of Eperney and stretching 40 miles along the Marne? Know for what grape?Champagne -

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Vallee de la Marne
Pinot Meunier - late budding, early ripening
frost prone region

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10
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Champagne - The soil in Champagne is based on

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limestone rich marl

chalk

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Champagne - Most of the Grand Cru villages in Champagne have what kind of soil?

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chalk

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Champagne - The Cotes des Bar soil is called

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Kimmeridgian clay

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13
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Champagne - Kimmeridgian clay is also found in what other regions besides Champagne?

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Burgundy
Loire Valley
England’s White Cliffs of Dover and Salisbury Plain

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14
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Champagne - The three main permitted grape varieties in Champagne are

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Chardonnay, Pinor Noir and Pinot Meunier

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Champagne - The traditional measurement for the quantity of grapes allowed in the press is known as a

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marc

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16
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Champagne - A marc is equivalent to approximately ______ pounds.

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8800

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17
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Champagne - How many gallons of extracted juice is permitted per marc?

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675 gallons

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18
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Champagne - In Champagne the free run and first light pressings is called

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the cuvee

rich in pulp acid used for premium

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Champagne - Juice from later pressings in Champagne is called

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the taille
lower in acid and sugar
used for demi-sec or extra dry
-extra sweetness masks coarser nature

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20
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Champagne - The permitted volume of cuvee juice in Champagne is

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20.5 hectoliters

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21
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Champagne - The remaining residue after the cuvee and taille pressings is called the ___ and is used to make?

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rebeche
used to produce still wine
Ratafia de Champagne PGI is a still wine here
also made spirits or vinegar

22
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Champagne - On what date can Champagne be bottled for it’s secondary fermentation according to Champagne’s laws?

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January 1, following the harvest.

23
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Champagne - Champagne must spend ____ months maturing in the bottle.

A

15 months

24
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Champagne - How many months does Champagne age on it’s lees?

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12 months

25
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Champagne - How long must Vintage Champagne be aged?

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minimum of 3 years

26
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Champagne - Another term for “vintage” in Champagne is

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millesime

27
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Champagne - Liqueur d’expedition is

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sweetening dosage

28
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Champagne - The levels of sweetness in Champagne are

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Brut Nature (sans dosage), Extra Brut, Brut, Extra Dry, sec, demi-sec and doux

29
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Champagne - Non vintage Champagne accounts for how much of Champagne production?

A

3/4ths

30
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Champagne - The system used which rates Champagne’s villages for the quality of it’s grapes is called

A

echelle des crus

31
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Champagne - How many villages are currently grand cru’s in Champagne?

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17

32
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Champagne - Champagne grand crus must have what rating echelle des cru?

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100%

33
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Champagne Premier cru villages must have what echelle des cru rating?

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90 - 99%

34
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Champagne - How many premier cru villages are there in Champagne?

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44

35
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Champagne - Traditional winemaking properties in Champagne are known as

A

houses

36
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Champagne - There are roughly how many “houses” in Champagne?

A

300

37
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Champagne - The only sparkling wine appellation for Champagne is

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Champagne AOC

38
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Champagne- What was produced in the region and who was the customer?

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Early production - light white and Pinot Noir still wine
proximity to Paris drove demand
- suspended fermentation and cold climate causes few bubbles

39
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Champagne- What was the English contribution to Champagne?

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Champagne Merchant’s practice of adding sugar to balance acidity
-inadvertently caused 2nd fermentation
English developed the bottle technology that could withstand the pressure

40
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Champagne- notable people that made improvements to production

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Dom Perignon and contemporaries
Veuve Clicquot
Louis Reoderer

41
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Champagne- describe geography and climate of the region?

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  • one of the coldest, most northerly
  • fruit barely ripens by most standards- picked at high levels of acidity
  • summers are cool, winters can be cold and snowy with out protection from storm out of the north
42
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Champagne- significant characteristic of the chalk and limestone rich marl soil?

A

Soil allows vines to dig freely and deeply
retain moisture- excess drained away
keep soil at somewhat constant temperature- also keeps cellars constant
reflect heat and light to aid phenolic ripening

43
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Champagne- other grape varieties found here?

A

Pinot Blanc
Pinot Gris
Meslier
Arbane

44
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Champagne - What region in Champagne runs southwest of Epernay? known for what grape?

A

Cots des Blanc

Chardonnay dominates

45
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Champagne - define vins clairs?

A

Neutral tasting base wine

  • often several batches are produced
  • cellar master will use to assemble into a variety of cuvees
46
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Champagne - what is put into the bottle to start 2nd fermentation?

A

Liqueur de triage

47
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Champagne - terms for riddling?

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French - hand riddling - Remuage

Mechanical - gyropalettes

48
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Champagne - name the basic styles of champagne

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Nonvintage- house style, bulk of wine production
Vintage- produced only in best years
Blanc de Blanc- primarily chardonnay
Blanc de noir- primarily PN & P Meunier
Rose- either base wine macerated with skins or by blending up to 20% red wine into cuvee

49
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Champagne - Maximum price of grapes for the grand cru was set by?

A

CIVC Le Comite Interprofessionnel du vin de Champagne

-abolished in 2000 but grand cru and premier cru villages retain titles

50
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Champagne - name the AOC in Champagne for non sparking?

A

Rose des Riceys AOC - still rose wines from PN in the commune of Riceys (far south)
Coteaux Champenois AOC - covers most of Champagne used for still wines (red, white, or rose)

51
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Champagne - The permitted volume of taille juice in Champagne is

A

5 hectoliters

52
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Champagne - RM on a Champagne label means what?

A

Recoltant-manipulant “grower Champagnes”

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