France - Champagne

Question 1

Can you call sparkling wine ‘Champagne’ if it is made outside of Champagne, France?

Answer 1

No

Question 2

Yeast goes dormant at what temp?

Answer 2

50 degrees F

Question 3

What method is used in making Champagne?

Answer 3

Methode Champenoise

Question 4

What are the two separate fermentations that are involved in the Method Chamenoise

Answer 4

1. Creating still wine (Vin Clair)

2. In a bottle, trapping carbonation

Question 5

Soil type of Champagne

Answer 5

Chalk

Question 6

Where is Champange located in France?

Answer 6

Northeast France

Question 7

What is assemblage?

Answer 7

Process of blending a cuvee in order to make a house blend

Question 8

What are the two main rivers of Champagne?

Answer 8

Velse River - Montage de Reims

Marne River - Valle de la Marne

Question 9

What type of weather is in Champagne France?

Answer 9

Cold, wet, damp

Oceanic, continental

Question 10

Two main cities in Champagne?

Answer 10

Reims

Epernay

Question 11

What region is closest to the city of Reims?

Answer 11

Montage de Reims

Question 12

What region is closest to the city of Epernay?

Answer 12

Valle de la Marne

Question 13

If a champagne is 100% chardonnay it was most likely produced in ____

Answer 13

Cote de Blancs

Question 14

If a champagne is 100% pinot noir it was most likely produced in ___

Answer 14

Montage de Reims

Question 15

What are two forms of pressing champagne grapes?

Answer 15

Cuvee - First Press

Taille - second press, add to cuvee to make vintage or NV champagne

Question 16

How much of a years harvest must be set aside for NV Champagne?

Answer 16

15%

Question 17

N to S

Five regions of champagne

Answer 17

1. Montage de Reims
2. Valle de la Marne
3. Cote de Blancs
4. Cote de Sezanne
5. The Aube

Question 18

How many grand cru villages are in Champagne?

Answer 18

17

Question 19

How many premier cru villages in Champagne?

Answer 19

43

Question 20

Grand Cru villages of Montage de Reims

Answer 20

Sillery
Puiseulx
Mailly-Champange
Verzenay
Beaumont-Sur-Velse
Verzy 
Louvois 
Bouzy 
Ambonney

Question 21

Grand Cru villages of Valle de la Marne

Answer 21

Ay - Champagne

Tours -sur - Marne

Question 22

Grand Crus Villages of Cote de Blanc

Answer 22

Chouilly 
Airy
Cramant
Avise
Oger
Le Mensil sur Oger

Question 23

What Grand Cru villages were added in 1985?

Answer 23

Verzy
Chouilly
Oiry
Oger
Le Mensil sur Oger

Question 24

What is remuage

Answer 24

Also known as riddling

Process of lightly shaking bottle at an angle to gather spent less at the neck before disgorgment

Question 25

When no sugar is aded to the wine and it is bone dry it is

Answer 25

Brut nature

Question 26

When very little sugar is added and it is dry the wine is called

Answer 26

Brut

Question 27

What style of sweetness is the most popular in Champagne

Answer 27

Brut

Question 28

Some sugar is aded and the wine is off dry

Answer 28

Extra sec

Question 29

Heavy sugar content and the wine is very sweet

Answer 29

Doux

Question 30

What are champagne vineyards called

Answer 30

Houses

Question 31

What do the three grapes of Champagne add to the wines?

Answer 31

Chard-Finesse, body, acid Meunier - Fruit, brightness Noir - Weight,structure, elegance, complexity

Question 32

What are the primary grapes in Montage de Reims?

Answer 32

Pinot Noir | Pinot Meunier

Question 33

what are the primary grapes of Valle de la Marne?

Answer 33

Pinot Meunier

Question 34

What are the primary grapes used to make in the Cote de Blancs?

Answer 34

Chardonnay

Question 35

What are the primary grapes used 9n Cote de Sezanne?

Answer 35

Chardonnay

Question 36

What are the primary grapes used in the Aube?

Answer 36

Pinot Noir

Question 37

What is Tete de Cuvee

Answer 37

Top of the range for a champagne house