France - Champagne Flashcards
Can you call sparkling wine ‘Champagne’ if it is made outside of Champagne, France?
No
Yeast goes dormant at what temp?
50 degrees F
What method is used in making Champagne?
Methode Champenoise
What are the two separate fermentations that are involved in the Method Chamenoise
- Creating still wine (Vin Clair)
2. In a bottle, trapping carbonation
Soil type of Champagne
Chalk
Where is Champange located in France?
Northeast France
What is assemblage?
Process of blending a cuvee in order to make a house blend
What are the two main rivers of Champagne?
Velse River - Montage de Reims
Marne River - Valle de la Marne
What type of weather is in Champagne France?
Cold, wet, damp
Oceanic, continental
Two main cities in Champagne?
Reims
Epernay
What region is closest to the city of Reims?
Montage de Reims
What region is closest to the city of Epernay?
Valle de la Marne
If a champagne is 100% chardonnay it was most likely produced in ____
Cote de Blancs
If a champagne is 100% pinot noir it was most likely produced in ___
Montage de Reims
What are two forms of pressing champagne grapes?
Cuvee - First Press
Taille - second press, add to cuvee to make vintage or NV champagne
How much of a years harvest must be set aside for NV Champagne?
15%
N to S
Five regions of champagne
- Montage de Reims
- Valle de la Marne
- Cote de Blancs
- Cote de Sezanne
- The Aube
How many grand cru villages are in Champagne?
17
How many premier cru villages in Champagne?
43
Grand Cru villages of Montage de Reims
Sillery Puiseulx Mailly-Champange Verzenay Beaumont-Sur-Velse Verzy Louvois Bouzy Ambonney
Grand Cru villages of Valle de la Marne
Ay - Champagne
Tours -sur - Marne
Grand Crus Villages of Cote de Blanc
Chouilly Airy Cramant Avise Oger Le Mensil sur Oger
What Grand Cru villages were added in 1985?
Verzy Chouilly Oiry Oger Le Mensil sur Oger
What is remuage
Also known as riddling
Process of lightly shaking bottle at an angle to gather spent less at the neck before disgorgment
When no sugar is aded to the wine and it is bone dry it is
Brut nature
When very little sugar is added and it is dry the wine is called
Brut
What style of sweetness is the most popular in Champagne
Brut
Some sugar is aded and the wine is off dry
Extra sec
Heavy sugar content and the wine is very sweet
Doux
What are champagne vineyards called
Houses
What do the three grapes of Champagne add to the wines?
Chard-Finesse, body, acid
Meunier - Fruit, brightness
Noir - Weight,structure, elegance, complexity
What are the primary grapes in Montage de Reims?
Pinot Noir
Pinot Meunier
what are the primary grapes of Valle de la Marne?
Pinot Meunier
What are the primary grapes used to make in the Cote de Blancs?
Chardonnay
What are the primary grapes used 9n Cote de Sezanne?
Chardonnay
What are the primary grapes used in the Aube?
Pinot Noir
What is Tete de Cuvee
Top of the range for a champagne house
