France (Champagne) Flashcards by Derek Reijmer

Arrange these Tete de Cuvees in order of price (lowest to highest):

a) Cuvee Nicolas Francois
b) Vielles Vignes Francais
c) Substance
d) Clos de Goisses

1) Billecart Cuvee Nicolas Francois
2) Philliponnat Clos de Goisses
3) Jacques Selosse Substance
4) Bollinger Vielles Vignes Francais

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The Echelles des Crus rated this 1er cru as 99% prior to discontinuation?

Mareuil-sur-Ay (Valle de la Marne)

Tauxieres (Montagne de Reims)

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Match the following Tete de Cuvees to producer?

a) Pelorus
b) Sea Spray
c) Annamaria Clementi
d) Kripta
e) Cuvee Clive
f) Le Reve

a) Cloudy Bay (Marlborough)
b) Sea Smoke (Central Coast)
c) Ca d’el Bosco (Franciacorta)
d) Agusti Torello Mata (Cava)
e) Graham Beck (Stellenbosch)
f) Domaine Carneros (Napa)

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This champagne producer belongs to the “Primum Familiae Vini?”

Pol Roger

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The capacity of a “marc” in liters? Per how many kg?

a) 2550

b) 4000

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Match the RM to their respective hometown:

a) J. Lassalle
b) Marc Herbart
c) Pierre Gimmonet
d) A. Margaine
e) Cedric Bouchard

a) Chigny-les-Roses
b) Mareuil-sur-Ay
c) Cuis
d) Villers-Marmery
e) Celles-sur-Ource

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The first vintage of “Clos du Mesnil?”

1979

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The oldest house in Champagne?

Gosset

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The first vintage of the following Tete de Cuvees:

a) Dom Ruinart
b) Krug Rose
c) Sir Winston Churchill
d) Les Chetillons
e) Cuvee Elisabeth Salmon

a) 1959
b) 1983
c) 1975
d)
e)

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Name all permissable varieties in Champagne AOP.

Pinot Noir
Chardonnay
Meunier
Pinot Blanc
Pinot Gris
Arbane
Petit Meslier

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What is the maximum press yield juice in L/Kg in Champagne AOP?

102L/160Kg

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Name the plastic capsule that catches the sediment during remuage?

Bidule

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The two types of chalk found in Champagne?

Belemnite

Micraster

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Name three vintages in the 90s/00s that Salon was produced?

1997
1999
2002

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Jerome Prévost produces “Les Béguines” from which village?

Gueux

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A finished Champagne with a residual sugar of 20 g/L would be labeled with which of the following designations?

Sec

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Which region contains the village of Aÿ?

Valle de la Marne

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The permitted method(s) of dégorgement for Champagne.

Degorgement a la glace

Degorgement a la volee

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The permitted method(s) of dégorgement for Champagne.

Degorgement a la glace

Degorgement a la volee

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What country contains the Nyetimber and Ridgeview estates?

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A maximum _____ percent of the year’s total harvest may be sold as vintage Champagne.

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The __________ were the first to bottle Champagne in much safer, coal-fired glass in the ________ century.

a) English

b) 17th

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The oldest Champagne house still in existence? Founded in _________ as a ______________ producer?

a) Gosset

b) 1584, still wine

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The oldest sparkling wine house in Champagne?

Ruinart (1729)

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What is the "vin de cuvee" in Champagne?

The first 2000L from the press load

Name five major houses founded in the 18th century?

``` VCP Delamotte Ruinart Taittinger Moet et Chandon ```

What is the "vin de cuvee" in Champagne?

The first 2050L from the press load

The scientist from which chaptalization was branded? The culmination of his work occurred in this year?

a) Jean-Anton Chaptal | b) 1801

The scientist responsible for determining the exact amount of sugar to induce secondary fermentation without bursting the bottle?

Andre Francois

The first brut champagne to hit the market?

Pommery "Nature" (1874)

Champagne was first delimited by the French government in?

1908

True or false: Champagne is the only region in France that does not need to include AOP on the label?

True

Champagne was given AOP status in?

1936

The great WWI vintage of champagne?

1914

What is the CIVC? The year it came to be?

a) Comite Interprofessional du Vin de Champagne; A consortium of growers, producers, and shippers organized to protect the interests of Champagne during Nazi occupation in WWII; the mediator between larger houses and growers b) 1941

The maximum amount of land that any firm can farm that is either rented or owned?

15%

The inaugural vintage of Dom Perignon?

1921

The INAO broadened the Champagne appellation in this year to help meet demand?

2009

A second crop often brought on by interruption of flowering from rain?

Bouvreux

The underground, limestone cellars in Champagne provide the perfect cellaring temp of?

53-54deg

Arrange the three prominent grapes of Champagne from most to least planted?

Pinot Noir Chardonnay Meunier

The dominant soil type of the Aube?

Clay

The four permitted pruning styles in Champagne?

Guyot (Double/Single) Chablis Cordon de Royat Valle dela Marne

Name the prominent grape of each of Champagne's five subregions?

Chardonnay - Cote des Blancs, Cote de Sizzane Pinot Noir - Montagne de Reims, Aube Meunier - Valle de la Marne

Name the 17 Grand Cru villages of Champagne?

``` Cote des Blancs: Avize Cremant Oger Les Mesnil Sur Oger Chouilly Oiry ``` ``` Montagne de Reims: Ambonnay Puisieulx Sillery Beaumont-Sur-Vesle Verzenay Mailly-Champagne Verzy Louvois Bouzy ``` Valle de la Marne: Ay Tours-sur-Marne (GC for red)

The body that assigned village ratings in Champagne?

Echelle de Crus

The body that assigned village ratings in Champagne?

Echelle de Crus

The terms for the reserve and the release of wines stocks for use in future vintages?

Blocage | Deblocage

The name for the code assigned to each producer in Champagne?

Matriculation number

# Define the following: a) CM b) RC c) SR d) ND e) MA

a) Cooperative Manipulant - grower's co-op that produces wine under a single brand b) Recoltant Cooperateur - a grower whose grapes are vinified at a cooperative but sells the wine under his own label c) Societe de Recoltants - a firm, not a co-op, set up by a union of often related growers who share resources to make their wines and collectively market several brands d) Negociant Distributeur - a middleman company that distributes champagnes it did not make e) Marque d'Acheteur - a buyer's own brand, often a supermarket chain or restaurant, that purchases champagne and sells it under its own label

What is the "vin de taille?"

The following 500L of press wine after the vin de cuvee (first 2050L)

What is the "Rebeche?"

The third pressing of between 1-10% that is destined for distillation

The settling of press juice?

Debourage

The base wine of Champagne is known as?

Vin de Clairs

The base wines typically remain in barrel/stainless until when?

February/March of the year following harvest

The base wines typically remain in barrel/stainless until when?

February/March of the year following harvest

The blending of base wines before bottling and the addition of liqueur de tirage?

Assemblage

The components of the liqueur de tirage?

Yeast Sugar Still wine *Fining Agents

What is the "Prisse de Mousse?"

Secondary fermentation

Typical rise in alcohol from secondary fermentation?

1.2-1.3%

The breakdown of dead yeast cells to form lees?

Autolysis

Minimum lees aging for non-vintage wines?

12mos

After assemblage, wines are typically?

Cold-stabilized

Historical process of shaking the bottle to prevent sediment from sticking to the bottle during degorgement?

Pointage

The French term for riddling?

Remuage

Traditional tool used for riddling? The modern approach (how many bottles per?)?

a) Pupitre | b) Gyropalette (504btls)

Remuage typically took how many weeks to complete? The gyropalette takes?

a) 8 weeks | b) 1 week

Two permissible methods of degorgement in Champagne? Explain each?

a) Degorgement a la glace - dipping the neck in a freezing brine solution b) Degorgement a la volee - same principle but w/o freezing (traditional)

Dosage is also known as?

Liqueur d'Expedition

Define the sweetness level ranges for all styles of champagne?

``` Brut Nature - 0-3g/l Extra Brut - 0-6g/l Brut - 0-12g/l Extra Dry - 12-17g/l Sec - 17-32g/l Demi-Sec - 32-50g/l Doux - 50+g/l ```

The wire cage on a Champagne bottle?

Musulet

Required cellaring time for NV and vintage styles of Champagne?

a) 15mos | b) 36mos

The transfer method (transvasage) is permitted for which bottle sizes in Champagne?

187ml (Piccolo); 3000ml Jeroboam) and above

Two names for an 18L bottle?

Melchior | Solomon

List all Champagne bottle sizes (names/volume)

``` 187ml - Piccolo 375ml - Demi 750ml - Bottle 1500ml (1.5L) - Magnum 3000ml (3L) - Jeroboam 6000ml (6L) - Methusaleh 9000ml (9L) - Salamanzar 12000ml (12L) - Balthazar 15000ml (15L) - Nebuchadnezzar 18000ml (18L) - Solomon/Melchior ```

Vintage requirements for vintage champagne?

100%

Name some of the more traditional practices employed for Prestige Cuvees?

Hand riddling Cork finishing during second fermentation Barrel fermentation Hand harvesting

Prestige cuvees may be what in style?

Blanc des Blancs Blanc des Noirs Rose

Clos de Goisses was first released in this year?

1935

The Special Club debuted in this year? Also known as? Requirements for wines?

a) 1971 b) Club Tresors c) Estate bottled, vintage-dated

List the hometown of each of the following RM: a) Gaston-Chiquet b) Pierre Gimonnet c) Henri Goutorbe d) Marc Herbrart e) J.Lassalle f) A. Margaine g) Mousse Fils

a) Dizy (MdR) b) Cuis (CdB) c) Ay (VdlM) d) Mareuil-sur-Ay e) Chigny-les-Roses (MdR) f) Villers-Marmery (MdR) g) Cuisles

Name the two still AOPs in Champagne and what each specializes in?

a) Coteaux Champenois (still red, white, rose) | b) Rose de Riceys (100% PN rose from Lec Riceys (village in the Aube)

Name the seven AOP regions for cremant wines?

``` Cremant de Loire Cremant de Bourgogne Cremant de Alsace Cremant de Die Cremant de Jura Cremant de Bordeaux Cremant de Limoux ```

What are fully sparkling wines labeled as in Cremant AOPs? Lightly sparkling wines?

a) Mousseux | b) Petillant

Permissable grapes for Blanquette de Limoux wines? What method? Where is the appellation?

a) Marzac, Chardonnay, Chenin b) Traditional c) Languedoc

England's premiere sparkling region? Located where? Top two producers?

a) White Cliffs of Dover b) Sussex c) Nyetimber, Ridgeview

Methode Ancestrale is also know as? A region that still use this method for sparkling production?

a) Methode Rurale | b) Bugey Cerdon

What is an autoclave?

Pressurized, enamel-lined tank

Most German Sekt is produced by these two processes?

a) Tank Method b) Continuous Method (where liqueur de tirage is continuously added across several tanks allowing more lees to accumulate and more autolyzed flavors)

How many villages in the Champagne AOP are designated as Grand Cru?

Crémant wines must spend a minimum _____ months on the lees prior to release.