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1
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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

A

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?

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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

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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4
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This champagne producer belongs to the “Primum Familiae Vini?”

A

Pol Roger

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5
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The capacity of a “marc” in liters? Per how many kg?

A

a) 2550

b) 4000

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6
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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

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

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7
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The first vintage of “Clos du Mesnil?”

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1979

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8
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The oldest house in Champagne?

A

Gosset

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9
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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

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

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10
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Name all permissable varieties in Champagne AOP.

A 
Pinot Noir
Chardonnay
Meunier
Pinot Blanc
Pinot Gris
Arbane
Petit Meslier
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11
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What is the maximum press yield juice in L/Kg in Champagne AOP?

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102L/160Kg

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12
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Name the plastic capsule that catches the sediment during remuage?

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Bidule

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13
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The two types of chalk found in Champagne?

A

Belemnite

Micraster

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14
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Name three vintages in the 90s/00s that Salon was produced?

A

1997
1999
2002

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15
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Jerome Prévost produces “Les Béguines” from which village?

A

Gueux

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16
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A finished Champagne with a residual sugar of 20 g/L would be labeled with which of the following designations?

A

Sec

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17
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Which region contains the village of Aÿ?

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Valle de la Marne

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18
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The permitted method(s) of dégorgement for Champagne.

A

Degorgement a la glace

Degorgement a la volee

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19
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The permitted method(s) of dégorgement for Champagne.

A

Degorgement a la glace

Degorgement a la volee

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20
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What country contains the Nyetimber and Ridgeview estates?

A

UK

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21
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A maximum _____ percent of the year’s total harvest may be sold as vintage Champagne.

A

80

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22
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The __________ were the first to bottle Champagne in much safer, coal-fired glass in the ________ century.

A

a) English

b) 17th

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23
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The oldest Champagne house still in existence? Founded in _________ as a ______________ producer?

A

a) Gosset

b) 1584, still wine

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24
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The oldest sparkling wine house in Champagne?

A

Ruinart (1729)

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25
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What is the “vin de cuvee” in Champagne?

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The first 2000L from the press load

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26
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Name five major houses founded in the 18th century?

A 
VCP
Delamotte
Ruinart
Taittinger
Moet et Chandon
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27
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What is the “vin de cuvee” in Champagne?

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The first 2050L from the press load

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28
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The scientist from which chaptalization was branded? The culmination of his work occurred in this year?

A

a) Jean-Anton Chaptal

b) 1801

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29
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The scientist responsible for determining the exact amount of sugar to induce secondary fermentation without bursting the bottle?

A

Andre Francois

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30
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The first brut champagne to hit the market?

A

Pommery “Nature” (1874)

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31
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Champagne was first delimited by the French government in?

A

1908

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32
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True or false: Champagne is the only region in France that does not need to include AOP on the label?

A

True

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33
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Champagne was given AOP status in?

A

1936

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34
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The great WWI vintage of champagne?

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1914

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35
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What is the CIVC? The year it came to be?

A

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

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36
Q

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

A

15%

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37
Q

The inaugural vintage of Dom Perignon?

A

1921

38
Q

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

A

2009

39
Q

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

A

Bouvreux

40
Q

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

A

53-54deg

41
Q

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

A

Pinot Noir
Chardonnay
Meunier

42
Q

The dominant soil type of the Aube?

A

Clay

43
Q

The four permitted pruning styles in Champagne?

A

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

44
Q

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

A

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

45
Q

Name the 17 Grand Cru villages of Champagne?

A 
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)

46
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The body that assigned village ratings in Champagne?

A

Echelle de Crus

47
Q

The body that assigned village ratings in Champagne?

A

Echelle de Crus

48
Q

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

A

Blocage

Deblocage

49
Q

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

A

Matriculation number

50
Q

Define the following:

a) CM
b) RC
c) SR
d) ND
e) MA

A

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

51
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What is the “vin de taille?”

A

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

52
Q

What is the “Rebeche?”

A

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

53
Q

The settling of press juice?

A

Debourage

54
Q

The base wine of Champagne is known as?

A

Vin de Clairs

55
Q

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

A

February/March of the year following harvest

56
Q

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

A

February/March of the year following harvest

57
Q

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

A

Assemblage

58
Q

The components of the liqueur de tirage?

A

Yeast
Sugar
Still wine
*Fining Agents

59
Q

What is the “Prisse de Mousse?”

A

Secondary fermentation

60
Q

Typical rise in alcohol from secondary fermentation?

A

1.2-1.3%

61
Q

The breakdown of dead yeast cells to form lees?

A

Autolysis

62
Q

Minimum lees aging for non-vintage wines?

A

12mos

63
Q

After assemblage, wines are typically?

A

Cold-stabilized

64
Q

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

A

Pointage

65
Q

The French term for riddling?

A

Remuage

66
Q

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

A

a) Pupitre

b) Gyropalette (504btls)

67
Q

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

A

a) 8 weeks

b) 1 week

68
Q

Two permissible methods of degorgement in Champagne? Explain each?

A

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)

69
Q

Dosage is also known as?

A

Liqueur d’Expedition

70
Q

Define the sweetness level ranges for all styles of champagne?

A 
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
71
Q

The wire cage on a Champagne bottle?

A

Musulet

72
Q

Required cellaring time for NV and vintage styles of Champagne?

A

a) 15mos

b) 36mos

73
Q

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

A

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

74
Q

Two names for an 18L bottle?

A

Melchior

Solomon

75
Q

List all Champagne bottle sizes (names/volume)

A 
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
76
Q

Vintage requirements for vintage champagne?

A

100%

77
Q

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

A

Hand riddling
Cork finishing during second fermentation
Barrel fermentation
Hand harvesting

78
Q

Prestige cuvees may be what in style?

A

Blanc des Blancs
Blanc des Noirs
Rose

79
Q

Clos de Goisses was first released in this year?

A

1935

80
Q

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

A

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

81
Q

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

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

82
Q

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

A

a) Coteaux Champenois (still red, white, rose)

b) Rose de Riceys (100% PN rose from Lec Riceys (village in the Aube)

83
Q

Name the seven AOP regions for cremant wines?

A 
Cremant de Loire
Cremant de Bourgogne
Cremant de Alsace
Cremant de Die
Cremant de Jura
Cremant de Bordeaux
Cremant de Limoux
84
Q

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

A

a) Mousseux

b) Petillant

85
Q

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

A

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

86
Q

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

A

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

87
Q

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

A

a) Methode Rurale

b) Bugey Cerdon

88
Q

What is an autoclave?

A

Pressurized, enamel-lined tank

89
Q

Most German Sekt is produced by these two processes?

A

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)

90
Q

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

A

17

91
Q

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

A

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