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France - French Terms & Translations Flashcards

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Cuvée

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DescriptionCuvée is a French wine term that derives from cuve, meaning vat or tank.

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Haut

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Upper

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Côte

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Side (of something)
Slopes
Border
Coast
River
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Tête de cuvée

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Tête de cuvée is a French term that can be loosely translated as top batch or top blend. This is the term the Champenois use to describe their very best (and most expensive) bottlings. Outside of Champagne these wines are also called Prestige Cuvées. Some examples of tête de cuvée from Champagne.

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Récoltant manipulant

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Harvester handling (i.e. Grower Champagne)

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Récoltant

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Harvester

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Vignoble

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Vineyard

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Vineard

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Vignoble

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Harvester

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Récoltant

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Grower Champagne

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Récoltant manipulant

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Top batch or top blend

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Tête de cuvée

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Upper (River, area)

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Haut

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Slope

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Côte

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Coast

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Côte

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Négociant

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Merchant

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Merchant

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Négociant

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Veuve

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Widow

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Mousseux

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Implying effervescence

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Remuage

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Remuage, or riddling—a procedure that allows sediment to be easily removed from a bottle during dégorgement which results in a clear wine.

Pioneered by Veuve Clicquot.

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Riddling

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Remuage

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Dégorgement

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Disgorgement)

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Pupitre

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Wooden A-frame wine rack invented by widow Veuve Clicquot out of her dining table for the purpose of remuage (riddling). It holds 60 bottles, which are each turned by hand and takes 8 weeks to complete.

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Gyropalette

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Large machine for remuage (riddling) that holds 504 bottles and takes 8 days to complete.

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Chaptalization

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Chaptalization is the process of adding sugar to unfermented grape must in order to increase the alcohol content after fermentation. The technique is named after its developer, the French chemist Jean-Antoine-Claude Chaptal

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Muselet

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A muselet (myz.le) is a wire cage that fits over the cork of a bottle of champagne. It derives its name from the French museler, to muzzle.

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Museler

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A muselet (myz.le) is a wire cage that fits over the cork of a bottle of champagne. It derives its name from the French museler, to muzzle.

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What is the definition of a monopole?

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The situation of an AOC (or other official wine designation) owned by a single estate is a situation known as a monopole.

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