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Sparkling And Champagne Flashcards

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1
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Before what date can sparkling wine be called Champagne in California?

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March 10, 2006

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2
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Grapes used for sparkling in Italy?

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Muscat (Moscato)
Brachetto
Glera (Prosecco)

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3
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Grapes used for sparkling in the Loire

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Chenin Blanc

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4
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Grapes used for sparkling in Germany

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Riesling

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5
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Grapes used for sparkling in Spain

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Xarel-lo
Macabeo
Parellada

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6
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Other wines made by the traditional method

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Cava in Spain
Franciacora in Italy
Crement in France
And highest quality sparkling from California, Oregon, South Africa, Australia, and Argentina

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7
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Other phrases that mean the same as traditional method

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Methode champenois
Methode traditionale
Fermented in this bottle
Classic Method or Cap Classique in SA

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8
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French term for juice settling

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Debourbage

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9
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French term for disgorging

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Degorgement

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10
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French term for seizing the foam - the second alcoholic fermentation

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Prise de mousse

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11
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French term for riddling rack

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Pupitre

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12
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Riddling

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Remuage

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13
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Still wine from earlier vintages, used in blending

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Reserve

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14
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French term for transfer between bottles

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Transversage

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15
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Blending stage in sparkling

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Assemblage

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16
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What is prestige cuvée and what is another name for it?

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Brands very best wine from the earliest part of the first pressing, the most exceptional fruit treated with extraordinary care.
Uniquely shaped bottles and high prices
Usually a vintage wine
Tete de cuvee

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17
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What is a vintage sparkling?

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Produced from a cuvée of base wines made from grapes harvested in the same year

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18
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What is a nonvintage sparkling

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Produced from a cuvée that contains wines from more than one year’s harvest > house style
Highest volume category
Least expensive

19
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What does blanc de Blancs mean?

A

White wine from white grapes
Typically 100% Chardonnay

20
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What does Blanc de Noirs mean?

A

White wine from black grapes
Red grapes are crushed and juice is pressed off the skins very quickly after harvest
Very pale salmon hue
Could be from an area the grows primarily red grapes

21
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How is Rose sparkling made?

A

1) have both reds and whites in the blend
2) use a short carbonic maceration of red grapes before pressing
3) or creating a pink wine using saignee

22
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What are the steps after assemblage in sparkling wine production?

A

Fining
Racking
Cold stabilization
Then second fermentation

23
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What is added to initiate the second fermentation?

A

Liqueur de triage is added to the cuvée
Consisting of sugar and yeast

24
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What is autolysis?

A

As fermentation runs its course, the yeast cells die and begin to decompose releasing compounds that create toasty, nutty flavors in the wine. To showcase the flavors created by autolysis, a neutral base wine is used so there are not competing flavors.
The longer contact with the lees, the more pronounced this flavor.

25
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What is autolysis?

A

As fermentation runs its course, the yeast cells die and begin to decompose releasing compounds that create toasty, nutty flavors in the wine. To showcase the flavors created by autolysis, a neutral base wine is used so there are not competing flavors.
The longer contact with the lees, the more pronounced this flavor.

26
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Sparkling wine must contain at least ____ atm of pressure (EU)

A

3 atmospheres

27
Q

Chateau Cheval Blanc is one of the most prestigious wines of where?

A

Saint-Emillion

28
Q

What is added to a bottle of traditional method sparkling wine after the wine is disgorged?

A

Liqueur d’expedition

29
Q

Prominent grape in Vallee de la Marne

A

Meunier

30
Q

Soil in the Cote des Bar

A

Kimmeridgian marl

31
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Base wines in Champagne

A

Vins clairs

32
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Producer of Clos du Mesnil

A

Krug

33
Q

The juice from the first press

A

Cuvee

34
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Region southwest of Cote des Blancs

A

Cote de Sezanne

35
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Region southwest of Cote des Blancs

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Cote de Suzanne

36
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Juice from the second press

A

Taille

37
Q

One of the prized soils of Champagne

A

Limestone

38
Q

The Romans created miles of cellars from this rock

A

Chalk

39
Q

Producer of Vielles Vignes Francaises

A

Bollinger

40
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A plateau between the Marne River and the city of Reims

A

Montange de Reims

41
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A ridge running south and southwest from Epernay

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Cote des Blancs

42
Q

Juice from the third pressing

A

Rebeche

43
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Area that stretches along the Marne River west of the town of Epernay

A

Vallee de la Marne

44
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Prominent grape of the Cote des Bar

A

Pinot Noir

CSW Certified Specialist Of Wine 2024 (6 decks)

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