Sparkling Wine Flashcards
who produces “Comtes de Champagne”?
Tattinger
who produces “Substance”?
Jacques Selosse
- B2B solera Champagne started in 1986
name a few grower producers
Vilmart, Jacques Selosse, Larmarndier Bernier, Pierre Peters
who makes “Couer de Cuvee”
Vilmart and Cie
what villages in the Cote de Blanc were elevated to GC in 1985
- Oiry
- Chouilly
- Oger
- Les Mesnil sur Oger
what two 1er cru villages of Champagne have a 99% rating?
- Maureil sur Ay
- Tauxieres
RS range for sec Champagne
17-32 g/L
100% PN Prestige Champagnes
- Bollenger “VVF”
- Billecart “Clos Saint Hiliare”
- Egry Ouiet “Les Crayer”
- Hubert Dauvrgnes “Fine Flor de Bouzy”
2 GC of Vallee de la Marne
Tours Sur Marne, Ay
when did Chaptal discover the relationship between sugar and fermentation?
1801
Duval Leroy Tete de Cuvee
La Femme de Champagne
year INAO expanded Champagne
2009
- went from 319 to 357 villages
what region are the GC of Sillery, Verzenay, and Bouzy in?
Montagne de Reims
who makes “Fleur de Passion”?
Diebolt-Vallois
- 100% Chardonnay from Cremant
- 1st vintage in 1995
what is Micrastor soil?
chalky soil in Champagne named for fossilized sea urchins
- found in valleys
what rivers flow through Champagne?
- Aube
- Seine
- Aisne
who is the oldest producer in the Champagne region? what is their Tete de Cuvee?
Gosset
- est in 1584 (still wine)
- Tete de Cuvee is Celebris
dominant grape of Blanquette de Limoux AOP?
Mauzac
name a few special club producers
- Paul Bara
- J Lasalle
- Pierre Gimmonnet
- Gaston Chiquet
- Vazart-Coquart
- Salmon
what is Belemnite soil?
chalky soil found in Champagne from fossilized remains of extinct cephalopods
- found on hillsides
what is rebeche?
extracted juice from the third pressing of grapes
- used for distillate
- 1 to 10% of total juice
RS range for Brut Champagne
0 - 12 g/L
what is Laurent-Perriere’s prestige cuvee?
Grand Siecle
- non vintage from Tours sur Marne
who is the only special club producer to make rose?
Paul Bara (in Bouzy)
who produced the 1st Brut Champagne? what year?
Pommery 1874
why is Krug “Clos de Mesnil” special?
Blanc de Blanc
- from Les Mesnil-sur-Oger
- 1.84 ha
- no MLF
- aged 5 to 7 years on lees
RS range for Extra Dry Champagne
12 - 17 g/L
100% Meunier Champagnes
- Chartogne Taillet “ Les Barres” and “Les Alliees”
who produces “Pelorus” and where is it from?
Cloudy Bay. Chard/PN blend from Marlborough
what is Brazil’s primary wine producing area?
Serra Gaucha
name a sparkling producer from Serra Gaucha:
- Cave Geisse
- Casa Valduga
what is CIVC called now?
Comite Champagne
who created and spoke for the CIVC?
Comte Robert-Jean de Vogue
what is the general potential alcohol required at harvest time?
9%
is chaptalization legal in Champagne?
yes
what is debourbage?
settling of the must after pressing. usually 48 hours for the bourbes to sink and lighter particles to float
how many kg is a marc?
4,000 kg
how many liters of juice may be pressed from a marc for the cuvee
2,050 (2,550 if you include the taille)
what is the second Champagne pressing called? how many liters?
taille. 500 L
what grape is planted in Clos d’Ambonnay?
Pinot Noir
name 3 Champagne houses started by Germans
Deutz, Mumm, Bollinger, Heidieck, Krug
what do Krug, Selosse, Vilmart and Bollinger have in common?
they ferment in oak
the chef de cave from Bollinger now works for which sekt producer?
von Buhl
where is Clos du Mesnil?
Mesnil-sur-Oger
list the grand cru villages of the Cote des Blancs north to south
- Chouilly
- Oiry
- Cremant
- Avize
- Oger
- Le Mesnil-sur-Oger
which grand cru village of the Montagne de Reims grows the highest percentage of Chardonnay?
Sillery
oldest and largest c0-operative in Champagne
Nicolas Feuillatte
in which region is Ay?
Vallee de la Marne
in which region is Cuis
Cotes de Blancs
in which region is Verzenay?
Montagne de Reims
in which region is Puisieulx?
Montagne de Reims
in which region is Vrigny?
Montagne de Reims
in which region is Hautvillers?
Vallee de la Marne
in which region is Vertus?
Cotes de Blancs
who produces R.D.
Bollinger
who produces Fleur de Passion
Diebolt-Vallois
who produces Grand Siecle?
Laurent-Perrier
who produces Comtes de Champagne?
Taittinger
Who produces Palms d’Or
Nicolas Feuillatte
who produces Rare
Piper-Heidsieck
who produces Blanc des Millenaires?
Charles-Heidsieck
who produces Substance?
Jacques Selosse
how many liters are in a Salmanazar?
9 liters
name 3 1er cru villages of Cote de Blancs (BCEGPVVVV)
- Bergeres-les-Vertus
- Cuis
- Etrechy
- Grauves
- Pierry
- Val-des-Marais
- Vertus
- Villeneuve-Renneville-Chevigny
- Voipreux
name a Special Club producer from Cote de Blancs
Pierre Gimonet in Cuis
name all 9 GC of Vallee de la Marne
Sillery, Puisieulx, Beaumont-sur-Vesle, Mailly Champagne, Bouzy, Louvois, Verzy, Verzenay, Ambonnay
in which village is Duval-Leroy’s “Femme de Champagne” produced from?
Vertus 1er cru.
who produces “Terres de Noel”? which village?
Jean Milan from Oger
where are the vineyards for Bollinger’s VVF?
Clos St Jacques and Chaudes Terres
where is Clos Saint Hiliaire? who makes it?
Mareuil-sur-Ay. Billecart-Salmon
give 3 examples of a ‘reductive’ Champagne
Dom Perignon, Ruinart, Salon, Taittinger
give 3 examples of an ‘oxidative’ Champagne
Selosse, Vilmart, Bollinger, Krug
name a few top Champagne vintages since 1990
1990, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2012
dominant grape of Blanquette de Limous?
Mauzac
who produced the first brut Champagne and when
Pommery in 1874
what house was the first to designate vintage on their bottle?
Perrier-Jouet
where is Chartogne-Taillet based?
Merfy, Montagne de Reims
which village is Egly-Ouriet located in?
Ambonnay
who makes Reserve Oubilee?
Pierre Peters
who makes Grand Cellier?
Vilmart & Cie
who makes Cuvee Laeticia
H. Billiot
who makes Selection de Terres Noel?
Jean Milan
