Sparkling Wine

Question 1

How many bottles does a gyropalatte hold?

Answer 1

504

Question 2

Cremant de Bourgogne

Answer 2

Hand-harvested traditional method white and rose sparkling made from Pinot Noir and Chardonnay

Question 3

Méthode champenoise steps

Answer 3

1. Make the base wine
2. Assemblage of the cuvee
3. Liqueur de tirage added and secondary fermentation begun
4. Sur Lie aging
5. Remuage by hand on pupitre or by machine on gyropalette
6. Degorgement
7. Dosage with liqueur d’expedition

Question 4

Minimum number of months cremant wines spend on the lees.

Answer 4

Nine months

Question 5

Brut

(sparkling)

Answer 5

Less than 12 g rs/L

Question 6

Bourgogne Mousseux

Answer 6

Sparkling red, traditional method

Question 7

Gyropalette

Answer 7

Machine that holds up to 504 bottles at a time and cuts riddling time down to 8 days.

Question 8

Sweet

(sparkling)

Answer 8

More than 50g rs/L

Question 9

Extra Dry

(sparkling)

Answer 9

12-17 g rs/L

Question 10

Sec

(sparkling)

Answer 10

17-32 g rs/L

Question 11

Extra Brut

(sparkling)

Answer 11

0-6 g rs/L

Question 12

Pupitre

Answer 12

Riddling Rack

Holds 60 bottles, riddling takes 8 weeks to complete.

Question 13

Remuage

Answer 13

Riddling - the bottles are turned to gather the sediment in the neck for removal.

Question 14

Sparkling Bottle Sizes

Answer 14

• Piccolo or Split - 187.5 mL
• Quarter - 250 mL
• Demi - 375 mL
• Standard - 750 mL
• Magnum - 1.5 L
• Double Magnum (Jeroboam) - 3L (NB: Jeroboam can be 4.5L in Bordeaux)
• Rehoboam - 4.5 L
• Methusela (Imperial) - 6L
• Salmanazar - 12L
• Balthazar - 16L
  
  • Nebuchadnezzar - 20L

Question 15

Brut Nature

(sparkling)

Answer 15

0-3 g rs/L with no added dosage.

Other terms used:

• Non-Dosé,
• Brut Sauvage,
• Ultra Brut,
• Dosage Zéro,
• Sans Sucre,
• Pas Dosé.

Question 16

Bugey Cerdon AOP

Production method

Answer 16

Methode Ancestrale

Question 17

Prise de Mousse

Answer 17

Second fermentation in traditional method, literally means foam creation.

Question 18

MA (Marque d’Acheteur)

Answer 18

A buyer’s own brand, often a large supermarket chain or restaurant, that purchases Champagne and sells it under its own label.

Question 19

The French term for the release of older vintages of base wine for use in assemblage.

Answer 19

Deblocage

Question 20

Demi-Sec

(sparkling)

Answer 20

32-50 g rs/L

Question 21

Name 4 Méthode Ancestrale wines

Answer 21

• Bugey Cerdon
• Clairette de Die Méthode
• Dioise Ancestrale
• Gaillac Mousseux Méthode Gaillaçoise

Question 22

Continuous Method/Russian Continuous Method

Answer 22

Developed in the USSR, this method is similar to the tank method, but the base wine is pumped through a series of interconnected (continuous) tanks while undergoing the second fermentation. Liqueur de tirage is constantly added to the wine, and lees accumulate in the first several tanks, offering a higher degree of autolyzed flavors than the standard tank method. The majority of German Sekt is produced by either the tank method or the continuous method.

Question 23

How many 750 mL bottles in a Jeroboam?

Answer 23

Four

Question 24

Arbane and Petit Meslier are minor grapes varieties for which wine?

Answer 24

Champagne

Question 25

Corpinnat

Answer 25

A Collective Brand of the European Union born with the intention of distinguishing the large sparkling wines produced in the heart of the Penedès, from 100% organic grapes harvested by hand and vinified entirely in the property.

Question 26

When was Corpinnat established?

Answer 26

Created in 2017

First released in 2019