Sparkling Wine- Ai

Question 1

What designations may Rioja producers use for sparkling wines?

Answer 1

Cava- and also as of 2017 the new Espumosos de Calida de Rioja. This new estimation has the following requirements:
15 months aging
24 months for reserva
36 months for Gran Anada
11-13% ABV
Wines may be white or rose and made in the traditional method.

Question 2

What are the requirements for Cava de Paraje?

Answer 2

Single Vineyard classification
Hand-harvested from 10 year old vines
Max 8,000 kg/ha
48 hL/ha yield
Fermented in the bottle for 36 months an may only be made in a brut style. Currently there are 12 Grand Cru estates that are approve for this designation.

Question 3

What are the permitted grapes in Prosecco production?

Answer 3

85% Glera

Verdiso, Bianchetta, Trevigiana, Perera, Glera Luna, Chardonnay, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Grigio, Pinot Nero

Question 4

What are the two DOCGs of Prosecco? How are the rules different than in Prosecco DOC?

Answer 4

Colli Asolani DOCG
Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco DOCG (subzone Cartize)

Yields are lower in both- Prosecco is 18 tons/ha and the DOCGs are 12 and 13, 13.5 respectively. Also styles permitted are only Brut to Semisecco, no extra brut or Dolce permitte. In Valdobbiadene you can mention a “Rive,” which indicates hand harvesting, vintage dated and must be from one of 43 specific fraziones.

Question 5

What are the permitted styles for Franciacorta?

Answer 5

Saten
Rose
Millesimato
Riserva

Question 6

Oltrepo Pavese DOCG is dominated by which grape?

Answer 6

Min. 70% Pinot Noir, combined max 30% Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio an Pinot Bianco

Question 7

Franciacorta Riserva DOCG must be aged for how many months on the lees and how many months total?

Answer 7

Min 60 months on the lees an 67 months total

Question 8

What percentage of Pinot Bianco is permitted in Franciacorta DOCG?

Answer 8

Max 50%

Question 9

What percentage of the year’s harvest may be sold as vintage in Champagne?

Answer 9

80%

Question 10

What is the max press yield for Champagne?

Answer 10

102 liters per 160 KG

Question 11

What are the permitted grapes for Cava DO?

Answer 11

Blanco: Parellada, Macabeo, Xarel-lo, Chardonnay, Subirat Parent (malvasia)
Tinto: Pinot Noir, Monastrell, Garnacha Tinta, Trepat

Question 12

What are the aging requirements for Cava DO?

Answer 12

Cava- 9 months lees
Reserva— 15 months lees
Gran Reserva- 30 months
Cava de Paraje- 36 months

Question 13

What are the permitted pruning methods for Cava DO?

Answer 13

Yara y pulgar
En Vaso
En Espaldera
Cordon (simple or double)

Question 14

Which regions in Spain are permitted to produce Cava? There are 7

Answer 14

Aragon, Basque, Catalonia, Extramadura, La Rioja, Navarro, Valencia

Question 15

How many releases of Salon have there been to date? What are two that are next to be released?

Answer 15

37

2007, and 2008 are the next (2008 only in magnum)

Question 16

What styles are permitted in Cremant d’Limoux?

Answer 16

Rose and blanc

Question 17

What was the first commercial vintage of Cristal? Was it available before that?

Answer 17

First commercial vintage was 1945. Had been made since 1876.

Question 18

What is the first vintage for Pol Roger’s Sir Winston Churchill?

Answer 18

1975

Question 19

What is the first vintage of Comtes de Champagne? When was the rose added?

Answer 19

First vintage was 1952, the rose was added in 1973

Question 20

What are the three lieu-dit wines made by Selosse based on Chardonnay? Where are they from?

Answer 20

Chemin de Châlons- Cramant
Les Chantereines- Avize
Les Carelles- Les Mesnil-Sur-Oger

Question 21

Selosse makes three 100% Pinot Noir wines from single villages. What are they?

Answer 21

Le Cote Faron- Ay
Sous le Mont- Mareuil-Sur-Ay
Le Bout du Clos- Ambonnay

Question 22

What is the blend of Brut Initial?

Answer 22

Made by Selosse, brut Initial is a blend of 3 vintages from Avize, Oger and Cramant from the mi 2000s, all from vineyards on the lower slopes.

Question 23

Describe the wine Substance?

Answer 23

It is a blend of 20 vintages from the Selosse Solera which started in 1986.

Question 24

Who makes the wine Grand Vin des Princes?

Answer 24

De Venice- it is 100% Chardonnay first vintage in 1961

Question 25

Who makes the wine Charles VII?

Answer 25

Canard Duchene

Question 26

What was the first vintage for Pierre Peters Les Chetillons? What was it originally called?

Answer 26

1971 was the first vintage an it was called Cuvee Speciale. Name changed in 2000.

Question 27

How much of an RM producer’s grapes must come from their own vineyards?

Answer 27

95%, the 5% allows for red grapes brought in for making rose if a producers only grows Chardonnay.

Question 28

Who marketed the first Brut Champagne? In which year?

Answer 28

1874 by Pommerey

Question 29

Bouvreux is what?

Answer 29

It is the second crop of grapes in Champagne left on the vine?

Question 30

What are the requirements for Cremant d’ Bourgogne?

Answer 30

Cremant de Bourgogne “Eminent” is aged for 2 years on the lees
Grand Eminent is aged for 3 years on the lees with 3 months after disgorgement.

Question 31

What two regions does the Prosecco region cover?

Answer 31

Veneto and Friuli

Question 32

What is the grape varietal that dominates Methode Doisise Ancestrale?

Answer 32

It must be 75% Muscat a Petits Grains and also allowing Clairette

Question 33

What grapes are permitted in Cremant d’Die

Answer 33

Min 55% Clairette

Plus 10% Aligote, Muscat a Petits Grains