Tete de Cuvees Flashcards
Cuvée Perle d’Ayala
Ayala
(Aÿ)
Vallee de la Marne
Négociant-Manipulant
La Grande Année
R.D (recently disgorged)
Vieilles Vignes Françaises
Bollinger
(Aÿ)
Vallee de la Marne
Négociant-Manipulant
Joyau de France
(brut and Brut Rosé)
Boizel
(Épernay)
Négociant-Manipulant
Cuvée William Deutz
Amour de Deutz
Deutz
Aÿ
Vallee de la Marne
Négociant-Manipulant
Celebris
Gosset
Formerly Aÿ
since 2010 Epernay
Négociant-Manipulant
Cuvée des Enchanteleurs
Hemera
Henriot
Reims
Négociant-Manipulant
Grand Vin Signature
Jacquesson
(Dizy)
Vallee de la Marne
Négociant-Manipulant
Disgorged more than 20 years after bottling
Noble Cuvée
Lanson
(Reims)
Négociant-Manipulant
Grand Siècle
Alexandra
Laurent-Perrier
(Tour-Sur-Marne)
Montagne de Reims
Négociant-Manipulant
Cuvée R. Lalou
G.H. Mumm
(Reims)
Négociant-Manipulant
Belle Epoque
Fleur de Champagne
Perrier-Jouët
Epernay
Négociant-Manipulant
Cuvée Louise
Pommery
Reims
Montagne de Reims
Négociant-Manipulant
Substance
Jacques Selosse
Avize
Cote de Blancs
100% Chardonnay
Récoltant-Manipulant
Coeur de Cuvée
Vilmart & Cie
Rilly-la-Montagne
Montagne de Reims
Récoltant-Manipulant
Fiacre
Chartogne-Taillet
Merfy -
Récoltant-Manipulant
Palmes d’Or
Nicolas Feuillatte
Chouilly-Cote de blancs
Coopérative de Manipulation
Cuvée Alpha NV
Brut de Nominée discontinued, ran between 1985-1990
Jacquart
Reims
Coopérative de Manipulation
Les Echansons
L’Intemporelle
Mailly Grand Cru
Mailly-Champagne
Montagne de Reims
Coopérative de Manipulation
Les Crayères NV
Egly-Ouriet
Ambonnay
Montagne de Reims
Récoltant-Manipulant
100% Pinot Noir
Vieille Vigne de Levant
Terre de Vertus
Larmandier-Bernier
Vertus -Côte des Blancs
Récoltant-Manipulant
100% Chardonnay
Les Folies de la Marquetterie NV
Taittinger
This is a monoparcel
Clos Faubourg Notre Dame
Veuve Fourny
Vertus -Côte des Blancs
Neogociant Menipulant
100% Chardonnay
Vénus, Brut Nature
Agrapart
Avize - Côte des Blancs
Récoltant-Manipulant
100% Chardonnay
What Village is this producer located in?
Paul Bara
Bouzy -a GC village
Montagne de Reims
What Village is this producer located in?
Gaston Chiquet
Dizy
Vallée de la Marne
What Village is this producer located in?
Pierre Gimonnet et Fils
Cuis
Côte des Blancs
What Village is this producer located in?
Herni Goutorbe
Aÿ
Vallée de la Marne
What Village is this producer located in?
J. LAssalle
Chigny-les-Roses
Montagne de Reims
What Village is this producer located in?
Marc Hébrart
Mareuil-sur-Aÿ
Vallée de la Marne
What does RC mean on a bottle of champagne
Recoltant-Coopérateur
Grape growers affiliated with a winemaking co-operativee which vilifies them. The RC then retrieves the finished wine and sells it under his or her private label
What does SR mean on a bottle of champagne
Société de Récoltants
Referring to a group of grape growers who jointly vilify and sell one communal or several communal brands
What does MA mean on a bottle of Champagne
Marque Auxiliaire
Marque d’Acheteur
Private label for wine registered by any individual group or society (restaurant, wine store, supermarket) with the purpose of selling to their customers or members; the source for that private label could be any of the types of producer. NM, RM, RC,
What does ND mean on a bottle of Champagne
Négociant-Distributeur
A wine buyer who purchases finished wines, gives them his own private label and sells them through numerous channels
Where is Brecehe Located?
Ludes
Montagne de Reims
Who makes Kripta Brut Nature
Kripta Brut Nature Cava Gran Reserva is made by Agusti Torello Mata.
The bottle shape looks like a torpedo.
As of February 3, how many members are in the Special Club
24!
Coteaux Champenois AOP
What is the outlier grape?
Min ABV
Outlier Grape: Voltis
Max 5% voltis in Encepagement
Max 10% Voltis Assemblage
Min 9% ABV
What is the newest grape allowed in Champagne
Voltis as of 2021.
Resistent to Powdery Mildew
What is the name of the 17th century press used in Champagne?
Coquard Press. 4,000 Kilogram capacity. Each fill of the press historically yields 2,666 liters of juice. This capacity was used to define a unit of volume called a Marc, which measures the weight of the grapes not the juice.
1st 2,050 liters are the Vin de Cuvée
Next 500 liters called Taille
Last 116 liters the Rebêche
What is Débourbage?
Settling of the juice in regards to champagne. typically remains in vats for 12-24 hours while any solids settle on the bottom as Bourbes
Is chaptalization legal in Champagne AOP?
Yes, Avg potential ABV is 9.7% and the max amount of Liqueur de Tirage would contribute 1.5% ABV which would be 11.2% ABV without chaptalization.
Chaptalization, an avg of .8%-1.3% is added with a finished strength of 12-12.5% ABV
What is the name of the oak casks used in Champagne?
Pièces - 205 Liter capacity.
or
Burgundian Barriques - 228 Liters
Is tartrate stability essential for fully sparking wines?
Yes! The crystals serves as nucleation points for CO2, which causes gushing on opening. Champagne must be tartrate stable at the time of bottling
What is the product of the first fermentation in champagne known as?
Vin Clair (Clear wine). Vin Clairs are base wines.
What is assemblage?
the blending of different wines produced in different places, usually from different grape varieties and, in the case of a nonvintage or so-called multi vintage wine, from different years
How are reserve wines stored?
Reserve wines are kept in various vessels. SS, Oak and even magnums. The reserves for Krug Private Cuvée used to be kept in Fiberglass tanks!
Bollinger and AR Lenoble famously store reserve wines in magnums!
What is Liqueur de Tirage?
The amount of sugar, yeast and nutrients that is added to the fully fermented dry base wine to create a second alcoholic fermentation. This will create the (Prise de Mousse or 2nd fermentation)
What is Prise de Mousse?
The second fermentation.
What is élevage?
The total Maturation period.
For Chapmagne NV it is 15 months
Vintage Champagne is 3 years min
What is the progression Liqueur de Tirage must go through to ensure the yeast thrive and don’t die?
3 Phases:
Activation
Assimilation
Proliferation
-Activation - yeast is rehydrated with base wine diluted to around 7% ABV and small amount of sugar. When half the sugar has been converted to alcohol by the yeast, it is added to undiluted base wine with a little more sugar, when half of that sugar has been consumed, the process is repeated and this goes on until 5% of the volume of the base wine to be bottled has been achieved (assimilation). During this process, nitrogen and other nutrients might be added.
This is the most classic and widely practiced bottling procedure, but has a disadvantage of creating an uneven amount of oxygen pickup.
What is RCGM?
Rectified Concentrated Grape Must.
Clear, Odorless, tasteless, and neutral in acidity. it is natural grape sugars, glucose and fructose. Using this is possible to use zero SO2 in the Liqueur de Tirage.
