Champagne Flashcards

1
Q

What is Ayala’s Prestige cuvee

A

Cuvee Perle d’Ayale

80 chard, 20 Pinot N

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2
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Who makes la Grande anee

A

Bollinger

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3
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Where is Salon?
Special cuvee encapagemant
who owns

A

Le Mesnil-Sur-Oger
Just Salon, Blanc de Blanc first in champ
Laurent Perrier owns, works with Delamotte

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4
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Who makes Vignes de Vrigny Brut

A

Egly Ouriet

100%.Meunier BdN

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5
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Make and Style of Egly Ouriet location

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Ripe, low yields, Pinot Noir dominant
Aged in Barrique
in Ambonnay

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6
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Who makes “substance”? Style?

A

Jacques Selosse RM
Oxidative, low dosage, Solera of 12 vintages,
Thieves Stole a ton of wines in 2013
also labels and caps for counterfeit

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7
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Who makes Les Carelles?

A

Selosse, 2010 inaugural vintage, Solera aged

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8
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How many liters in champed. Piece and fut

A

228 and 400

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9
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Location of Pierre Peters

A

Les Mesnil sur Oger

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10
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Who makes cuvee Speciale le Chetillons

A

Pierre Peters, Blanc de Blanc

Stainless, 2-6 dosage

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11
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Style and location of Vilmart & Cie

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In premier cru of Rilly, old vines, low yields, powerful Style, all wines see oak

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12
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Who makes Coeur de Cuvee?

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Vilmart & Cie, vintage 60 chard 40 pinot, Means “Heart of Pressing

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13
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Who makes Grand Cellier?

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Vilmart & Cie, NV but if cellier before d’Or or Rubis it means Vintage

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14
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Who makes cuvee Rubis

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Vilmart & Cie, NV, vintage called collier Rubis

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15
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Pierre Gimonet location and Style

A

PC village Cuis

Stainless, Blanc de BIanc focused

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16
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Pierre Gimonet Wines produced

A
All BdB 
Cuis PC NV
Gastronome PC V
Fleuron PC V 
Oenophile PC V 
Paradox V (notBdB)
Special club V
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17
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Ruinart location and style

A

oldest champ house
In Reims, most fruit from Sillery and Verzenay not Core de Blancs, gives some richness
Stainless, full malo, moderate dosage

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18
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Ruinart Wines

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BdB Brut
Dom Ruinart BdB V
Dom Ruinart Rose V

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19
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who makes “Vielles Vignes francaises” what it be

A

Bollinger, from phylox free Clos St. Jacques and Chaudes Terres in Ay

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20
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Bollinger location and style

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Ay, Vallee de la Marne
fermented and aged in Barrel
Makes their own barrels (only house that does)
Special Cuvee Mostly PN, 25 chard, 15 meunier

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21
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Who makes grand Annee

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Bollinger

60 months on lees, 2/3 PN, 1/3 Chard

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22
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Describe “RD”

A

based on Grand Anee but aged on lees longer, ext brut

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23
Q

Min PA Champers

A

9%

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24
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When may tirage take place in champers

A

Jan. 1st following harvest

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25
Q

When may Wines be disgorged champers

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12 months post tirage

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26
Q

Tirage bottles Champers

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Champer must be sold in bottle within which tirage occurred

exception 375mil or larger than 3 liter

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27
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Vintage champer laws

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max 80% harvest can be declared vintage
Juice must be 100% of vintage (liqueur tirage/expedition excepted)
aged 36mo. post Tirage

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28
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Champer elevage (aging)

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NV. 15 months post tirage

V. 36mo. post tirage

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29
Q

Maximum press yield

A

102 liters/ 160 kg

rest is “rebech” end of pressing. used for distillate

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30
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All sparkling wines of PGI or PDO must be how many bars of pressure

A

3.5

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31
Q

Champers encepagement

A

PN, Chard, PM, Pinot Banc, Pinot Gris, Arbane, Petit Meslier

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32
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Billecart location and style

A
Mareuil sur Ay 
Higher acid, low alcohol, 
oak and stainless
most holdings in Marne:  Damery,, Ay, Mareuil- Sur-Ay 50 red fruit driven
some GC BdB
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33
Q

Cuvees of Billecart Salmon

A

Blanc de Blanc, GC NV
Cuvee Nicolas francois V
Cuvee Elisabeth Salmon Rose V
Clos Saint Hilaire V

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34
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Where is Clos Saint Hilaire

A

Mareuil Sur Ay

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35
Q

Pol Roger location and Style

A
Epernay
owns 50% rest is Premier and GC Sourced 
BdB is GC 
Vintage brut is 60 pinot 40 chard 
Stainless, reductive
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36
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Jacquesson location and Style

A

Dizy
4 single vineyard Cuvees and NV driven by vintage character of base grapes, NV has bin # starting with 728
foudre fermentation and aromatics
full malo, very low dosage,

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37
Q

Difference between pre 2010 and current sugar designation Champer

A

Starting with brut range gets smaller

Nature, ext brut, Doux are the same

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38
Q

Current Brut-sec amounts champer)

A

0-12
12-17
17-32
pre: 0-15, 12-20, 17-35

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39
Q

Gaston Chicquet style and location

A

first RM in Champagne
In Dizy
known for having lots of Meunier (40% plantings) plus rare plot of chard in Pinot Noir focused Ay
No oak, full malo

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40
Q

Gaston Chicquet Cuvees

A

BDB Ay grand cru NV
Special club Brut GC V
3 levels of Brut: Selection, tradition, cuvee reserve, cuvee Or V, plus a Rose PC

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41
Q

Charles Heidsiek location and style

A

Reims
No oak, Started practice of labeling bottled date on NV
Charles H and Ernest Henriot
Charles pushed his Bubbles in NY and became well known socialite and was christened “Champagne Charlie”

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42
Q

Charles Heidsiek cuvees

A

Champ. Charlie is fucking dead
following have regular and rose, all brut, Reserve, Millesime, Blancs de Millenaires (CDB from GC and PC, is years on lees)

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43
Q

Philipponnat location Style

A

Mareuil sur Ay
fermented in old barrels, very low dosage,
grapes sourced around Ay and Mareuil sur Ay

44
Q

Philipponnat Goisses

A

Clos de Goisses south facing in Mareuil Sur Ay
70 PN 30 Chard (ish)
blocked malo, 8-9 years on lees

45
Q

Philipponnat other cuvees

A

Royal Reserve brut NV
Grand blanc Brut vintage
Cuvee 1522 extra brut vintage

46
Q

Taittenger first known as…

A

Forneaux forest 1734

47
Q

Taittenger location and Style

A

Reims
Chardonnay driven
Stainless Steel

48
Q

taittengers’s cuvees

A

La folies de la Marquette NV

Comtes de Champagne BdB GC Cole de BIanc V

49
Q

Oldest producer in champagne region

A

Gosset, 1584, Started in Still wine

50
Q

Style and location Gosset

A

Ay
finesse, chard driven,
long lees aging, 4 years NV longer for vintage

51
Q

Cuvees Gosset

A

Celebris, in BdB, Rose, and blended Styles, all Vintage and extra brut

52
Q

Original name Roederer

A

Dubois pere at fils in 1776, .Roederer bought 1833

53
Q

wineries owned by Roederer firm

A

Champagne Deutz, Pichon Comtesse, Chateau de Pez, Domain Ott, Ramos Pinto

54
Q

Quick Roederer history

A

Cristal invented in 1870s and supplied Tsar Alexander Il but 1917 saw revolution and hard times, widow Camile Olry-Roederer kept afloat and brought to current prominence

55
Q

Cuvees Roederer

A

Cristal (60 PN 40 chard)
Cristal Rose
BdB Vintage, Vintage Brut, Brut Premier

56
Q

Roederer Cristal Style

A

(60 PN 40 chard)
15-25% 6,000 Liter oak foudres
No malo
8 villages Source, 7GC

57
Q

Who makes Trilogie des Grands Crus

A

Moet et Chandon

A Set of three singleVariety GC wines, Chard, PM, PN

58
Q

Winemaker for Larmandier Bernier

top cuvees

A

Pierre Larmandier, Chardonnay focused
top cuvees Ne dune Terre de Vertus and
Cramant Vielles Vignes

59
Q

Agrapart location and cuvees Style

A
90% chard 
Avize
gentle oxidation, Large old casks 
3 vintage single parcel champagnes
L'Avizois
Mineral
Venus
60
Q

vielles vignes meaning

A

old vine

61
Q

Alte Reben meaning (german)

A

old vine

62
Q

Rene Geoffroy location and Style

A

Ay
Mostly PN PM in Cumieres Premier Cru
Richness, structure, depth of fruit
fermeated in oak

63
Q

first Dom Perignoa vintage

A

1921

64
Q

Encepagement Dom Perignon

A

60/40 Chard/ PN

65
Q

Largest landholder in Champagne

A

Moet

66
Q

Dom Perignon Cuvees

A
AII reductive 
Three "plenitudes" 
regular 7 years lees
P2 11-20 years
P3 20 plus years
67
Q

Laurent Perrier owns

A

Salon, Delamotte, De Castellane

68
Q

Laurent Perrier Location/style

A
Tour sur Marne 
Stainless, 
GrantSiecle blend of 3 vintages (single vintage in great years) II grand crus
55/45 Chard/PN
8 plus years on lees
69
Q

Perrier Jouet location Style history

A

first vintage dated champagne 1825
Epernay
Chardonnay heavy floral style
Grand brut and Belle Epoque BdB, Rose, blend

70
Q

Deutz location, Style, and cuvees

A
Ay 
Sold to Roederer
No oak  
Non BdB generally pic not no or driven
special cuvees are william Deutz (PN dominant, V), Amour de Deutz (BdB), and Millesime
71
Q

Pommery location, cuvees, and style

A

said to have created 1st brut champer
No oak yes Malo
Cuvee Louise, Apagne, GC Milessime

72
Q

Cellar master at Veuve when they perfected riddling

A

Antoine Muller

73
Q

Owner of Veuve

A

LVMH

74
Q

Style location Veuve

A

Reims
Pinot Dominant
Cave Pirivee is late disgorged 17 years o n lees
Grand Dam GC, mostly Verzenay and Avize

75
Q

Only AOP that doesn’t have to include AOP on label

A

Champagne

76
Q

How much may Champagne firms farm

A

No more than 15 hectares

77
Q

2 levels of soil in Champagne

A

Belemnite over Micraster

78
Q

Name 5 special club producers

A
Larmandier Pere et Fils 
Marc Hebrart
Pierre Gimmonet
Paul Bara
J Lassalle
Gaston Chiquet
79
Q

2 Still wines of Champagne

A

Coteaux Champenoise

Rose de Riceys (100% PN)

80
Q

Rebech beets

A

0-10% of pressing in Champer

distilled

81
Q

final 10% of Champ pressing

A

Rebech

82
Q

Elevage Champer

A

NV 15 mo post tirage

Vintage 36 mo. post tirage

83
Q

Amount of Champer harvest allowed vintage

A

80% of harvest

84
Q

Amount of grapes from vintage required Champer

A

100%

85
Q

Name 2 RM Prestige cuvees

A

Vilmart and Cie, Coeur de Cuvee

Jacques selosse, Substance

86
Q

How Many Liters per 4,000 kg Champagne

A

2550

87
Q

how many kg per 2550 liters Champagne

A

4,000

88
Q

how many liters per 160 kg Champagne

A

102 liters

89
Q

how many kg per 102 liters

A

160 kg

90
Q

Vin de Cuvee Champagne

A

first 2050 liters

91
Q

first 2050 liters Champagne pressing

A

Vin de Cuvee

92
Q

Vin de taille Champagne

A

500 liters

93
Q

Next 500 liters champagne pressing

A

Vinde taille

94
Q

debourbage Champagne

A

settling juice eight to fifteen hours (bourbes=Solids)

95
Q

Can must be Chaptalized?Champagne

A

yes and often is

96
Q

Typical Abv Vin Clair

A

11%

97
Q

prisse de mousse

A

second fermentation

98
Q

Common atmospheres Champagne

A

5-6

99
Q

pointage beets

A

Shaking Champers before remuage

100
Q

Riddling in french

A

Remuage

101
Q

How many bottles does gyropalette hold

A

504

102
Q

what does RD Stand for

A

Recemment Degorge

103
Q

disgorge VS aging champagne

A

12 mo. post tirage until disgorgement
15 Mo. total NV
36 Vintage

104
Q

Champagne houses under LVMH

A

Krug, Veuve Clicquot, Mercier, Moet

105
Q

Name 5 monoparcel Champagne

A

XAgrapart, Venus, Avize, 100% Chard
XBillecart-Salmon, Clos St Hillaire, MS.A. Pinot Noir
XEgly-Ouriet, Les Crayeres, Ambonnay PN
X Pierre Peters, Chetillons, MSO Chard
Xkrug Mesnil Chard, d’Ambonnay Pinot Noir