Champagne Flashcards

1
Q

Aging requirements

A

NV - 15 months

Vintage - 36 months

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2
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Sweetness level

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Brut Nature, Non Dose - o-3
Extra Brut - o-6
Brut - o-12
Extra Dry - 12-17
Sec - 17-32
Demi Sec - 32-5o
Doux - 5o plus
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3
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Grapes of Champagne

A
Pinot Noir
Pinot Meunier
Chardonnay
Arbane
Petit Meslier
Pinot Blanc Vrai
Pinot Gris
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4
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Pressing requirements

A

16o kg - 1o2 l

4ooo kg - 255o l

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5
Q

Grand Crus of Cote des Blancs

A
Avize
Cramant
Chouilly
Oiry
Le Mesnil Sur Oger
Oger
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6
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Grand Crus of Vallé de la Marne

A

Ay

Tours Sur Marne

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7
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Grand Crus of Montagne de Reims

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Bouzy
Sillery
Puisieulx
Verzy
Verzenay
Louvois
Ambonnay
Mailly Champagne
Beaumont sur Vesle
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8
Q

Two 99 points Echelle de Crus

A

Mareuil Sur Ay - Valle de la Marne

Tauxiéres - Montagne de Reims

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9
Q

Which GC have been added in 1985

A
Verzy
Chouilly
Oiry
Oger
Le Mesnil sur Oger
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10
Q

Which GC are only classified for one colour?

A

Cramant
Avize
Oger
Le Mesnil sur Oger

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11
Q

How do you call the second fermentation

A

preiss de mous

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12
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Liqueur de dosage

A

liqueur d’expédition, a liquid mixture of sugar syrup and wine. Rarely, bone-dry non-dosage styles are produced

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13
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Liqueur de tirage

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After the assemblage and cold stabilization, the blend will be racked and bottled with the addition of liqueur de tirage, a mixture of still wine, yeasts, sugar, and fining agents that will serve to ignite the second fermentation.

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14
Q

How many bottles can fit in a gyrop palette

A

5o4

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15
Q

Soil of Champagne

A

Belemnite Chalk

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16
Q

Pruning methods of Champagne

A

Cordon de Royat
Chablis
Vallée de la Marne
Guyot (simple)

17
Q

Name of the press in Champagne

A

Coquard

18
Q

Regions of Champagne

A
Montagne de Reims
Vallée de la Marne
Cote des Blancs
Cote de Sézanne
Cotes des Bars
19
Q

CIVC date

A

1941

20
Q

Style of Champagne wines

A

Vin Mousseux Blanc

Vin Mousseux Rose

21
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Appellations of Champagne

A

AOP Champagne
AOP Coteaux Champenois
AOP Rose des Riceys

22
Q

NM
RM
CM

A

Négoltant Manipulant - champagne maker buying grapes
Récoltant Manipulant - a grower, estate grown fruti, 95% of the grapes are from him
Coopérative Manipulant - a cooperative of growers who also make and sell champagne under theri own labels

23
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RC
SR
ND
MA

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Récoltant Coopérateur - grower whose grapes are vinified at a co operative but sells the wine under his own label
Société de Récoltants -
Négociant Distributeur - Company buying and selling it not making it
Marque d’Acheteur - buyers own brand (Berry Bros)

24
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Still wines of Champagne

A

Coteaux Champenois

Rosé de Riceys

25
Q

Pressurage

A

Extracted juice is divided into
vin de cuvée - 2o5o l
vin de taille - 5oo l
rebéche

26
Q

What is Rebéche

A

3rd extraction required by law and must comprise 1-1o% of the total used for distillate not for Champagne

27
Q

What is settle in cold temperature for 8-15 hours so the remaining solids in the must can be removed by racking prior fermentationi

A

Débourbage

28
Q

Pressure bar in Champagne

A

5-6 atmospheres