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Champagne Flashcards

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First Champagne house?

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Ruinart 1729

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First intentionally crafted Champagne?

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1695-1698

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First Champagne drinking glass?

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1755 (Long conical bowl)

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What is Salon’s Cuvee “S” Le Mensil Blanc de Blanc?

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100% Chardonnay from one village (mono-cru) since 1921

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Does Champagne have more co-operatives than any other wine region?

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Yes

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What does CIVC stand for?

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Comite Interprofessional du vin de Champagne
(Can block or authorize the release of a producers reserves)

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Who initiated formal viticulture?

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Romans

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What were wines of Champagne known as?

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Vins de la montagne (Mountain wines)

Vins de la Riviere (River wines)

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What does “surlattes” mean?

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On the lattes
Thin strips of wood used to separate one row of Champagne bottles from another in a stack

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What are Troyes?

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Looks like a Champagne cork when viewed from above
Was also once the capital of Champagne

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What year did they allow for transport and trade of Champagne bottles?

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1728
Prior to this was only permitted to be transported and sold in cask, but didn’t hold effervescence

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When were growers from Aube included within the Champagne production zone?

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After rioting

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In the 20th century Champagne was the drink of what?

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Belle Epoque and the roaring twenties

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What 3 terms are used if it’s made outside Champagne?

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Cremant, Petillant, Mousseaux

Can use Methode Traditionnelle

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What is the largest AOC in France by volume?

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Champagne

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Climate?

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Continental, marked maritime influences

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Most Northerly French wine region?

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What is Kimmeridgean Marl?

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Formed during Jurassic Period
Found in Cote des Bar (Aube) which is park of Kimmeridgean ring (Ring of limestone marl outcroppings that run through England and France)
Also found in Chablis, Auxerre, Yonne Valley, Sancerre

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What is Kimmeridgean Marl?

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Formed during Jurassic Period
Found in Cote des Bar (Aube) which is park of Kimmeridgean ring (Ring of limestone marl outcroppings that run through England and France)
Also found in Chablis, Auxerre, Yonne Valley, Sancerre

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Soils within Paris Basin?

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Chalk, Limestone marls, sand/clay

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Where are there chalk soils?

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Reims, Epernay, Cote des Blancs

Grapes here are high in acid, lean wines, reserved aromatics

Chalk-Porous limestone, sedimentary rock of calcium carbonate

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Where are Limestone-rich marls?

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Montagne de Reims
Cote des Bar—ONLY has Kimmeridgean marl

Does not have water retention capacity of chalk
Preferred soil for Pinot Noir

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Where is sand and clay found?

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Vallee de la Marne, Val de Reims, Coteaux Sud d’Epernay

Val du petit Morin has some white chalk as well
Cotedu Sezanne mix of chalk and clay

Sandy soils=more overt fruit notes

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4 principal sub regions in Champagne?

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Montagne and val de Remins
Vallee de la Marne
Cotes des Blancs and surroundings
Cote des Bar

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Montagne and Val de Reims consists of how many terroirs? What are they?
4 -Massif de Saint Thierry-Most Northerly terroir within Champagne Meunier is #1 Sand/clay/marl -Vesle and Ardre Meunier is #1 -Grande Montagne de Reims (Horseshoe shaped) Pinot noir is #1 Limestone/some chalk -Monts de Berm Chardonnay=90% Chalk
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Valle de la Mare has 6 terroirs what are they?
-Marne River, flows West to Paris Pinot Noir -Vallee de la Marne River Gauche (Left) River Droite (Right) Ouest (West) all sand, marl, clay Meunier #1 -Limestone uplift known as Conde Meunier Btwn Chateau-Thierry and Dormans -Coteaux Sud d'Epernay Sand, marl, clay, chalk, Meunier and Chardonnay Tiny bit Pinot Noir
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Cotes des Blancs and surroundings have how many terroirs?
5 Chalk subsoils Cote des Blancs is most famous and Chardonnay is 97% here Valdu Petitmorin-Chalk, sand, marl, clay Chardonnay and Meunier Cote de Sezanne and Vitryat Chardonnay Chalk
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What is Belemnite chalk?
Fossilized remains of ancient arrow or dart like relatives of today's squid
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What is Micraster Chalk?
Fossilized sea urchins, member of the starfish family
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What is the southern most region in Champagne?
Cote Des Bar K Marls Pinot Noir =85% 2 terroirs-Barsur-Aubois (Flanks Aube river) Barsequanais (5 small river valleys near Les Riceys of rose fame
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What is Echelle des Crus?
Scale of growths Recognizes different terroirs within the large Champagne AOC Ranks the 300+ wine producing villages and vineyards that surround them in hierarchy 17 villages rated Grand Cru 6 are in the Cote Des Balncs 9 are in the Montagne de Reims 2 in the Valle de la Marne Villages with a 90-99% rating are Premier Crus 42 Villages are Premier Cru Must have 80% rating to use grapes in Champagne production Grand Cru DOES NOT signify a single vineyard, nor does Premier Cru
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What is Tours-Sur-Marne?
It's counted among the Grand Crus of the Valle de la Marne by CIVC
33
What were prices of Champagne based on?
Vineyard classification Now they are settled by individual contract
34
What were the principal grapes from 9th-16th centuries?
Gouais (Blanc, Noir) and Fromenteau
35
What were Fromenteau wines called? What were Gouais Noir wines called?
Vins de la riviere Vins de la Montagne
36
Are Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc, Arbaen, Petit Meslier still authorized in Champagne AOC?
Yes, but the Cahier des Charges does not make them this distinction *Tarlant and Drappier make Champagne from these grapes
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What grape is most planted in Champagne?
Pinot Noir Has the least amount of acid Limestone
38
What grape has least amount of alcohol?
Pinot Meunier Marl, clay, sand
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What soils for Chardonnay?
Chalk
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4 training methods?
Chablis, Cordon, Guyot, Valle de la marne (Exclusively for Meunier)
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What training method for Grand Cru and Premier Cru?
Chablis or Cordon

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