Champagne

Question 1

Who makes Clos St Hilaire and what is it?

Answer 1

Billcart Salmon, Blanc de Noir (100%PN) , planted in 1964

Question 2

When was the first vintage of Clos St Hillaire?

Answer 2

1995, 15 month on lees

Question 3

A A M HM SM

Name the 5 departments the Champagne region is located within.

Answer 3

Aube
Aisne
Marne
Haut Marne
Seine et Marne

Question 4

What means CIVC and when was it found?

Answer 4

Comité interprofessional du Vin de Champagne
1936

Question 5

Name the authorised Grapes in Champagne.

Answer 5

Chard, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier
Aubanne, Petit Meslier, Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc
Voltis (since 2022)

Question 6

C CR VM GS GD

What are the training methods authorised in Champagne?

Answer 6

Chablis
Cordon Royat
Vallee de la Marne
Guyot Singel & Double

Question 7

How many ha are under wine in champagne?

Answer 7

34000ha

Question 8

How many villages are authorised to produce Champagne?

Answer 8

320

Question 9

How many villages are authorised to grow grapes for champagne?

Answer 9

357

Question 10

What does the soil of Champagne comprise of?

Answer 10

creataceous chalk
1. Belemnite Chalk = fossilized cephalopods, on hilltops surface
2. Micraster Chalk = extinct sea urchin, older + on valley floors

Question 11

Why is there more P Meunier grown in Vallee de la Marne?

Answer 11

Due to late budbreak & early ripening = proximity to river influence.

Question 12

In which subregion do you find the following villages:Leuvrigny, St Gemmer, Cumieres?

Answer 12

Vallee de la Marne

Question 13

Which Grand Cru Villages were elevated in 1985?

Answer 13

Verzy
Chouilly
Le Mesnil sur Oger
Oger
Oiry

Question 14

Name the 9 Grand Cru Villages of Montagne de Reims north to south.

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Name the GC Villages of Grand Vallee.

Answer 15

Ay
Tours sur Marne

Question 16

Name the GC Villages of Cote de Blanc north to south.

Answer 16

Chouilly
Oiry
Cramant
Avize
Oger
Le Mesnil-sur-Oger

Question 17

What are the regulations on grape must pressing in champagne?

Answer 17

Max 102l from 160kg grapes
= 2550l per 4000kg/4tonnes

Question 18

Name the best recent vintages of champagne.

Answer 18

2002, 2008, 2012, 2015

Question 19

Name Vintage Classics of Champagne in 1900’s

Answer 19

45, ‘47, ‘49, ‘52, ‘55, ‘59
61, ‘64. ‘66, ‘71, ‘76, ‘79
82, ‘85, ‘88, ‘90, ‘96

Question 20

What means RC in Champagne?

Answer 20

Recoltant Cooperateur - Grower selling wine made by Coop

Question 21

What means MA in Champagne?

Answer 21

Marque d’Acheteur - Buyers on Brand (Waitrose)

Question 22

What means NM in Champagne?

Answer 22

Negociant Manipulant: Champagne house buying in grapes

Question 23

What means RM in Champagne?

Answer 23

Recoltant Manipulant: Grower makes his own wine

Question 24

What means CM in Champagne?

Answer 24

Coop de Manipulation - Coop

Question 25

How much is one mark in Champagne?

Answer 25

4000kg = one filling of basket press

Question 26

What is the names and amounts of a Marc in champagne broken into?

Answer 26

Cuvee = 2050l Taille = 500l

Question 27

What is autopressurage?

Answer 27

first 100l of free run juice in champagne that is disgarded due to containing dust.

Question 28

What means 'serre' in champagne

Answer 28

one pressing first 3 serres make up the cuvee

Question 29

What is rebêche?

Answer 29

Last pressing of champagne grapes that goes to distilling.

Question 30

What means PAI?

Answer 30

pressoir automatic à plateau incliné

Question 31

What is the AOP for still wines in Champagne and when was it established?

Answer 31

Coteaux Champenois AOP - 1974

Question 32

How many communes are allowed to produce Coteaux Champenois?

Answer 32

635

Question 33

What are the regeulation on Voltis?

Answer 33

Max 5% on vineyard area max 10% of any blend hybrid

Question 34

When was the special club concept formed?

Answer 34

1971 renamed in 1999 Club Tresors de Champagne all to be done at own facility

Question 35

What is jetting?

Answer 35

protect the wine from oxidation: just before the cork is inserted, a small dose of wine, or bisulfite diluted in water, is injected into the neck of the bottle at high pressure; this creates bubbles that rise just to the lip of the bottle.

Question 36

Name 3 common rootstocks in champagne.

Answer 36

41B, SO4, 3309C

Question 37

How large is a Champagne Barrel?

Answer 37

205l

Question 38

Name the house Producing Cuvee R Lalou and first Vintage?

Answer 38

Mumm, 1966 discontinued in 1985 and revived in 1998

Question 39

Name the house Producing Fine Fleur de Bouzy ?

Answer 39

Hubert Dauvergne

Question 40

Name the house Producing Coeur de Cuvee and first Vintage?

Answer 40

Villmart, 1989 80% Ch, 20% PN

Question 41

What is the first Vintage of Vieille Vignes Francais?

Answer 41

1969

Question 42

Name the house Producing Palmes d'Or and first Vintage?

Answer 42

Nicolas Feuillatte, Brut - 1985 Rose - 1996

Question 43

What size is a Mathusalem in Champagne?

Answer 43

6l & 8 bottles

Question 44

How many bottles holds a Balthazar in Champagne?

Answer 44

12l & 16 bottles

Question 45

What size is a Rehoboam?

Answer 45

4.5l (often 5l) and 6btls

Question 46

What size litre is a Midas/Melchizedec?

Answer 46

30Litres and 40bottles

Question 47

how large is a Primat bottle?

Answer 47

27ltr and 36btls

Question 48

What is the size of a Nebbucadnezar?

Answer 48

15ltrs and 20bottles

Question 49

Which year was Clos d'Ambonnay first launched and who makes it?

Answer 49

1995, Krug

Question 50

What is the Prestige Cuvee of Bruno Paillard?

Answer 50

Nec Plus Ultra

Question 51

Which is the inaugural Vintage of Plentitude 2?

Answer 51

1998

Question 51

Until What year was Dom Perignon Oenotheque produced?

Answer 51

1996

Question 52

Which were the first 2 Vintages of Dom Perignon Plentitude 3?

Answer 52

1970 & 1982

Question 53

Which is the most recent Vintage of Plentitude 3?

Answer 53

1993

Question 54

How long is Plentitude 3 on Lees?

Answer 54

30yrs minimum

Question 55

What does Bollinger PNVZ19 stand for?

Answer 55

5th Edition of the Blanc de Noir, based on Pinot Noir from mostely the 2019 Vintage and the best showing cru in this case Verzenay is the base Cru.

Question 56

Producer of Prestige Cuvee: Charles de Gaulle

Answer 56

Drappier

Question 57

Producer of Prestige Cuvee: Cuvee Paradis

Answer 57

Alfred Gratien

Question 58

Producer of Prestige Cuvee: Femme de Champagne

Answer 58

Duval Leroy

Question 59

Producer of Prestige Cuvee: Cuvee R Lalou

Answer 59

G.H. Mumm

Question 60

Producer of Prestige Cuvee: Cuvee Les Aventures NV

Answer 60

AR Lenoble

Question 61

Producer of Prestige Cuvee: Nec Plus Ultra

Answer 61

Bruno Paillard

Question 62

Producer of Prestige Cuvee: Belle Epoque

Answer 62

Perrier Jouet

Question 63

Producer of Prestige Cuvee: Rare

Answer 63

Piper Heidsieck

Question 64

Producer of Prestige Cuvee: Cuvee Louise

Answer 64

Pommery

Question 65

Producer of Prestige Cuvee: Substance

Answer 65

Jacques Selosses

Question 66

Producer of Prestige Cuvee: Les Echansons

Answer 66

Mailly Grand Cru

Question 67

Producer of Prestige Cuvee: Palmes d'Or

Answer 67

Nicholas Feuillatte

Question 68

Producer of Prestige Cuvee: Hemera

Answer 68

Henriot

Question 69

Producer of Prestige Cuvee: Blanc de Millenaires

Answer 69

Charles Heidsieck