Champagne

Question 1

The 4 minor varietals in Champagne are:

Answer 1

Pinot Blanc Vrai, Arbane, PinotGris, Petite Meslier

Question 2

The major 3 varietals in Champagne are:

Answer 2

Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier, Chardonnay

Question 3

What grape is dominant in Montagne de Reims?

Answer 3

Pinot Noir

Question 4

What grape is dominant in Cote de Blanc

Answer 4

Chardonnay

Question 5

What grape is dominant in Vallee de la Marne

Answer 5

Pinot Meunier

Question 6

What grape is dominant in Cote de Sezanne

Answer 6

Chardonnay

Question 7

What grape is dominant in Aube

Answer 7

Pinot Noir

Question 8

What g/l of residual sugar is required for Brut Nature

Answer 8

0-3 (No added sugar)

Question 9

What g/l of residual sugar is required for Extra Brut

Answer 9

0-6

Question 10

What g/l of residual sugar is required for Brut

Answer 10

0-12

Question 11

What g/l of residual sugar is required for Extra Dry

Answer 11

12-17

Question 12

What g/l of residual sugar is required for Dry

Answer 12

32-50

Question 13

What g/l of residual sugar is required for Doux

Answer 13

50+

Question 14

What are the main soil types in Champagne

Answer 14

belemite chalk (fossilized cephalopods)
micraster (fossilized sea urchin)

Question 15

What is the oldest existing wine producer in Champagne and when was it founded?

Answer 15

Gosset, 1584

Question 16

What is the oldest sparkling wine house in Champagne and when was it founded?

Answer 16

Ruinart 1729

Question 17

Who is credited with the invention of riddling and disgorgement and which house did she own?

Answer 17

Madame Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin, Veuve Clicquot

Question 18

Who was credited with discovering the role sugar played in secondary fermentation

Answer 18

Jean-Antoine Chaptal

Question 19

Which Champagne region was excluded in 1911 and reincorporated in 1927

Answer 19

Aube

Question 20

What was the first Tete de Cuvee and what was the vintage

Answer 20

Moet et Chandon’s Dom Perignon in 1921

Question 21

What does NM mean in Champagne production

Answer 21

Negociant Manipulant, A house that purchases grapes and or base wines from growers and other smaller houses.

Question 22

What does RM mean in Champagne production

Answer 22

Recolant Manipulant: a grower producer that makes wine from their own estate

Question 23

What does CM mean in Champagne production

Answer 23

Cooperative Manipulant: a growers co’op that produces wine under a single brand

Question 24

What does RC mean in Champagne production

Answer 24

Recolant Cooperateur: A grower whose grapes are vinified at a co-operative, but whose wines are sold under the grower’s own label.

Question 25

What does SR mean in Champagne production

Answer 25

Societe de Recolants: A firm, not a co-operative, set up by a union of often related growers, who share resources to make their wines and collectively market several brands.

Question 26

What does ND mean in Champagne production

Answer 26

Negociant Distributeur: A middleman company that distributes Champagne is does not make

Question 27

What does MA mean in Champagne production

Answer 27

Marque d'Achteur: A buyer’s own brand, often a large supermarket chain or restaurant, that purchases Champagne and sells it under its own label.

Question 28

Name the 10 grand cru villages in Montagne de Reims

Answer 28

Sillery, Puisieulx, Beaumont-Sur-Vesle, Verzenay, Mailly-Champagne, Verzy, Louvois, Bouzy, Ambonnay, Tours-sur-Marne

Question 29

Name the grand cru village of Valle de la Marne

Answer 29

Ay

Question 30

Name the 6 grand cru villages of Cote de Blanc

Answer 30

Chouilly, Oiry, Cramant, Avize, Oger, Le Mesnil-sur-Oger

Question 31

Name 5 Special Club producers

Answer 31

A. Margaine, Gaston Chiquet, Pierre Gimonnet, Paul Bara, Grongnet

Question 32

Who is the producer of Charles de Gaulle

Answer 32

Drappier

Question 33

Who is the producer of Celebris

Answer 33

Gosset

Question 34

Who is the producer of Cuvee Paradis

Answer 34

Alfred Gratiens

Question 35

Who is the producer of Champagne Charlie

Answer 35

Charles Heidsieck

Question 36

Who is the producer of Noble Cuvee

Answer 36

Lanson

Question 37

Who is the producer of Grand Siecle

Answer 37

Laurent Perrier

Question 38

Who is the producer of the Dom Perignon line

Answer 38

Moet et Chandon

Question 39

Who is the producer of Cuvee R Lalou

Answer 39

Mumm

Question 40

Who is the producer of Rare

Answer 40

Piper Heidsieck

Question 41

Who is the producer of Cuvee Sir Winston Churchill

Answer 41

Pol Roger

Question 42

Who is the producer of Cristal

Answer 42

Louis Roederer

Question 43

Who is the producer of Dom Ruinart

Answer 43

Ruinart

Question 44

Who is the producer of La Grande Dame

Answer 44

Veuve Clicquot

Question 45

Who is the producer of Comtes de Champagne

Answer 45

Tattinger