Champagne Flashcards
How much in % is planted of Pinot Noir Pinot Meunier Chardonnay in Champagne?
38 % Pinot Noir
32% Pinot Meunier
30% Chardonnay
Which rootstock is the favourite in Champagne?
The favourite rootstock in Champagne today is the very adaptable
41B (81% of plantings),
which will grow just about anywhere and particularly likes chalky soils.
What is the AVC?
Association Viticole Champenoise
What is La sélection massale
Massal selection aims to achieve that ideal by selecting and propagating only those vines producing the finest grapes.
(Generally speaking, every winegrower’s ideal is a robust, resistant vine producing fine, healthy grapes with exceptional taste characteristics.)
What is the CIVC?
Comité interprofessionnel du vin de Champagne
What are the yield restrictions for Champagne?
The harvest base yield fixed by the INAO is 10,400 kg/ha, revisable upwards or downwards depending on the quality and quantity of the yield but capped at 15,500 kg/ha for AOC production.
What is average yield in Champagne?
66 hectolitres per hectare.
What does “NM” mean on a Champagne?
Négociant manipulant. These companies (including the majority of the larger brands) buy grapes and make the wine
What does “CM” mean on a Champagne?
Coopérative de manipulation. Cooperatives that make wines from the growers who are members, with all the grapes pooled together
What does “RM” mean on a Champagne?
Récoltant manipulant. (Also known as Grower Champagne) A grower that also makes wine from its own grapes (a maximum of 5% of purchased grapes is permitted). Note that co-operative members who take their bottles to be disgorged at the co-op can now label themselves as RM instead of RC
What does “SR” mean on a Champagne?
Société de récoltants. An association of growers making a shared Champagne but who are not a co-operative
What does “RC” mean on a Champagne?
Récoltant coopérateur. A co-operative member selling Champagne produced by the co-operative under its own name and label
What does “MA” mean on a Champagne?
MA: Marque auxiliaire or Marque d’acheteur. A brand name unrelated to the producer or grower; the name is owned by someone else, for example a supermarket
What does “ND” mean on a Champagne?
ND: Négociant distributeur. A wine merchant selling under his own name
How much sugar in Champagne Extra Brut
less than 6 grams of residual sugar per litre
