Champagne 4.21.23

Question 1

Name 3 Champagne bottlings in which Meunier is the primary grape variety

Answer 1

Tarlant Vigne d’Or, Chartogne-Taillet Les Barres, Moussé Fils Special Club

Question 2

Name 3 Producers who bottle a Zero Dosage

Answer 2

Louis Roederer, Philipponat Royale Reserve Non Dosé, Drappier Brut Nature

Question 3

What was the first commercially available vintage of Louis Roederer’s Cristal? Cristal Rose?

Answer 3

1945, 1974

Question 4

Inaugural vintage of Krug Clos d’Ambonnay?

Answer 4

1995 (Mesnil 1979)

Question 5

What are the two parcels from which Bollinger harvests grapes for ‘Vieilles Vignes Françaises’?

Answer 5

Clos Saint Jacques and Clos Chaudes Terres

Question 6

What is the current vintage of Salon Clos du Mesnil?

Answer 6

2012

Question 7

Name 3 CM (Coopérative-Manipulant) Producers of Champagne?

Answer 7

Nicolas Feuillatte, Jacquart, Palmer & Co

Question 8

What is the dominant grape variety in Philipponat Clos des Goisses?

Answer 8

Pinot Noir (70%)

Question 9

What is the earliest CIVC harvest date of the last five vintages?

Answer 9

2020 (Aug 17)

Question 10

Name three producers who bottle Coteaux Champenois Rouge

Answer 10

Bollinger (cotes aux enfants), Paul Bara (Bouzy Rouge), Rene Geoffroy (Cumieres Rouge)

Question 11

How many bottles does a gyropalette hold?

Answer 11

504 btls

Question 12

What is the range of sugar for champagne labelled Demi-Sec?

Answer 12

33-50 g/l

Question 13

What are the grapes allowed in champagne production besides pinot noir, meunier, and chardonnay?

Answer 13

Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Arbane, Petit Meslier

Question 14

What is the maximum residual sugar for base wines in Champagne production?

Answer 14

10 g/l

Question 15

What is Rebêche in Champagne production?

Question 16

What is jetting? Why do producers do it?

Answer 16

wine and pressure forcing it into the top to active carbon dioxide and blow out excess air

Question 17

Members of the Club Tresors?

Answer 17

25

Question 18

How many Grand Cru villages are in the Cotes des Blancs?

Answer 18

6

Question 19

Arrange the following villages from north to south: Mesnil-Sur-Oger, Chouilly, Cramant

Answer 19

Question 20

Describe the 2021 vintage in Champagne

Answer 20

frost, hail, rot, tough

Question 21

First vintage of Bollinger Grande Annee

Answer 21

1952

Question 22

First Vintage of Vieilles Vignes Francaises

Answer 22

1969

Question 23

Diebolt-Valois Prestige Cuvee

Answer 23

Fleur de Passion (100% Charddonay 1995)

Question 24

Drappier Prestige Cuvee

Answer 24

Charles de Gaulle 1990

Question 25

Duval-Leroy Prestige Cuvee

Answer 25

Femme de Champagne (chardonnay dominant 1990)

Question 26

Current vintage of Heidsick's Champagne Charlie

Answer 26

2017 (last was 1990)

Question 27

Inaugural vintage of Blanc des Milenaires

Answer 27

1983

Question 28

What is the difference between an RC and a CM producer?

Answer 28

RC - Sells grapes to co-op, receives wine and bottles under own label CM - receives wine and bottles under the co-op's collective label

Question 29

What type of press is the traditional Champagne press?

Answer 29

Vertical basket

Question 30

Why would a champagne producer opt to use a pneumatic press or a PAI?

Answer 30

Controlled extraction, no retrousse

Question 31

What is a serre in champagne production?

Answer 31

pressing

Question 32

autopressurage

Answer 32

first 100 liters (discarded)

Question 33

How many Serres constitute the cuvee?

Answer 33

3

Question 34

what is the maximum volume of the cuvee?

Answer 34

2050 liters

Question 35

maximum volume of the taille

Answer 35

500 l

Question 36

finally rebeche

Answer 36

not allowed for wine production

Question 37

How many grams of sugar in the liqueuer di tirage will results in 6 bar of pressure in the final wine?

Answer 37

24 g

Question 38

What is Armand Walfart known for?

Answer 38

inventing degorgement a la glace in 1884

Question 39

Brut Nature

Answer 39

max 3 g/l sugar (zero dosage)

Question 40

Extra Brut

Answer 40

0-6

Question 41

Brut

Answer 41

0-12

Question 42

Extra Dry

Answer 42

12-17

Question 43

Sec

Answer 43

17-32

Question 44

Demi-sec

Answer 44

32-50

Question 45

Doux

Answer 45

50

Question 46

3 demi-sec bottlings

Answer 46

Veuve Clicquot, Billecart-Salmon, Pol Roger

Question 47

Size of a Barrique (piéce) in Champagne

Answer 47

205L

Question 48

Who was the first producer to bottle a Special Club Rosé

Answer 48

Paul Bara

Question 49

What is Boues de Ville?

Answer 49

Urban Waste the was used for fertilizer, banned 1998

Question 50

Piccolo

Answer 50

20 cl

Question 51

Jeroboam

Answer 51

3 L

Question 52

REhoboam

Answer 52

4.5L

Question 53

Methuselah

Answer 53

6L

Question 54

Salmanazar

Answer 54

9L

Question 55

Balthazar

Answer 55

12L

Question 56

Nebuchadnezzar

Answer 56

15L

Question 57

Producer of Sonate no. 9, Boléro, and Notes Blanches?

Answer 57

Fleury

Question 58

Blocage and Debocage

Question 59

3 1er cru montagne de reims

Question 60

vineyard facing in oiry and les mesnil

Question 61

two AOps for still wine in Champagne

Question 62

Why are vintage champagnes not generally chaptalized?

Answer 62

Base stocks for non vintage, Blocage, reblocage

Question 63

climate of the marne valley

Answer 63

cool continental

Question 64

grand cru village of vallee de la marne

Answer 64

Aÿ

Question 65

River of the Aube

Answer 65

Aube river

Question 66

Egly-Ouriet, Benoit Marget village

Answer 66

Ambonnay

Question 67

Difference between solera and perpetual reserve

Question 68

Belval Stream and Flagot rivers are tributaries of which river?

Answer 68

Marne

Question 69

3 producers baed in Marueil Sur Ay

Answer 69

Billecart Salmon, Marc Hebrart, Philipponat

Question 70

CIVC formed

Answer 70

1941

Question 71

Vine training method for meunier

Answer 71

Valle de la Marne

Question 72

Training prohibited for grand cru vineyards

Answer 72

vallle de la marne

Question 73

follie de la marquetterie grape

Answer 73

Taittinger Chardonnay

Question 74

Berchard Bollier

Answer 74

Pinot Blanc

Question 75

Prevost Fac-simile Grape

Answer 75

Meunier

Question 76

Massif de Saint Thierry

Question 77

what grape was recently approved in champagne

Question 78

Remise, Sur Clay

Question 79

who owns Salon?

Answer 79

L-P Group

Question 80

IN vintage champagne what is the name of the wine that will not be from a vintage when you're making it?

Answer 80

Couer di Tirage

Question 81

What percentage are RM producers allowed to buy?

Answer 81

5%

Question 82

Grower Orgs besides special club

Answer 82

Terres et Vins de Champagne, Les Artisans du Champagne