Champagne 4.21.23 Flashcards

1
Q

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

A

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

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2
Q

Name 3 Producers who bottle a Zero Dosage

A

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

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3
Q

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

A

1945, 1974

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4
Q

Inaugural vintage of Krug Clos d’Ambonnay?

A

1995 (Mesnil 1979)

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5
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What are the two parcels from which Bollinger harvests grapes for ‘Vieilles Vignes Françaises’?

A

Clos Saint Jacques and Clos Chaudes Terres

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6
Q

What is the current vintage of Salon Clos du Mesnil?

A

2012

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7
Q

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

A

Nicolas Feuillatte, Jacquart, Palmer & Co

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8
Q

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

A

Pinot Noir (70%)

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9
Q

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

A

2020 (Aug 17)

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10
Q

Name three producers who bottle Coteaux Champenois Rouge

A

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

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11
Q

How many bottles does a gyropalette hold?

A

504 btls

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12
Q

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

A

33-50 g/l

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13
Q

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

A

Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Arbane, Petit Meslier

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14
Q

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

A

10 g/l

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15
Q

What is Rebêche in Champagne production?

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16
Q

What is jetting? Why do producers do it?

A

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

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17
Q

Members of the Club Tresors?

A

25

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18
Q

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

A

6

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19
Q

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

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20
Q

Describe the 2021 vintage in Champagne

A

frost, hail, rot, tough

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21
Q

First vintage of Bollinger Grande Annee

A

1952

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22
Q

First Vintage of Vieilles Vignes Francaises

A

1969

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23
Q

Diebolt-Valois Prestige Cuvee

A

Fleur de Passion (100% Charddonay 1995)

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24
Q

Drappier Prestige Cuvee

A

Charles de Gaulle 1990

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25
Q

Duval-Leroy Prestige Cuvee

A

Femme de Champagne (chardonnay dominant 1990)

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26
Q

Current vintage of Heidsick’s Champagne Charlie

A

2017 (last was 1990)

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27
Q

Inaugural vintage of Blanc des Milenaires

A

1983

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28
Q

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

A

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

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29
Q

What type of press is the traditional Champagne press?

A

Vertical basket

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30
Q

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

A

Controlled extraction, no retrousse

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31
Q

What is a serre in champagne production?

A

pressing

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32
Q

autopressurage

A

first 100 liters (discarded)

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33
Q

How many Serres constitute the cuvee?

A

3

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34
Q

what is the maximum volume of the cuvee?

A

2050 liters

35
Q

maximum volume of the taille

A

500 l

36
Q

finally rebeche

A

not allowed for wine production

37
Q

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

A

24 g

38
Q

What is Armand Walfart known for?

A

inventing degorgement a la glace in 1884

39
Q

Brut Nature

A

max 3 g/l sugar (zero dosage)

40
Q

Extra Brut

A

0-6

41
Q

Brut

A

0-12

42
Q

Extra Dry

A

12-17

43
Q

Sec

A

17-32

44
Q

Demi-sec

A

32-50

45
Q

Doux

A

50

46
Q

3 demi-sec bottlings

A

Veuve Clicquot, Billecart-Salmon, Pol Roger

47
Q

Size of a Barrique (piéce) in Champagne

A

205L

48
Q

Who was the first producer to bottle a Special Club Rosé

A

Paul Bara

49
Q

What is Boues de Ville?

A

Urban Waste the was used for fertilizer, banned 1998

50
Q

Piccolo

A

20 cl

51
Q

Jeroboam

A

3 L

52
Q

REhoboam

A

4.5L

53
Q

Methuselah

A

6L

54
Q

Salmanazar

A

9L

55
Q

Balthazar

A

12L

56
Q

Nebuchadnezzar

A

15L

57
Q

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

A

Fleury

58
Q

Blocage and Debocage

A
59
Q

3 1er cru montagne de reims

A
60
Q

vineyard facing in oiry and les mesnil

A
61
Q

two AOps for still wine in Champagne

A
62
Q

Why are vintage champagnes not generally chaptalized?

A

Base stocks for non vintage, Blocage, reblocage

63
Q

climate of the marne valley

A

cool continental

64
Q

grand cru village of vallee de la marne

A

Aÿ

65
Q

River of the Aube

A

Aube river

66
Q

Egly-Ouriet, Benoit Marget village

A

Ambonnay

67
Q

Difference between solera and perpetual reserve

A
68
Q

Belval Stream and Flagot rivers are tributaries of which river?

A

Marne

69
Q

3 producers baed in Marueil Sur Ay

A

Billecart Salmon, Marc Hebrart, Philipponat

70
Q

CIVC formed

A

1941

71
Q

Vine training method for meunier

A

Valle de la Marne

72
Q

Training prohibited for grand cru vineyards

A

vallle de la marne

73
Q

follie de la marquetterie grape

A

Taittinger Chardonnay

74
Q

Berchard Bollier

A

Pinot Blanc

75
Q

Prevost Fac-simile Grape

A

Meunier

76
Q

Massif de Saint Thierry

A
77
Q

what grape was recently approved in champagne

A
78
Q

Remise, Sur Clay

A
79
Q

who owns Salon?

A

L-P Group

80
Q

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

A

Couer di Tirage

81
Q

What percentage are RM producers allowed to buy?

A

5%

82
Q

Grower Orgs besides special club

A

Terres et Vins de Champagne, Les Artisans du Champagne

83
Q
A