Flashcards in Champagne Deck (89)
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What are the 3 AOPs of Champagne
Champagne
Coteaux Champenois
Rose de Riceys
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Minimum ageing from date of Tirage for
-NV
-Vintage
NV - 15 months
Vintage - 36 months
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Maximum press yield for Champagne
102 litres from 160kg of grapes, or 2550 litres from 4000kg of grapes
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Allowable varieties for Champagne AOP
Pinot Noir
Chardonnay
Pinot Meunier
Pinot Blanc
Pinot Gris
Arbane
Petit Meslier
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Grand Cru villages of Montagne de Reims
Sillery
Puisieulx
Beaumont-sur-Vesle
Verzenay
Mailly Champagne
Verzy*
Louvois
Ambonnay
Bouzy
*Added after 1985
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Grand Cru villages of Valle de la Marne
Ay
Tours-sur-Marne (red grapes 100%, white grapes 90%)
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Grand Cru villages of Cote des Blancs
Chouilly (white grapes 100%, red grapes 90%)*
Oiry*
Cramant
Avize
Oger*
Le Mesnil-sur-Oger*
*Added after 1985
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What are the different sweetness styles for Champagne and dosages?
Brut Nature - 0-3g/l (may not contain any added dosage)
Extra Brut - 0-6g/l
Brut - 0-12g/l
Extra Dry - 12-17g/l
Sec - 17-32g/l
Demi-Sec - 32-50g/l
Doux - 50+g/l
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What are the different Champagne bottle sizes?
Quarter bottle - 187ml
Half bottle - 375ml
Bottle - 750ml
Magnum - 1.5l (2 bottles)
Jeroboam - 3l (4 bottles)
Methuselah - 6l (8 bottles)
Salmanazar - 9l (12 bottles)
Balthazar - 12l (16 bottles)
Nebuchadnezzar - 15l (20 bottles)
Solomon - 18l (24 bottles)
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Which Champagne bottle size was discontinued and when?
Rehoboam - 4.5l (6 bottles), 1989
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What is the style & encepagement of Rose des Ricey AOP?
Rose (tranquille)
100% Pinot Noir
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What are the vinification requirements of Rose des Riceys AOP?
Grapes are vinified whole bunches (semi-carbonic maceration)
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Style & encepagement for Coteaux Champenois AOP?
Style
- Blanc
- Rose
- Rouge
Encepagement
- Chardonnay
- Pinot Noir
- Pinot Meunier
- Arbane
- Petit Meslier
- Pinot Blanc
- Pinot Gris
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What are the 7 types of Champagne producers?
NM - Negociant Manipulant
RM - Recoltant Manipulant
CM - Cooperative Manipulant
RC - Recoltant Cooperateur
SR - Societe de Recoltants
ND - Negociant Distributeur
MA - Maque d'Acheur
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5 authorized Champagne districts
Montagne de Reims
Valle de la Marne
Cotes des Blancs
Cote de Sezanne
Cote des Bars (the Aube)
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4 permitted pruning methods in Champagne
Cordon de Royat
Chablis
Valle de la Marne (Pinot Meunier only)
Guyot (single & double)
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What is vin de cuvee?
First 2,050l pressed
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What is vin de taille?
Second part of pressing, 500l between 2,050-2,550l
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What is rebeche?
Third extraction, 1-10% of total by law. Used for distillate
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What is debourbage?
Pressed juice allowed to settle
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What are Bourbes?
Remaining solids after debourbage
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What are vin clairs?
High acid base wines
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What is liqueur de tirage?
Addition of sugar and yeast to begin secondary fermentation
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What is remuage?
The riddling process
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What is a bidule?
A plastic cap that collects sediment during remuage
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Name the single vineyard Champagne of Agrapart
Venus - Avise
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Name the single vineyard Champagne of Billecart Salmon
Clos-St-Hilaire - Mareuil-sur-Ay
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Name the single vineyard Champagne of Cattier
Clos du Moulin - Ludes
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Name the single vineyard Champagne of Chartogne-Taillet
Les Barres - Meffy
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Name the single vineyard Champagne of Claude Cazals
Clos Cazals - Le Mesnil-sur-Oger
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Name the single vineyard Champagne of Drappier
Grand Sendree - Urville (the Aube)
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Name the single vineyard Champagne of Duval Leroy
Clos des Bouveries - Vertus
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Name the single vineyard Champagne of Egly Ouriet
Les Crayeres - Ambonnay
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Name the single vineyard Champagnes of Jacquesson
Dizy Corne Bautray - Dizy
Ay Vauzelle Terme - Ay
Dizy Terres Rouge Rose - Dizy
Avize Champ Cain - Avise
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Name the single vineyard Champagnes of Krug
Clos du Mesnil - Le Mesnil-sur-Oger
Clos d'Ambonnay - Ambonnay
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Name the single vineyard Champagnes of Larmandier-Bernier
Vieille Vigne de Cramant - Cramant
Terre de Vertus - Vertus
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Name the single vineyard Champagne of Jean Milan
Terres de Noel - Oger
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Name the single vineyard Champagne of Pierre Peters
Cuvee Speciale les Chetillons - Le Mesnil-sur-Oger
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Name the single vineyard Champagne of Philipponnat
Clos des Goisses - Mareuil-sur-Ay
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Name the single vineyard Champagne of Taittinger
Les Folies de la Maquetterie - Pierry
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Name the single vineyard Champagnes of Tarlant
La Vigne d'Or - Oeuilly
La Vigne d'Antan - Oeuilly
Cuvee Louis - Oeuilly
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Name the single vineyard Champagne of Veuve Fourny
Clos Faubourg Notre Dame
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What is the iconic soil of Champagne?
Belemnite chalk
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What is the is prestige cuvee of Ayala?
Cuvee Perle d'Ayala - Ay
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What is the is prestige cuvees of Billecart-Salmon?
Grande Cuvee - Mareuil-sur-Ay
Elisabeth Salmon Rose - Mareuil-sur-Ay
Cuvee Nicolas Francois - Mareuil-sur-Ay
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What is the is prestige cuvees of Bollinger?
La Grande Annee - Ay
RD - Ay
Vieilles Vignes Francaises - Ay
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What is the is prestige cuvee of Boizel?
Joyau de France
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What is the is prestige cuvee of Canard Duchene?
Charles VII
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Who makes the following prestige cuvee - Presitge?
Comte Audoin de Dampierre
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Who makes the following prestige cuvee - Cuvee Commodre?
De Castellane
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Who makes the following prestige cuvee -Catherine de Medicis ?
De Meric
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Who makes the following prestige cuvees - Grand Vin des Princes & Louis XV?
De Venoge
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Who makes the following prestige cuvees - Cuvee William Deutz & Amour de Deutz?
Deutz
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Who makes the following prestige cuvee - Fleur de Passion?
Diebolt-Vallois
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What is the is prestige cuvee of Drappier?
Charles de Gaulle
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What is the is prestige cuvee of Duval Leroy?
Femme de Champagne
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What is the is prestige cuvee of Gosset?
Celebris
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What is the is prestige cuvee of Alfred Gratien?
Cuvee Paradis
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What are the is prestige cuvees of Charles Heidsieck?
Champagne Charlie - last vinage 1985
Blanc des Millenaires - first vintage 1983
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What is the is prestige cuvee of Henriot?
Cuvee des Enchanteleurs
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What is the is prestige cuvee of Jacquesson?
Grand Vin Signature
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What is the is prestige cuvee of Lanson?
Noble Cuvee
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Who makes the following prestige cuvee - Grande Siecle?
Laurent-Perrier
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Who makes the following prestige cuvees - Cuvee Les Aventures & Cuvee Gentilhomme?
AR Lenoble
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Who makes the following prestige cuvee - Dom Perignon ?
Moet et Chandon
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Who makes the following prestige cuvee - Cuvee R. Lalou?
G.H.Mumm
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Who makes the following prestige cuvee - Nec-Plus-Ultra?
Bruno Paillard
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Who makes the following prestige cuvee - Cuvee Josephine?
Joseph Perrier
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Who makes the following prestige cuvee - Belle Epoque?
Perrier-Jouet
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What is the is prestige cuvee of Piper-Heidieck?
Rare
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What is the is prestige cuvee of Ployez-Jacquemart?
Liesse d'Harbonville
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What is the is prestige cuvee of Pol Roger?
Cuvee Sir Winston Churchill (first vintage 1975)
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What is the is prestige cuvee of Pommery?
Cuvee Louise
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What is the is prestige cuvee of Louis Roederer?
Cristal (first commercial release 1945)
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What is the is prestige cuvee of Ruinart?
Dom Ruinart
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What are the is prestige cuvees of Taittinger?
Comtes de Champagne
Taittinger Collection
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What is the is prestige cuvee of Veuve Clicquot-Ponsardin?
La Grande Dame
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Who makes the following prestige cuvees - Cuvee Laetitia & Cuvee Julie?
Henri Billiot
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Who makes the following prestige cuvee - Cuvee Prestige?
Bonnaire
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Who makes the following prestige cuvee - Fiarce?
Chartogne-Taillet
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Who makes the following prestige cuvee - Fine Fleur de Bouzy?
Hubert Dauvergne
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Who makes the following prestige cuvee - Brut Prestige?
Paul Dethune
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Who makes the following prestige cuvee - Cramant Grand Cru Cuvee Prestige?
Guy Larmandier
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Who makes the following prestige cuvee - Substance?
Jacques Selosse
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What is the is prestige cuvee of Vilmart & Cie?
Coeur de Cuvee
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What is the is prestige cuvee of Nicolas Feuillatte?
Palmes d'Or
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What is the is prestige cuvee of Jaquart?
Brut de Nominee
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What are the is prestige cuvees of Mailly Grand Cru?
Les Echansons
L'Intemporelle
Exception Blanche
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