Champagne

Question 1

When was Dom Perignon at the Abbey of Hautvillers?

Answer 1

1668-1715

Question 2

Who is the oldest Champagne house still in operation? when were they founded?

Answer 2

Gosset. 1584

Question 3

Who is the oldest sparkling Champagne house? When were they founded?

Answer 3

Ruinart, 1729

Question 4

When did Jean-Antoine Champtal identify the relationship between sugar and fermentation?

Answer 4

1801

Question 5

When did the French government first delimit Champagne? What spurred this?

Answer 5

1908, then further in 1927. Widespread fraud post-phylloxera (Champenoise selling other regions’ sparkling wines)

Question 6

When was the Aube excluded from Champagne?

Answer 6

1911-1927

Question 7

Why is the 1914 vintage remarkable for Champagne?

Answer 7

1914 was one of the best of the century, despite being made by women, children and elderly during the war, while the vineyards were basically battlefields.

Question 8

What percentage of Champagne’s vineyards are owned by merchant houses?

Answer 8

~10%

Question 9

What is the max amount of land that a Champagne firm can farm (own or rented)?

Answer 9

Contrôle des Structures prohibits any firm from farming more than fifteen owned or rented hectares

Question 10

What major change did the INAO make to Champagne in 2009?

Answer 10

They increased the appellation’s area from 319 villages to 357.

Question 11

What is a bouvreux?

Answer 11

A second crop (rarely ripens, is left on the vine) that results from rain interrupting flowering

Question 12

What soil is found on the slopes of Champagne? And in the valleys?

Answer 12

Belemnite (cephalopods) chalk on the slopes. A layer of Micraster (Sea Urchin) sits on top in the valleys. The Aube is more clay.

Question 13

Why are yields higher in Champagne than in other regions?

Answer 13

Because of juice press extraction restrictions.

Question 14

What are the juice extraction limits for Champagne?

Answer 14

102 liters of must for every 106 kg of grapes (based on 2550 liters per 4000 kg, a marc)

Question 15

What is rebeche?

Answer 15

Additional pressed juice after extraction limit is reached. Must be 1-10% of the total, must be distilled.

Question 16

What are the vine training methods allowed in Champagne?

Answer 16

Cordon de Royat
Chablis
Vallee de la Marne
Guyot (double and single)

Question 17

What are stages of must extraction for Champagne?

Answer 17

Vin de Cuvee (first 2050 liters)

Vin de Taille (following 500 liters) lesser quality

Question 18

How long does secondary fermentation last?

Answer 18

up to 8 weeks

Question 19

How long does manual remuage last? And mechanical?

Answer 19

8 weeks vs 1 week

Question 20

How many bottles does a gyropalette hold?

Answer 20

504

Question 21

How many producers in the Club Tresors?

Answer 21

Currently (2019) 27

Question 22

How many Grand Crus are in Montagne de Reims? Name them.

Answer 22

9
Sillery
Puisieulx
Beaumont-Sur-Vesle
Verzenay
Mailly-Champagne
Verzy
Louvois
Bouzy
Ambonnay

Question 23

Name the GCs of Valle de la Marne

Answer 23

Ay

Tours-sur-Marne

Question 24

How many GCs in Cotes des Blancs? Name them N to S

Answer 24

6
Chouilly
Oiry
Cramant
Avize
Oger
Le Mesnil-sur-Oger

Question 25

Which GCs of Champagne were added after 1985?

Answer 25

``` Verzy Chouilly Oiry Oger Le Mesnil-sur-Oger ```

Question 26

Which GC of Champagne is on for red?

Answer 26

Tours-sur-Marne

Question 27

Which GC of Champagne is only for white?

Answer 27

Chouilly

Question 28

Which GCs of Champagne are planted 100% to Chardonnay

Answer 28

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

Question 29

Which GC of Montagne de Reims has the highest percentage of Chardonnay (and Meunier) planted?

Answer 29

Sillery

Question 30

Which GC of the MdR is the largest?

Answer 30

Verzenay

Question 31

Which GC of the Cotes des Blancs is the largest?

Answer 31

Chouilly

Question 32

How many 1ers in Montagne de Reims? Name 5.

Answer 32

``` 25 total Chigny-les-Roses Ecueil Ludes Rilly-la-Montagne Sacy Tauxieres (99%) Trepail Villers-aux-Noeuds Vrigny ```

Question 33

How many 1ers in Marne? Name 5

Answer 33

``` 8 total Bisseuil Champillon Cumieres Avenay-Val-d'Or Dizy Hautvillers Mareuil-sur-Ay Mutigny ```

Question 34

How many 1ers in Cotes des Blancs? Name 5

Answer 34

``` 9 total Bergeres-les-Vertus Cuis Etrechy Grauves Pierry Val-des-Marais Vertus Villeneuve-Renneville-Chevigny Voipreux ```

Question 35

Name NM Prestige Cuvees that are Bdb

Answer 35

``` De Venoge "Grand Vin des Princes" Deutz "Amour de Deutz" Diebolt-Vallois "Fleur de Passion" C Heidsieck "Blanc des Millenaires" AR Lenoble "Cuvee les Aventures" and "Cuvee Gentilhomme" Ruinart "Dom Ruinart" Taittinger "Comte" ```

Question 36

Name 3 CM producers

Answer 36

Nicolas Feuillatte Jacquart Mailly Grand Cru

Question 37

Name RM Prestige Cuvees that are BdB

Answer 37

Bonnaire "Cuvee Prestige" Guy Larmandier "Cramant Grand Cru Cuvee Prestige" Jacques Selosse "Substance"

Question 38

Name BdN Prestige Cuvees

Answer 38

Bollinger "VVF" | Hubert Dauvergne "Fine Fleur de Bouzy"

Question 39

What grapes can be used in Coteaux Champenois AOP? What is the min alc?

Answer 39

Chardonnay, PN, Meunier, Arbane, Petit Meslier, PB, PG. | Min 9% abv

Question 40

What are the requirements for Rose des Riceys AOP?

Answer 40

100% PN min alc 10% Grapes are vinified as whole bunches, semi-carbonic