Champagne & Sparkling

Question 1

Prestige Cuvee of Laurent Perrier

Answer 1

Grand Siecle n24

Question 2

Prestige Cuvee of Roerder

Answer 2

Cristal

Question 3

Prestige Cuvee of Krug

Answer 3

Grande Cuvee

Question 4

Prestige Cuvee of Pol Roger

Answer 4

Sir Winston Churchill

Question 5

Prestige Cuvee of Veuve Cliquot

Answer 5

La Grande Dame

Question 6

Prestige Cuvee of Deutz

Answer 6

Cuvee William

Question 7

Prestige Cuvee of Moet & Chandon

Answer 7

Dom Perignon

Question 8

Prestige Cuvee of Piper-Heidsieck

Answer 8

Rare

Question 9

How long must Cava spend on its lees?

Answer 9

9 months

Question 10

How much does the second fermentation cause the alcohol level in a wine to increase?

Answer 10

1.2-1.3% abv

Question 11

Which grape accounts for the largest acreage in Champagne?

Answer 11

Pinot Noir

Question 12

What is dosage?

Answer 12

An addition of sugar and wine that determines the wine’s final sweetness.

Question 13

What is degorgement?

Answer 13

Expelling the sediment from the bottle after remuage.

Question 14

In which region does the salon estate produce wine?

Answer 14

Cotes de Blancs

Question 15

During the second fermentation of sparkling wine, the bottles are usually stored horizontally in the _______________ position.

Answer 15

sur latte

Question 16

Which region contains the village of Ay?

Answer 16

Vallee de la Marne

Question 17

Club Tresors

Answer 17

All members must bottle their submitted wines in the same bottle shape.

Question 18

A finished Champagne with a residual sugar of 20 g/L would be labeled with which designation?

Answer 18

sec

Question 19

Which of the following grapes stylistically provides frute, body, and structure to Champagne?

Answer 19

Pinot Noir

Question 20

What country contains the Nyetimber and Ridgeview estates?

Answer 20

the UK

Question 21

How many five-ounce glasses of Champagne would a Jeroboam yield?

Answer 21

20

Question 22

In which country does the Jansz estate produce sparkling wine?

Answer 22

Australia

Question 23

Which of the following indicates a growers’ co-operative that produces the wine under a single brand?

Answer 23

Cooperative Manipulant

Question 24

How many bottles does a gyropalette hold?

Answer 24

504

Question 25

Rose de Riceys AOP wines are produced in which region?

Answer 25

Cotes des Bars

Question 26

A ____________ is a wire cage affixed to the cork with six half-twists

Answer 26

Muselet

Question 27

The two permitted methods of degorgement for Champagne

Answer 27

degorgement a la glace degorgement a la volee

Question 28

The second fermentation, of ___________________ is the heart of the methode Champenoise.

Answer 28

prise de mousse

Question 29

____________ is the French term for the release of older vintages of base wine for use in assemblage.

Answer 29

Deblocage

Question 30

A maximum _________________ percent of the year's total harvest may be sold as vintage Champagne.

Answer 30

80%

Question 31

How many villages in the Champagne AOP are designated as Grand Cru?

Answer 31

17

Question 32

What is the "vin de cuvee"

Answer 32

The first 2,050 liters to be extracted from 4,000 kg of grapes.

Question 33

Which estate produces "Clos des Goisses", why is it significant?

Answer 33

Philipponnat , mono-parcel since 1935

Question 34

Cremant wines must spend a minimum _______________ months on the lees prior to release.

Answer 34

9

Question 35

What is the professional organization that controls Champagne production?

Answer 35

Comite Interprofessional du Vin de Champagne (CIVC)

Question 36

What parallel does Champagne lie on?

Answer 36

48 to 49.5

Question 37

A porous limestone soil composed of calcium carbonate.

Answer 37

Chalk

Question 38

What is a crayere?

Answer 38

An ancient underground quarry now used for wine cellars in Champagne.

Question 39

Grapes grown on chalk in Champagne tend to have what characteristics?

Answer 39

High in acid, lean, reserved aromatics

Question 40

What is Belemnite chalk and where is it found?

Answer 40

Fossilized remains of a dart like squid, ended up at the upper to mid slopes.

Question 41

What is Micraster chalk and where is it found?

Answer 41

Composed of fossilized sea urchins, located where slopes begin to flatten.

Question 42

Where would you find Kimmeridgian Marl?

Answer 42

Cotes de Bar

Question 43

What do clay soils tend to do to wines from Champagne?

Answer 43

Tight and taut, might need some age to express aroma and flavor

Question 44

What do sandy soils do to wines from Champagne?

Answer 44

Strong fruit characteristics that are open and easy to drink.

Question 45

The Champagne growing region can be divided into four principal sub-regions.

Answer 45

The Montagne and Val de Reims Vallee de La Marne Cote does Blanca and Surroundings Cote does Bar

Question 46

What system was created in Champagne to recognize different terroirs within the large Champagne AOC?

Answer 46

Echelle des Crus (Scale of Growths)

Question 47

What vine training methods are allowed in Champagne?

Answer 47

Chablis Cordon Guyot Vallee de La Marne (Meunier)

Question 48

Aging requirements for vintage Champagne

Answer 48

12 months on lees 3 years in cellar from tirage {bottling} to release

Question 49

Aging requirements for nonvintage Champagne

Answer 49

12 months on lees 3 months between tirage and release