Champagne/Sparkling 15 Feb

Question 1

Who made first Brut Champagne

Answer 1

Pommery in 1874

Question 2

Max residual sugar allowed in base wines from Champagne

Answer 2

10g/l

Question 3

How much % of stated vintage need to be there in Vintage Champagne

Answer 3

100%

Question 4

What are the permitted vine training methods in Champagne

Answer 4

Cordon Royat
Taille a Chablis
Valee de la Marne
Guyot

Question 5

What is rebeche

Answer 5

Juice squeezed after end of pressing.
Must be between 0 - 10% of total
Used for distillation

Question 6

How much sugar allowed in extra dry Champagne

Answer 6

12 - 17 g/l

Question 7

How much minimum ageing on Lees is required for vintage champagne

Answer 7

12 months

Question 8

List the 6 grand crus of Cotes de Blancs

Answer 8

Choilly 
Oiry
Cramant
Avize
Oger
Mesnil sur Oger

Question 9

Which is the largest Grand Cru in Champagne by planted area

Answer 9

Chouilly

Question 10

Name the regions of following 1er Cru Villages

Answer 10

Etrechy - Blancs
Champillon - Marne
Mutigny - Marne
Trepais - Reims

Question 11

Name the prestige cuvee of following houses

Answer 11

De Castellane - Cuvee Commodore
Delamotte - Nicolas Louis Delamotte
Alfred Gratien - Cuvee Paradis
Bruno Paillard - Nec Plus Ultra

Question 12

Max Yield required for Coteaux Champanois AOP

Answer 12

10400 kg/ha

Question 13

Which grape varieties are allowed in Rose des Riceys AOP

Answer 13

Only Pinot Noir

Question 14

What are the two subsoils found on champagne slopes

Answer 14

Belemnite Chalk

Micraster Chalk

Question 15

What is Blocage and deblocage

Answer 15

Reserve and release of wine stocks for use in future vintages

Question 16

What does SR stands for on a champagne bottle

Answer 16

A firm set up by union of growers (often related to each other)
They share the resources and make multiple brands

Question 17

What is Vin de Taille

Answer 17

500 ltrs of juice pressed after the vin de cuvee - usually richer in pigment and tannins

Question 18

What is Pointage

Answer 18

Champagne bottles briskly shaken to prevent the yeast from sticking to sides of the bottles

Question 19

How many bottles can fit in a traditional Pupitre

Answer 19

120 bottles

Gyropallette - 504

Question 20

What is transvasage

Answer 20

Transferring champagne from a bottle to another, under pressure.

Question 21

Minimum ageing on the lees required for Oltrepo Pavese Metodo Classico NV

Answer 21

15 months on the lees

Question 22

Grape variety used for Franciacorta Saten

Answer 22

Chardonnay and Max 50% Pinot Bianco

Question 23

Ageing requirement for Franciacorta Riserva

Answer 23

Min 60 months on the lees. 67 months total from the date of harvest

Question 24

Minimum ageing required for Limoux Method ancestral

Answer 24

Min 2 months

Question 25

Which method is used for producing Blanquette de Limoux

Answer 25

Traditional

Question 26

Minimum ageing period for Cava de Paratge

Answer 26

36 months on the lees

Question 27

Max permitted yields for cava

Answer 27

12 tons/ha

Question 28

Minimum ageing required for Penedes DO Vino espumosos premium

Answer 28

18 months

Question 29

What is Brut on a method cap classique label

Answer 29

15 g/l or less

Question 30

First cap classique producer to use champagne method

Answer 30

Simonsig

Question 31

What kind of wines is William Salyem famous for

Answer 31

Pinot Noirs from Russian River and Sonoma coast

Question 32

Different catagories of Austrian sekt

Answer 32

Klassik Reserve Grosse Reserve Hauersekt

Question 33

What is Hauersekt

Answer 33

Austrian sparkling where Tirage, disgorgement and expedition is performed by grape grower

Question 34

Max permitted press yield in Gross Reserve Austrian Sekt

Answer 34

50%

Question 35

Permitted method and grape variety for Amynteo PDO sparkling wines

Answer 35

Traditional or tank | Xinomavro

Question 36

What is the method used for Tavora Verosa DOP sparkling wines

Answer 36

Traditional method

Question 37

Grape varieties permitted for Vouvray Vin Mousseaux

Answer 37

Chenin Blanc | Orbois

Question 38

Max press yield for Alsace Cremant

Answer 38

100 L from 150 KG grapes