Champange

Question 1

What is “disgorgement”?

Answer 1

The removal of yeast after the second fermentation, in sparkling wine production.

Question 2

What is “disgorgement à la volée”?

Answer 2

Disgorgement by hand, as opposed to by machine

Question 3

What is a “mosser”?

Answer 3

A whisk used to release trapped gas from wine.

Question 4

What is the climate of the Champagne region?

Answer 4

Continental with maritime influences

Question 5

In what year did the King of France allow wine to be sold and transported in bottle?

Answer 5

1728

Question 6

What is the most popular style of Champagne?

Answer 6

brut non-vintage

Question 7

Which city was historically the capital of the Champagne region?

Answer 7

troyes

Question 8

What is chalk?

Answer 8

a porous limestone- a sedimentary rock composed of calcium carbonate

Question 9

Which was the first Champagne house?

Answer 9

Ruiart 1729

Question 10

In Champagne, the vineyards are ranked Grand Cru or 1er Cru.

True or False?

Answer 10

False, Villages are ranked and the individual vinyards

Question 11

In Champagne, which is the higher ranking, “Grand Cru” or “Premier Cru”?

Answer 11

grand cru

Question 12

What are the two types of chalk found in Champagne?

Answer 12

belemnite and micraster

Question 13

What is the dominant grape variety grown in the Grande Montagne de Reims?

Answer 13

pinot nior

Question 14

What is the dominant grape variety grown in the Vallée de la Marne?

Answer 14

meunier

Question 15

What is Kimmeridgean Marl?

Answer 15

a limestone rich clay whose dominant fossil is EXogyra virgula a small comma shaped oyster

Question 16

What is the dominant fossil found in Belemnite chalk?

Answer 16

Ancient dart-like relatives to the modern day squid

Question 17

What is a “Mono-Parcelle”

Answer 17

a single vineyard

Question 18

What is a “Mono-Cru”

Answer 18

a single village

Question 19

What is a gyropalette?

Answer 19

a mechanized riddling machine

Question 20

What is a “Blanc de Blancs”?

Answer 20

a white wine made from white grapes, mainly used for sparkling wines

Question 21

List the seven dosage levels from driest to sweetest.

Answer 21

brut nature 0-3, extra brut 0-6, brut 0-12, extra sec 12-17, sec 17 - 32, demi-sec 32-50, doux 50+

Question 22

What is the dominant grape variety of the Côte des Blancs?

Answer 22

chardonnat

Question 23

What is the dominant grape variety of the Côte de Sézanne?

Answer 23

chardonnay

Question 24

What is a “Blanc de Noirs”?

Answer 24

a white wine made from black grapes

Question 25

What does the abbreviation “RM” refer to on a Champagne label?

Answer 25

Recoltant-Manipulant, a producer who vinifies only their own estate-grown grapes

Question 26

What are the three principal grape varieties of Champagne?

Answer 26

pinot nior, meuneir, chardonnay

Question 27

What are the four authorized (but ancillary) grape varieties of Champagne?

Answer 27

pinot gris, pinot blanc, arbane, petite meslier

Question 28

What was the contribution of Veuve Cliquot (Ponsardin) to the champagne method?

Answer 28

development of the riddling process

Question 29

A champagne labeled “Grand Cru” comes from a single vineyard. True or False?

Answer 29

False, it will be sourced from one of the 17 grand cru villages

Question 30

What is a “Perpetual Reserve”?

Answer 30

a vat of reserve wine in which multiple vintages of wine are aged together in the same vessel-similar to a solera

Question 31

What is a “Tête de Cuvée”?

Answer 31

a champagne houses prestige cuvee

Question 32

What were the two principal grapes of Champagne between the 9th to 16th centuries?

Answer 32

Gouais and Fromenteau

Question 33

What are the “crayères”?

Answer 33

chalk quarries dug by the romans and now used as cellars for aging champange

Question 34

Which grape variety is the most widely planted in Champagne?

Answer 34

pinot nior

Question 35

There is a set blending formula for the Champagne AOC. True or False?

Answer 35

False, every champange house has its own blend and house style

Question 36

What is the difference between AOC Coteaux Champenois and AOC Champagne?

Answer 36

Coteaux is still

Question 37

What is “remuage”?

Answer 37

riddling, turning the bottles at an angle to collect the lees to the neck of the bottle

Question 38

What does the abbreviation “NM” refer to on a Champagne label?

Answer 38

Negociant-Minipulant, a producer that includes grapes purchased from other growers in their wines

Question 39

What is another term for “liqueur d’expédition”?

Answer 39

dosage

Question 40

What is the dominant grape variety of the Côte des Bar?

Answer 40

Pinot Nior

Question 41

What is the “liqueur d’expédition”?

Answer 41

A Mix of sugar and reserve wine added to the chapange that is added to the champange after degorgement and before the cork is inserted

Question 42

What is the “prise de mousse”?

Answer 42

seizing of the foam, second fermentation that creates the bubbles

Question 43

What is “transversage”?

Answer 43

the process of using 750ml bottles to fill larger or smaller bottles

Question 44

What is the primary grape variety of Rosé des Riceys?

Answer 44

pinot nior

Question 45

What are the three AOCs in the Champagne region?

Answer 45

Rose des Riceys, Coteaux Champenois, Champange

Question 46

AOCs of Champagne

Answer 46

Rose des Riceys AOC Coteaux Champenois AOC Champange AOC

Question 47

Rose des Riceys AOC

Answer 47

1947 Rose Pinot Noir

Question 48

Coteaux champenois AOC

Answer 48

1974 Dry white, Rose, Red Whites: P:Chardonnay, S:Arbane, Pinot Blanc, Petit Meslier Rose:: Pinot Gris Red: Pinot Noir, Meunier

Question 49

Champagne AOC

Answer 49

1936 Sparkling wine, sparkling Rose Whites: P:Chardonnay, S:Arbane, Pinot Blanc, Petit Meslier Rose:: Pinot Gris Red: Pinot Noir, Meunier