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41 Cards in this Set
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Name the Five Major Champagne Districts
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Montagne de Reims
Côte des Blancs Vallée de la Marne The Aube Côte de Sézanne: |
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On the Chamagne label, NM stands for:
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Négociant-Manipulant
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On the Champagne Label, RM stands for:
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Récoltant-Manipulant
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On the Champagne Label, CM stands for:
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Coopérative-Manipulant
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On the Champagne Label, RC stands for:
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Recoltant-Cooperative
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On the Champagne Label, SR, ND and MA stand for:
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Société de Récoltants, Négociante-Distributeur, Marque d’Acheteur
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Prisse de Mousse refers to:
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The second fermentation of Champagne. (also the name of many Champagne yeasts)
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Sweetness levels and their respec-tive residual sugars for Cham-pagne:
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Extra Brut – 0-6 g/l
Brut – 0-15 g/l Extra Sec – 12 -20 g/l Sec – 17-35 g/l Demi-Sec – 35 -50 g/l Doux – 50 + g/l |
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In Champagne a marc refers to:
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4000 kilos of grapes - (the capacity of the traditional co-quard press)
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How much wine from a marc?
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2550 liters
1st 2050 liters referred to as cuvée; last 500 liters referred to as taille |
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Grand Crus of Vallée de la Marne:
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Aÿ-Champagne
Tours-sur-Marne (red grapes only) |
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Grand Crus of Montagne de Reims
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Mailly-Champagne
Verzenay Verzy Louvois Bouzy Ambonnay Sillery Puisieulx Beaumont-sur-Vesle |
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Liqueur de Tirage is:
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Mixture of yeast, still wine, sugar and bentonite added to Cham-pagne to begin the 2nd fermenta-tion (Prisse de Mousse)
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Liqueur d’Expedition
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Mixture of Sugar and still Cham-pagne added after disgorgement to soften acidity and encourage post-disgorgement aromas to develop.
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Grand Cru Vineyards of Côte de Blancs
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Oiry
Chouilly Cramant Avize Oger Les Mensnil-sur Oger |
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What is the Famous wine from Riceys?
Where is Riceys located? |
Rosé de Riceys (from P. Noir)
The Aube in Champagne |
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99% Rated Vineyards and their re-gions
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Mareuil-sur-Aÿ (Vallée del Marne)
Tauxières (Montagne de Reims) |
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How many Grand Crus in Cham-pagne?
How many Premier Crus? How many Deuxieme Crus? |
17 Grand Crus
41 1er Crus 244 2nd Crus |
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Which Grand Cru is only for Red Grapes?
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Tours-sur-Marne
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Which Grand Cru is only for White Grapes?
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Chouilly
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Bollinger’s Tête de Cuvée
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Vieilles Vignes Française
overripe, ungrafted Pinot Noir from three sites: Clos St-Jacuqes & Chaudes terres in Ay-Champagne & Croix Rouge in Bouzy. vines are planted to a density of 30,000 vines /ha, and severely pruned. Result-ing in a super-powerful, complex, concetrated wine. vinified in small, four-year-old casks. No malo-lactic. |
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How much grapes in a bottle of Champagne?
How many bubbles? |
1.2 Kg grapes (1.5 if all cuvée)
250 million bubbles |
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Philipponnat’s Tête de Cuvée
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Clos des Goisses
70% Pinot Noir, 20% Chardonnay from a single, walled vineyard in Mareuil-sur-Äy with a South-South facing slope and a gentle east-facing slope (provides blending complexity). Very austere and long lived. |
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Moët & Chandon’s Tête de Cuvée
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Cuvée Dom Perignon
~50/50 Chardonnay/Pinot Noir perfectly blended. 1st vintage 1921, 2nd 1928 |
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Nicolas Feuillatte Tête de Cuvée
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Cuvée Palmes d’Or
60% Chardonnay, 40% Pinot Noir |
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Henriot Tête de Cuvée
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Cuvée des Enchanteleurs
55% Chardonnay, 45% Pinot Noir |
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Krug’s Tête de Cuvée(s)
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MV Grand Cuvée
24-35% Chard, 45-50% Pinot Noir, 13-20% Pinot Meunier Clos du Mesnil 100% Chardonnay from walled vineyard in Les Mesnil sur Oger. First Vintage 1979. |
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Laurent-Perrier’s Tête de Cuvée
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Grand Siècle ‘La Cuvée’
3 vintage blend, all Grand Cru, Chardonnay/Pinot Noir ~51/49. Min 7 years yeast contact, sealed with cork & agrafe for 2nd fermentation, Manual disgorgement. |
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Perrier-Jouët’s Tête de Cuvée
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La Belle Époque
1st Vintage 1964, 50% Chardonnay (mostly from Cramant) 45% Pinot Noir, 5% Pinot Meunier 1st vintage rose 1976 Rose — 45% Chardonnay, 50% Pinot Noir, 5% Meunier Reserve la Belle Epoque (2,000 Jeroboams of 1995) included stay and dinner at Maison Belle Epoque. |
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Pol Roger’s Tête de Cuvée
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Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill
1st Vintage 1975 (released in 1984) |
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Louis Roederer’s Tête de Cuvée
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Cristal
~42% Chard, 58% Pinot Noir sweeter style than most Tête de Cuvée 1st Vintage in 1876 |
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First Vintage of Salon
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1921
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Taittinger’s Tête de Cuvée
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Comtes de Champagne
Blanc de Blancs 1st Vintage 195 Rose 1st Vintage 1966 Rose is Exclusively from Ambon-nay and Bugey, and is Saignee |
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Veuve Clicquot’s Tête de Cuvée
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La Grande Dame
Brut—1st Vintage 1969 Rosé — 1st Vintage 1988? Rose is brut cuvee with up to 15% P. Noir for Clos Colin in Bouzy |
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Which four Grand Crus Lie outside of the 5 Main Champagne areas, and their specific locations
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Sillery & Puisieulx— N. of Mailly-Champagne in Montagne de Reims
Beaumont-sur-Vesle — N of Verzy in Montagne de Reims Oiry — East of Chouilly in Côtes de Blancs |
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Recent Champagne Vintages
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2007—Major Hail damage.
2006—good-mediocre Chard takes lead 2005—okay, rot in black grapes 2004—very good vintage, classic 2003—not great, but interesting if well-blended (Bollinger) 2002—Excellent Vintage 2001 — Disastrous except for Clos des Goisses 2000—lots declared because it’s an auspicious year . . . But 1999 — okay 1998 — turning out to be quite good 1997 — thought to be quite good, but just okay |
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Three Great Champagne Houses in Epernay
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Pol Roger
Dom Perignon (in fact all of Moet & Chandon) Perrier-Jouet |
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Three Great Champagne Houses in Ay
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Bollinger
Gosset—Celebris Brut (70 Chard, 30 Noir), Grand Millesime Brut (66 Chard, 34 Noir) Grand Rose Brut (80 Chard, 20 Noir) Henri Goutorbe (RM) |
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Great Producers in Reims
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Krug
Ruinart Pommery Bruno Paillard |
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Great Single Vineyard Cham-pagnes
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Cattier Clos du Moulin (Three Vintage Blend, 2.2 Hectares, 90/89/88, 50/50 noir/chard, from Chigny-les-Roses in Montaigne de Reims)
Philliponnat Clos des Goisses Krug Clos de Mesnil Moet & Chandon Sarments d’Aÿ (NV) Drappier Grand Sendrée Brut and Rosé (from the Aube), Brut- 45 Chardonnay, 55 Pinot Noir. Rose 100 Pinot Noir Billecart Salmon Clos Ste. Hillaires |
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Secondary Grape Varieties in Champagne
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Arbanne
Petite Meslier Pinot Blanc Vrai |