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Methode Champenoise?
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Completion of secondary fermentation in bottle. Also called Methode Traditionnelle or Methode Classique
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What was the first famous tete du cuvee?
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The 1921 vintage of Moet's Dom Perignon
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What is the climate of Champagne and what are its challenges?
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Continental, 48th parallel with lots of influence from the Atlantic
Average temp 50 degrees Frost, rain, fungal disease, hail and winter freeze are hazards Rain often interrupts flowering, creating bouvreux (second crop) that never ripens Quality can vary from year to year |
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Describe the general topography of Champagne.
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Hills have porous belemnite chalk (cephlopods, high limestone content) which absorbs heat and allows vine roots to dig deeply.
Micraster (named after sea urchins) soil is in the valleys. In the Aube clay dominates |
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What are the allowed grapes and percentages in Champagne in 2010?
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Pinot Noir 39%
Pinot Meunier 32% Chardonnay 29% |
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What do each of the grapes in Champagne provide?
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Chardonnay - elegance and longevity
Pinot Noir - structure, richness and body Pinot Menuier - youthful fruitiness and approachability |
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What is the press limit on Champagne grapes?
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100kg for 160kg of grapes
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What is the yield limit during the press in Champagne?
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102 L / 160 kg
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Name the 5 districts of Champagne.
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Montagne de Reims
Vallee de la Marne Cote des Blancs Cote de Sezanne Cote des Bars (the Aube) |
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Where is Pinot Noir grown in Champagne?
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Montagne de Reims
Cote des Bars (Aube) |
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Where is Chardonnay grown in Champagne?
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Cote de Sezanne
Cote des Blancs |
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Where is Pinot Munier grown in Champagne?
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Vallee de la Marne
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What properties of Pinot Munier make it appropriate to grow in the Vallee de la Marne?
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Late budding and early ripening for the cold environment
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How many grand cru and 1er cru villages are in Champagne according to the Eschelle de Crus?
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17 grand
42 1er |
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Types of Champagne producers?
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Negociant Manipulant
Recolant Maniuplant |
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What is a Negociant Manipulant?
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Purchases grapes and wine from growers and smaller houses. Can have some domaine wine.
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What is a Recolant Maniuplant?
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Grower champagne producer (must be at least 95%)
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How do champagne producers remove sediment before fermentation?
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They let it settle by riddling or remuage then the digorgement at a cool temp for 8-15 hours so the settlement is ejected.
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Is chaptalization common in champagne?
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Yes
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When is assemblage done?
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Feb or March Its the blend of different grape varieties to come up with the right blend
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What is the liqueur de tirage?
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Mixture of wine, yeast and sugar to start
secondary fermentation |
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How long does secondary fermentation last in?
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Approx 8 weeks
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What changes happen to the alcohol and CO2 level in the wine during secondary fermentation?
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Alcohol increases and balances the acid this is when the maker decides what style the champs become
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What is the term for the process that gives champagne its yeasty flavor?
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Autolysis; when the wine sits on the lees for a long period of time
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How long must champagne remain on the lees prior to degorgement?What is degorgement?
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12 months minimum
degorgement a la glace, dipping the neck into a freezing solution and the pressure expels the semi frozen sediment |
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How long would it take to do remuage? or (riddling)
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8 weeks
the turning of the bottle |
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What are Important Grand Cru Villages of Montagne de Reims?
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Verzenay Bouzy - great still pinot noir and rose Ambonnay |
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What are are the Grand Cru Villages of Vallee de la Marne?
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Tours-sur-Marne (red only) |
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What are Important Grand Cru Villages of the Cote des Blancs?
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Avize Oger Les Mesnil-sur-Oger (clos) |
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What are the two methods of disgorgement?
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Degorgement a la glace - freezing in brine
Degorgement a la volee - old fashioned way of shooting it out |
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What is the liqueur d'expedition?
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Mixture of sugar and wine to adjust sugar levels of wine
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What is the name for the wire cage surrounding a cork?
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Muselet
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How much aging is required after final bottling for champagne?
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NV at least 3 months (15 months total)
Vintage at least 36 months total |
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Why is bottle aging critical for champagne?
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Gets rid of sulfur notes and youthful austerity
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What are the sizes for a champagne bottle?
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Bottle 750 mL Magnum 1.5 L = 10 glasses Jeroboam 3 L (4) = 20 glasses Rehoboam 4.5 L (6) = 30 glasses Methuselah 6 L (8)= 40 glasses Salmanazar 9 L (12)=60 glasses Balthazar 12 L (16) = 80 glasses Nebuchadnezzar 15 L (20) = 100 glasses Solomon 18 L (24) My Judy really makes strange belching noices |
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What does NV style champagne mean?
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Generally brut and represents the house's signature style. 75% of the market.
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What does vintage champagne mean? How much of a harvest can be used for vintage champagne?
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100% must come from stated vintage, yet a max 80% of harvest can be used for vintage.
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What does blanc de blancs champagne mean?
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100% Chard, not always sourced from the Cote des Blancs. May be dated or NV. Most ageworthy.
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What does blanc de noirs champagne mean?
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White from black grapes, usually has a richness and intensity but it can lack finesse.
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What does Prestige Cuvee (Tete de Cuvee) champagne mean?
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Usually the finest bottling that a househas to offer. Typically vintage and extra aged, along with more traditional procedures such as barrel fermentation, hand riddling and cork finishing during second fermentation.
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What does Single Vineyard champagne mean?
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Simply must come from one vineyard
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What is the Prestige Cuvee for Moet et Chandon?
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Dom Perignon
Epernay 2004 Moet et Chandon Rose |
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What is the Prestige Cuvee for Tattinger?
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Comtes de Champagne
Reims 2004 |
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What is the Prestige Cuvee for Louis Roederer?
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Cristal
Reims Best year 2004 |
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What is the Prestige Cuvee for Laurent-Perrier?
Located? |
Grande Siecle
The Marne |
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What is the Prestige Cuvee for Perrier-Jouet?
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Epernay France called Belle Epoque It was labeled Fleur de Champagne in the US the last bottling was in 2011 Great year bottling 2006 |
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What is the Prestige Cuvee for Pol Roger?
Located? |
Cuvee Sir Winston Churchill
Epernay Cote d blanc Great year Bottling 2004 |
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What is the Prestige Cuvee for Ruinart?
Located? |
Reims Best Bottling 2004 |
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What is the Prestige Cuvee for Vuve Cliquot-Ponsardin? Located?
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La Grande Dame
Reims Best Bottling 2004 |
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What is the Coteaux Champenois AOP?
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Still wine appellation for Champagne that covers still red, white and rose wines.
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What is the Rose de Riceys AOP?
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100% Pinot Noir rose produced in Les Riceys, a cru village in Aube
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Clos Du Mesnil |
Monopole Champagne (Krug) Cote de Blanc |
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What is Bollinger |
Prestive Cuvee Grand Aneee Ay in Valle de la Marne Good Blanc de noir and Rose |
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Jacques Selosse |
Oxidative producer in the Avize in the Cote De Blanc Prestige Cuvee |
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Pierre Peters |
Le Mesnil -sur-Oger Grower Producer Grand Cru designation |
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Salon |
Le Mesnil -sur-Oger Needs time One of the 1st grower/producers |
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Delamotte |
Sister house to Salon Le Mesnil-sur-Oger |
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Mareul Sur Ay |
Premier Cru In the Valle de la Marne Very Steep Famous house is Clos de Goisses Phillip Ponnett 2004 |
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Billecart-Salmon |
Mareuil-sur-Ay |
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Most disasteruse Vintage year in Champagne |
2001 and 2009 |
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Clos De Goisses |
Mareuil sur ay Premier Cru Very 1st single vineyard of Champagne Phillip Ponnet |
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Charles Heidsieck |
Found in Reims BRUT MILLÉSIME 2005 |
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Amboney |
Grand Cru Village in Montagne de Reims producers use Oak Pair with Lamb |
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Bouzy |
Grand Cru Village Bouzy Rouge still Red wine found in Montagne de Reims Great Rose Here Coteaux Champenois |
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Top Vintages in Champagne |
1996, 2002,2004,2005,2008,09,10 |
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Name 4 Cremant producing areas not produced in Champagne? What is Cremant? |
Cremant d' Loire Cremant d' Alsace Cremant d' Bordeaux Cremant d' Bourgogne Traditional French Sparkling wine produced in France outside of Champagne. |
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What grape accounts for the largest acreage in Champagne? |
Pinot Noir |
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What method involes a single fermentation that begins in the tank but concludes in the bottle? |
Charmot Process |
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What are the elevels of sweetness in grams per litler for Champaign? |
Extra Brut -0-6 Brut 0-12 Extra Dry 12-17 Sec 17-32 Demi Sec 32-50 Doux 50+ |
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What is fine Champagn |
Brandy from the champagne district of cognac region of which half or more of the content comes from the central grande champagne regine Grande Champagne and petit champagne |
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What are the 2 designations in the Lombardy region called |
Francicorta AOP Oltrepo Pavese Method Classico |
