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38 Cards in this Set
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Where is Champagne located
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90 miles NE of Paris. It is the Northernmost wine region of France
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Where are the majority of appellation vineyards located within Champagne
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The Marne Dept
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What are the 3 major Subregions of Marne
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Cote des Blancs
Montagne de Reims Vallee de la Marne |
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What other regions within Champagne include vineyards outside of Marne
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Cote de Sezanne
Cote de Bars |
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What are the authorized grapes of Champagne
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Chardonnay= 27% of plantings
Pinot Noir= 38% of plantings Pinot Meunier= 35% of plantings |
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How often is a vintage Champagne produced
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Only in great vintages
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What causes Champagne to be so acidic
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Mostly due to the cool climate, but also caused by soil combination
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What does chalky soil do for the temperature control of the vine and fertility level?
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Chalk contributes to heat retention and allows both surface water drainage and subterranean water storage. It also has a low fertility which produces fewer leaves for canopy allowing more sun exposure
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Irrigation
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Illegal
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What is CIVC
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Comite Interprofessionel des Vins de Champagne. Was created during WWII
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What is Echelle des Crus
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Literal translation is "ladder of growth"
Acts as a pro-rata system determining price level for grapes in a given village designation |
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Levels of Echelle des Crus
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Lowest level villages are rated 80-89
Premier Cru villages are rated 90-99 Grand Cru Villages are rated 100 |
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How many Grand Cru Villages are there and name 3
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17
Ambonnay, Avize, Ay, Beaumont sur Vesle, Bouzy, Chouilly, Cramant, Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, Louvois, Mailly Champagne, Oger, Oiry, Puisieulx, Sillery, Tours sur Marne, Verzenay, Verzy |
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Where do the Grand Cru Villages lie within Champagne
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Clustered around the central part of the Marne Dept
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How many regions of Champagne
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5
Vallee de la Marne Cote des Blancs Montagne de Reims Cote de Sezanne Cote des Bars |
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What is the most northerly region of Champagne
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Montagne de Reims
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How many Grand Cru Villages are in Montagne de Reims and name them
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9
Ambonnay, Bouzy, Louvois, Mailly, Verzenay, Verzy, Beaumont-sur-Vesle, Puisieulx, Sillery |
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What is the most planted grape in Montagne de Reims
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Pinot Noir
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Where is Vallee de la Marne
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A horizontal divider between Montagne de Riems to the North and Cote des Blancs to the South
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What are the Grand Cru Villages of Valle de la Marne
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Tours-sur-Marne
Ay |
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What is the most planted grape in Vallee de la Marne
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Pinot Meunier
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What is the most planted grape in Cote des Blancs
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Chardonnay almost exclusively
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What are the Grand Cru Villages of Cote des Blancs
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There are 6
Avize, Chouilly, Cramant, Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, Oger, Oiry |
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What is the major grape planted in Cote de Sezanne and how many Grand Cru Villages are there
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Chardonnay, almost 70%
No Grand Cru |
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Cote des Bars is located where in Champagne
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Most southerly region
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What is the major grape planted in Cote des Bars
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Pinot Noir about 85%
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How must Champagne grapes by harvested
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by hand only
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What does Harvest by Tris mean
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Passing through the vineyards several times in succession to pick bunches once they have achieved full ripeness
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Is Chaptalization allowed
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yes
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Define Aspersion method
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spraying the vines with a fine mst of water as the temperature drops so that the buds are protected from seriously low temps by the ice cover as the water spray freezes
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What is the annual yield
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4.5 tons per acre unless official approval given in very ripe years
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What is Tete de Cuvee
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First press, considered the finest juice
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Define: taille
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second press of juice
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What is the typical vessle for the first fermentation in Champagne
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Stainless Steel except for Krug & Bollinger, their house style is to use oak
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Define: assemblage
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Blending
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Who is Dom Perignon
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Monk who served at Abbe d'Hautvillers
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Did Dom Perignon invent Champagne
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No but he introduced selective harvesting by tris and the reintroduction of oak
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Define: liqueur de tirage
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When bottled, a dose of sugar and yeast that have been dissolved in the wine
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