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19 Cards in this Set
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What are the main 5 areas of production in champagne?
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Montage de Reims, Cotes des Blancs, Aube, Valle de la Marne, Cote des Sezanne.
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What is the minimum potential alcohol required for champagne?
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9%
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What is the maximum residual sugar allowed prior to bottling in champagne?
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10g/l
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Name the 7 permitted varieties for champagne production.
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Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier, Pinot Blanc (vrai), Petit Meslier, Arbane, Pinot Gris (fromenteau)
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Champagne AOP can produce which styles of wine?
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Sparkling white, Sparkling Rose (saignee or blended)
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When can champagne be bottled?
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After January 2nd following the harvest.
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Non vintage and vintage champagne bottle ageing requirements?
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NV – 15 months, 12 on lees
Vintage - 36 months, 12 months on lees. |
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All champagne bottle in sizes between 375ml and 3 liters must be what?
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Tiraged in their original bottles. (NV bottlings may be transferred into 375ml (maximum 25%)
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Minimum must weight for champagne?
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143g/l
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Permitted training methods?
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Chablis, Guyot, Cordon de Royat, Vallee de la Marne (meunier only)
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Maximum yields per hectate?
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10,400kg
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Maximum press yield?
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102L per 160kg – extra pressed off juice may be used for distillation (0-10% only)
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Sweetness levels for champagne?
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Brut nature-0-3 Extra Brut-0-6 brut-0-12(0-15pre2010) extra dry-12-17(12-20pre2010) sec-17-32(17-35pre2010) demi-sec-32-50(33-50>2010) doux-50+
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Champagne grand crus in Montage de reims? (9)
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Sillery, Puisieulx , Beaumont-sur-Vesle, Verzenay, Mailly-Champagne, Verzy, Louvois, Bouzy, Ambonnay
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Champagne grand crus in Valle de la Marne? (2)
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Ay, Tours-sur-Marne (red only)
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Champagne grand crus in Cote des Blancs? (6)
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Chouilly (white only), Oiry, Cremant, Avize, Oger, Le Mesnil-sur-Oger
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Name 4 produces part of the ‘Special club’ est 1971?
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Paul Bara, J. Lassale, Gaston Chiquet, Launois Pere et Fils, Larmandier Pere et Fils
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Coteaux Champenois production style?
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White, Rose and Red still wines from the Champagne region, same permitted varieties as champagne, same must weight and minimum potential alcohol levels.
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Rose des riceys AOP?
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Still rose wine, semi-carbonic maceration, 100% Pinot Noir, released July 15th following harvest.
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