Champagne Flashcards

(18 cards)

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Climatic problematics

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Spring frost - early buds
Summer heavy rains & hail
Autumn rains
Winter freeze

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Viticulture

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East and southeast
Gentle slopes - air drainage
Chaptalization permitted
Modern champagnes - rounder, higher %

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AOCs

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Montagne de Reims (Reims-Épernay)
Vallée de la Marne (Marne)
Côte des Blanc (South of Épernay)
Côte de Sézanne
Côte des Bar (Aube)

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Montagne de Reims

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Pinot Noir
Chalk & clay over limestone
Firm, powerful

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Vallée de la Marne

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Pinot Meunier
Clay-limestone, more fertile
Fruitier, rounder, approachable

Aÿ

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Côte des Blanc

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Chardonnay
Pure chalk
Light, elegant, citrus-mineral

Avize, Cramant, le Mesnil-sur-Oger

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Côte de Sézanne

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Chardonnay
Clay & chalk; warmer
Fruit-forward, round, early

Sézanne

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Côte des Bar

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Pinot Noir
Kimmeridgian limestone
Riper, richer

Bar-sur-Aube

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Production - First 4 steps

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1) hand harvest
2) Coquard presses - gentle
Cuvée - acidity and quality
Taille - phenolics
3) First fermentation - “vins clairs” ~11% abv, some go malo
4) Blending

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Production - last 5 steps

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5) Tirage & second ferm - ldt, crown cap, CO2 + ~1,2%, 6 atmospheres
6) Sur lie - 15m (12) & 36m
7) Remuage - pupitres/gyropalettes
8) disgorgement
9) dosage & Corking - lde + resting

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Seeetness levels

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Bur natur
Extra brut
Brut
Extra dry
Sec
Demi-sec
Doux

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12
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Styles

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Non-Vintage
Milésimé
Blanc de blancs
Blanc de noirs
Rosé - blending / saignée
Prestige Cuvée - best grapes, oldest vines, longest aged, often vintage

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13
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Quality

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Échelle de Crus - grape & price
Grand Cru - 17
Premier Cru - 42
Autre Crus - 260

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Producers type

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NM - Négociant Manipulant
RM - Récoltant Manipulant
CM - Coopérative de Manipulation
RC - Récoltant-Coopérateur
SR - Societé de Récoltants
MA -Marque d’Acheteur

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Styles

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NV - 15 m
Milésimé - 36m
Blanc de blancs
Blanc de noir
Rosé
Prestige Cuvée - vintage, best grapes, oldest vines, longest lees

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16
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Échelle de Crus

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Grand Cru 17
Premier Cru 42
Autres 250

17
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Producer type

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NM - négociant manipulateur
RM - récoltant manipulateur
CM - coopérative de manipulation
RC - récoltant-coopérateur
SR - societé de récoltants
MA - marque d’acheteur

18
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Bottle sizes

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MJR MS BN
Magnum
Jeroboam
Rehoboam

Methusalem
Salamanazar
Balthazar
Nebuchadnezzar