CMS - Advanced Sommelier -
Champagne Solved Correctly To Score
A+ 2025
What is Bidule? CORRECT ANSWERS A plastic cup that used to collect sediments
during secondary fermentation in the bottle.
What is muselet? CORRECT ANSWERS A wire cage that hold the cork to the sparkling
bottle neck.
What is the prestige cuvee of Ruinart, Billecart-Salmon, G.H Mumm & Delamotte?
CORRECT ANSWERS Dom Ruinart
Elizabeth Salmon & Grand Cuvee
Cuvee R Lalou
Nicholas Louis Delamotte
What are the rules for Special Club members? CORRECT ANSWERS 1. RM Producer
2. Vinification and bottling must occur on the estate
3. Members must respect and uphold the Club's charter of the Club Trésors de
Champagne Rules for "Special Club" Wines
4. The "Special Club" is the top-of-the-range, prestige cuvée for all members
5. The Club Trésors will declare a vintage as being worthy of "Special Club" prestige
cuvées, then each member may decide individually whether or not to produce a
"Special Club" wine
6. All base wines and finished "Special Club" wines must undergo tasting analysis
All "Special Club" bottles share an identical label and bottle shape
Tirage cannot occur until when? CORRECT ANSWERS After 1st Jan the year following
the harvest.
When does degorgement happen? CORRECT ANSWERS 12 months after tirage.
Can a champagne producer produce 100% of his entire production as vintage?
CORRECT ANSWERS No. Only 80%.
Elevage requirements for NV & Vintage? CORRECT ANSWERS 15 and 36 months
respectively.
Name two still wine AOP in champagne. CORRECT ANSWERS Coteaux de
Champenoise
Rose de Riceys
, What is the oldest champagne house? CORRECT ANSWERS Grosset for still
Ruinart for sparkling
What is the different between vin de cuvee and vin de taille? CORRECT ANSWERS 1st
pressing of grapes from champagne production 2050l and 2nd 500l respectively.
What is unique about champagne labels compare to other french appellation?
CORRECT ANSWERS AOC and AOP is not mandatory after the region name.
What is weinfuhrer? CORRECT ANSWERS Nazi German soldiers looting wines during
the WW2.
What is Prestige Cuvee in French? CORRECT ANSWERS Tete de Cuvee.
Which altitude is champagne at and what climatic conditions it falls under? CORRECT
ANSWERS 48th parallel with Atlantic influence.
What is bouvreux? CORRECT ANSWERS Second crop that develop from rain during
flowering and rarely ripens.
Champagne soil type? CORRECT ANSWERS Porous, first layer is covered by belemite
chalk subsoil absorb heat and warm vines at night and provide excellent drainage in wet
climate. It also contains lots of limestone content from the sea fossils.
A second layer of micraster chalk, named for an extinct sea urchin, characterizes the
valley vineyards.
What is Les bleus de ville? CORRECT ANSWERS Blue bag that carries recycled
Parisian garbage to fertilize the vineyards soil in Champagne.
Apart from Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier, what other varietals are allowed
in Champagne AOP? CORRECT ANSWERS Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Petit Meslier and
Arbane.
Name all the pruning methods allowed in champagne. CORRECT ANSWERS Cordon
Royat, Chablis, Guyot & Vallee de la Marne (only for Pinot Meunieur
What is the average vine age in Champagne? CORRECT ANSWERS 20 years.. older
vines are that lower productivity are not desirable.
What is Coquard basket press? CORRECT ANSWERS A marc of grapes equivalent to
4000kg that limit to 2550 liters of juice.
What is blocage and deblocage? CORRECT ANSWERS The reserve and release
respectively, of wine stocks for future vintage usage.
Champagne Solved Correctly To Score
A+ 2025
What is Bidule? CORRECT ANSWERS A plastic cup that used to collect sediments
during secondary fermentation in the bottle.
What is muselet? CORRECT ANSWERS A wire cage that hold the cork to the sparkling
bottle neck.
What is the prestige cuvee of Ruinart, Billecart-Salmon, G.H Mumm & Delamotte?
CORRECT ANSWERS Dom Ruinart
Elizabeth Salmon & Grand Cuvee
Cuvee R Lalou
Nicholas Louis Delamotte
What are the rules for Special Club members? CORRECT ANSWERS 1. RM Producer
2. Vinification and bottling must occur on the estate
3. Members must respect and uphold the Club's charter of the Club Trésors de
Champagne Rules for "Special Club" Wines
4. The "Special Club" is the top-of-the-range, prestige cuvée for all members
5. The Club Trésors will declare a vintage as being worthy of "Special Club" prestige
cuvées, then each member may decide individually whether or not to produce a
"Special Club" wine
6. All base wines and finished "Special Club" wines must undergo tasting analysis
All "Special Club" bottles share an identical label and bottle shape
Tirage cannot occur until when? CORRECT ANSWERS After 1st Jan the year following
the harvest.
When does degorgement happen? CORRECT ANSWERS 12 months after tirage.
Can a champagne producer produce 100% of his entire production as vintage?
CORRECT ANSWERS No. Only 80%.
Elevage requirements for NV & Vintage? CORRECT ANSWERS 15 and 36 months
respectively.
Name two still wine AOP in champagne. CORRECT ANSWERS Coteaux de
Champenoise
Rose de Riceys
, What is the oldest champagne house? CORRECT ANSWERS Grosset for still
Ruinart for sparkling
What is the different between vin de cuvee and vin de taille? CORRECT ANSWERS 1st
pressing of grapes from champagne production 2050l and 2nd 500l respectively.
What is unique about champagne labels compare to other french appellation?
CORRECT ANSWERS AOC and AOP is not mandatory after the region name.
What is weinfuhrer? CORRECT ANSWERS Nazi German soldiers looting wines during
the WW2.
What is Prestige Cuvee in French? CORRECT ANSWERS Tete de Cuvee.
Which altitude is champagne at and what climatic conditions it falls under? CORRECT
ANSWERS 48th parallel with Atlantic influence.
What is bouvreux? CORRECT ANSWERS Second crop that develop from rain during
flowering and rarely ripens.
Champagne soil type? CORRECT ANSWERS Porous, first layer is covered by belemite
chalk subsoil absorb heat and warm vines at night and provide excellent drainage in wet
climate. It also contains lots of limestone content from the sea fossils.
A second layer of micraster chalk, named for an extinct sea urchin, characterizes the
valley vineyards.
What is Les bleus de ville? CORRECT ANSWERS Blue bag that carries recycled
Parisian garbage to fertilize the vineyards soil in Champagne.
Apart from Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier, what other varietals are allowed
in Champagne AOP? CORRECT ANSWERS Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Petit Meslier and
Arbane.
Name all the pruning methods allowed in champagne. CORRECT ANSWERS Cordon
Royat, Chablis, Guyot & Vallee de la Marne (only for Pinot Meunieur
What is the average vine age in Champagne? CORRECT ANSWERS 20 years.. older
vines are that lower productivity are not desirable.
What is Coquard basket press? CORRECT ANSWERS A marc of grapes equivalent to
4000kg that limit to 2550 liters of juice.
What is blocage and deblocage? CORRECT ANSWERS The reserve and release
respectively, of wine stocks for future vintage usage.
