Champagne

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  1. 2. Means the same thing as “millésime” and denotes the year in which the cuvée’s grapes were harvested
  2. 5. Fatcork motto
  3. 10. 150-million-year-old soil from the Jurassic period, characterized by a blend of chalky limestone, clay and fossilized marine organisms
  4. 12. Method of making rosé in the style of a red wine
  5. 16. Cuvée produced with grapes from only the most outstanding vintages and harvested, bottled and aged at a Club Trésors de Champagne member estate
  6. 19. Impermeable, buoyant material used to enclose a bottle of
  7. 21. Banker-turned-vigneron who announced recently that she’s closing her eponymous Champagne domaine after 17 years
  8. 22. What Julia Roberts’ character pairs with her Champagne in the movie “Pretty Woman”
  9. 24. French term used to describe the effects a particular region’s climate, terrain and soil have on the wine
  10. 25. Champagne city in which one can walk Avenue de Champagne
  11. 26. Champagne made entirely of juice from dark-skinned grapes
  12. 31. Method of making rosé unique to Champagne
  13. 32. Taste of Champagne
  14. 34. Deposits of dead yeast cells leftover after secondary
  15. 35. An area in the Aube that can claim three appellations d’origine: one for Champagne, one for rosé and one for still red wine
  16. 36. Term for filtering Champagne for consumption
  17. 38. Name of Champagne grape variety derived from French words for “pine” and “black”
  18. 40. Style of Champagne with zero dosage
  19. 41. Grape most compatible with the clay rich soils of the Marne Valley
  20. 42. Root vegetable from which dosage’s sugar component is derived
  21. 43. The horizontal storage of bottles in the cellars
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  1. 1. During the aging process, the act of shaking the bottles to prevent the lees from sticking to the sides
  2. 3. What American pop star has “Champagne Problems”
  3. 4. Behead an unopened bottle with a sword
  4. 6. Champagne subregion known as “the white coast”
  5. 7. Still wine before it becomes Champagne
  6. 8. Number of 4 oz glasses in a standard bottle of Champagne
  7. 9. Bottle size equivalent to 1.5L or two standard-sized bottles
  8. 11. Another word for Champagne’s fizzy characteristic
  9. 13. Overseen by the the Comité Interprofessionnel du vin de Champagne, this crucial yearly event is often a family affair in which everyone pitches in
  10. 14. Vigneron and pinot meunier pro who visited fatcork from France last fall
  11. 15. Small game bird whose eyes appear pale copper-pink when it is dying, inspiring the old French term used to describe rosé Champagne, “Oeil de Perdrix.”
  12. 17. Very dry Champagne that contains a maximum of 6 g/l of
  13. 18. Indentation at the bottom of a Champagne bottle
  14. 20. Dominant grape of Montagne de Reims
  15. 23. Benedictine monk who gets credit for discovering Champagne
  16. 27. Vineyard plot of historical significance
  17. 28. Star grape variety of the Côte des Blancs
  18. 29. Juice from the second, more intensive pressing of grapes
  19. 30. French term for a winemaker who cultivates their own grapes for the Champagne they make
  20. 33. Mixture of sugar and reserve wine added to a bottle after disgorgement that creates the style
  21. 37. Frothy foam that sits on top of a glass of Champagne right after it’s poured
  22. 39. Wire cage that holds the cork in place