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ADVANCED SOMMELIER EXAM 2024-2025 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
Quiz Which producer is the oldest producing house in the Region of Champagne?
Ans: Gosset (although the house was not making sparkling wines when it was
founded in the year 1584)
Quiz In Champagne, who produces the unique bottling named "Saran" and why is it
so unique?
Ans: Moet Chandon makes "Saran" Blanc de Blanc, Coteaux Champanois. What is
Coteaux Champenois, you ask??? Ohhhh, you have much to learn, young padawon!
Quiz Name a bottling that is 100% Meunier.
Ans: Egly-Ouriet's "Les Vignes de Vrigny" ***Thank you Dustin!
Quiz What percent of the Cote de Blancs is planted to White Varietals?
Ans: 80% oddly enough; 20% of the Cote de Blancs is dedicated to RED GRAPES!
Quiz What is the oldest sparkling wine house in Champagne?
Ans: Ruinart (founded in 1729)
Quiz What is "farmer fizz"
Ans: RM producers
Quiz What was Napoleon's famous quote about Champagne durring battle time?
Ans: "Always carry Champagne. In Victory, you deserve it and in defeat, you need
it"
,Quiz What is the tete de cuvee of Chalres de Cazanove
Ans: Stradivarius, named after the famed string instruments of the family of the
same name
Quiz What does the term "Jetting" refer to?
Ans: After degorgment, jetting is the proccess of squirting some chapagne into the
bottle, the moment before the cork is inserted in the bottle, allowing the wine to fizz
up, pushing out the air in the neck of the bottle to minimize premox in the bottling.
(This question was asked at last years MS Theory exam) ***Thank you Patricia!
Quiz How many members are there currently of "Special Club"?
Ans: 29 Members at present
Quiz What was the inaugural vintage of Cuvee Elizabeth Salmon?
Ans: 1988
Quiz What is the tete de Cuvee for Vilmart & Cie?
Ans: Coeur de Cuvee
Quiz What is the name for the second crop that is generally left on the vine at harvet
in champagne?
Ans: Bouvreux
Quiz Gpl Rs for Sec champagne?
Ans: 17-32 gpl
Quiz In what year was Verzy elevated to Grand Cru status?
Ans: 1985
Quiz In which region of Champagne would you find the villages of Oger and Auize?
Ans: Cote de Blancs
Quiz What is the name for the cage used to stop the cork in champagne?
Ans: Muselet
Quiz In what village would you find the producer Pol Roger?
Ans: Epernay
,Quiz What are the four "other" permited grapes of Champagne?
Ans: Petit Meslier, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Arbane
Quiz What are the Grand Cru villages of Valle de Marne
Ans: Ay and Tours-sur-Marne
Quiz Along what parallel is the region of Champagne located?
Ans: 48th parallel....Volany in Burgundy is 47th
Quiz What is the mean annual temperture of Champagne?
Ans: 50 degrees F.
Quiz What are the four pruning methods allowed?
Ans: Cordon de Royat, Chablis, Vallêe de la Marne and Guyot
Quiz What is a Marc of grapes referring to?
Ans: 2550 liters per 4,000 kg, the amount a in a traditional Coquard basket press
Quiz name the french term for bottles in the vertical position.
Ans: Sur pointe
Quiz What is the sweetness level for Extra dry?
Ans: 12-17 grams per liter
Quiz What is the first vintage of Salon?
Ans: 1921
Quiz Name the grand cru from where Salon is sourced.
Ans: Le Mesnil Sur Oger
Quiz Name the first "House" to put "brut" on the market.
Ans: Pommery in 1874
Quiz Another name for Dosage?
Ans: Liqueur d'expédition
Quiz When does tirage happen?
, Ans: After Jan1st following harvest.
Quiz When does degorgement happen?
Ans: 12 months after tirage.
Quiz Define CM.
Ans: Cooperative Manipulant,growers cooperative that produces under a single
brand.
Quiz Define RC as set by the CIVC.
Ans: Recoltant Cooperateur, grower whose grapes are vinified at a co-op,but sells
under his/her own brand.
Quiz What is prise de mousse?
Ans: 2nd fermentation of champagne.
Quiz Name the Grand Cru villages of Cotes de Blancs.
Ans: Oger,Le-Mesnil-sur-Oger,Chouilly,Oiry,Cramant,Avize.
Quiz Name Delamotte's prestige cuvee.
Ans: Nicholas Louis Delamotte.
Quiz Name to still wine appellations in Champagne.
Ans: Coteaux /champenois,Rose de /riceys.
Quiz Does Rose de Riceys produce 100% Pinot Noir?
Ans: Yes.
Quiz What is deblocage?
Ans: Release of wine stocks for future vintages.
Quiz Roughy what percentage of the worlds sparkling wine consumed comes from
Champage?
Ans: 10%
Quiz What are the 5 departments for Champagne?
Ans: Marne, Aube, Aisne, Haute-Marne, Seine-et-Marne
Quiz How many growers are in Champagne?
Revision Examination Tests
“Come all for this Greatness”
... 100% Correct Ans ...
ADVANCED SOMMELIER EXAM 2024-2025 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
Quiz Which producer is the oldest producing house in the Region of Champagne?
Ans: Gosset (although the house was not making sparkling wines when it was
founded in the year 1584)
Quiz In Champagne, who produces the unique bottling named "Saran" and why is it
so unique?
Ans: Moet Chandon makes "Saran" Blanc de Blanc, Coteaux Champanois. What is
Coteaux Champenois, you ask??? Ohhhh, you have much to learn, young padawon!
Quiz Name a bottling that is 100% Meunier.
Ans: Egly-Ouriet's "Les Vignes de Vrigny" ***Thank you Dustin!
Quiz What percent of the Cote de Blancs is planted to White Varietals?
Ans: 80% oddly enough; 20% of the Cote de Blancs is dedicated to RED GRAPES!
Quiz What is the oldest sparkling wine house in Champagne?
Ans: Ruinart (founded in 1729)
Quiz What is "farmer fizz"
Ans: RM producers
Quiz What was Napoleon's famous quote about Champagne durring battle time?
Ans: "Always carry Champagne. In Victory, you deserve it and in defeat, you need
it"
,Quiz What is the tete de cuvee of Chalres de Cazanove
Ans: Stradivarius, named after the famed string instruments of the family of the
same name
Quiz What does the term "Jetting" refer to?
Ans: After degorgment, jetting is the proccess of squirting some chapagne into the
bottle, the moment before the cork is inserted in the bottle, allowing the wine to fizz
up, pushing out the air in the neck of the bottle to minimize premox in the bottling.
(This question was asked at last years MS Theory exam) ***Thank you Patricia!
Quiz How many members are there currently of "Special Club"?
Ans: 29 Members at present
Quiz What was the inaugural vintage of Cuvee Elizabeth Salmon?
Ans: 1988
Quiz What is the tete de Cuvee for Vilmart & Cie?
Ans: Coeur de Cuvee
Quiz What is the name for the second crop that is generally left on the vine at harvet
in champagne?
Ans: Bouvreux
Quiz Gpl Rs for Sec champagne?
Ans: 17-32 gpl
Quiz In what year was Verzy elevated to Grand Cru status?
Ans: 1985
Quiz In which region of Champagne would you find the villages of Oger and Auize?
Ans: Cote de Blancs
Quiz What is the name for the cage used to stop the cork in champagne?
Ans: Muselet
Quiz In what village would you find the producer Pol Roger?
Ans: Epernay
,Quiz What are the four "other" permited grapes of Champagne?
Ans: Petit Meslier, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Arbane
Quiz What are the Grand Cru villages of Valle de Marne
Ans: Ay and Tours-sur-Marne
Quiz Along what parallel is the region of Champagne located?
Ans: 48th parallel....Volany in Burgundy is 47th
Quiz What is the mean annual temperture of Champagne?
Ans: 50 degrees F.
Quiz What are the four pruning methods allowed?
Ans: Cordon de Royat, Chablis, Vallêe de la Marne and Guyot
Quiz What is a Marc of grapes referring to?
Ans: 2550 liters per 4,000 kg, the amount a in a traditional Coquard basket press
Quiz name the french term for bottles in the vertical position.
Ans: Sur pointe
Quiz What is the sweetness level for Extra dry?
Ans: 12-17 grams per liter
Quiz What is the first vintage of Salon?
Ans: 1921
Quiz Name the grand cru from where Salon is sourced.
Ans: Le Mesnil Sur Oger
Quiz Name the first "House" to put "brut" on the market.
Ans: Pommery in 1874
Quiz Another name for Dosage?
Ans: Liqueur d'expédition
Quiz When does tirage happen?
, Ans: After Jan1st following harvest.
Quiz When does degorgement happen?
Ans: 12 months after tirage.
Quiz Define CM.
Ans: Cooperative Manipulant,growers cooperative that produces under a single
brand.
Quiz Define RC as set by the CIVC.
Ans: Recoltant Cooperateur, grower whose grapes are vinified at a co-op,but sells
under his/her own brand.
Quiz What is prise de mousse?
Ans: 2nd fermentation of champagne.
Quiz Name the Grand Cru villages of Cotes de Blancs.
Ans: Oger,Le-Mesnil-sur-Oger,Chouilly,Oiry,Cramant,Avize.
Quiz Name Delamotte's prestige cuvee.
Ans: Nicholas Louis Delamotte.
Quiz Name to still wine appellations in Champagne.
Ans: Coteaux /champenois,Rose de /riceys.
Quiz Does Rose de Riceys produce 100% Pinot Noir?
Ans: Yes.
Quiz What is deblocage?
Ans: Release of wine stocks for future vintages.
Quiz Roughy what percentage of the worlds sparkling wine consumed comes from
Champage?
Ans: 10%
Quiz What are the 5 departments for Champagne?
Ans: Marne, Aube, Aisne, Haute-Marne, Seine-et-Marne
Quiz How many growers are in Champagne?
