Glossary
Explore the terminology associated with Champagne and hone your knowledge on the subject
A
- Agrafe
- Aignes
- AOC
- Aphrometer
- Arbane
- Aromas, baking
- Aromas, cooked fruit
- Aromas, creamy
- Aromas, dried fruit/nuts
- Aromas, empyreumatic
- Aromas, floral
- Aromas, fresh fruit
- Aromas, mineral
- Aromas, primary
- Aromas, secondary
- Aromas, spice
- Aromas, tertiary
- Assemblage
- Autolysis
- AVC Association Viticole Champenoise
- Hardening-off
C
- Caudalie
- Chablis pruning
- Chalk
- Champagne Hillsides, Houses and Cellars
- Champagne Viticole
- Chardonnay
- Chef de cave
- Chef de caves
- Clarification
- Clos
- Coccolithopore
- Cochelet
- Coiffe
- Collerette
- Comité Interprofessionnel des vins de Champagne
- Complexity (tasting)
- Confrérie
- Continental
- Coopérative de Manipulation (CM)
- Cordon de bulles
- Cordon pruning
- Coteau
- Coulure
- Crayère
- Crown cap
- Cru
- Cryptogamic
- Cuvée
- Cuverie
- Fining
- Grape variety
- Limestone
- Mating disruption
- Specifications
- Temperature-controlled tank
- Vine stock
J
P
- Air/carbon plan
- Aromatic persistence
- Biodiversity plan
- First nose
- Influencers
- Organoleptic profile of a wine
- Petit meslier
- Photosynthesis
- Phylloxera
- Pinot blanc
- Pinot gris
- Pinot noir
- Premier cru
- Press
- Pressing
- Primat
- Prise de mousse
- Protection of the vine
- Pupitre (riddling rack)
- Rootstock
- Trellising
- Vine plot
- Water plan