Appelations, WIne Law and Regulations Flashcards
Beaujolais Nouveau:
This is a category of red wine within AOC regulations and the wines can be labelled Beaujolais Nouveau AOC or Beaujolais Villages Nouveau AOC depending on where the fruit is grown.
Synonyms:
Normal release date for any French AOC wine:
Exception date for Nouveau styled wines:
Production style:
Bottling date:
Fining/filtering
MLF and relationship with S02:
- Primeur
- 15th december
- 3rd Thursday of November
- Carbonic maceration or Semi Carbonic maceration
- 3-5 days after fermentation has completed
- Fining/sterile filtering = common
- MLF = producer dependant, with Moderate to high use of S02 wines that do not go through MLF will have higher S02 to avoid MLF in bottle.
Beaujolais AOC: Where does this Appellation cover: Max Yields: Release date: Quality/Price:
- Appellation covers the whole area but in practice its only used for Vineyards in the south.
- 60hL/ha (meaning low intensity in some wines)
- Mid- January (fresh/fruity)
- Good quality and Inexpensive
Beaujolais Villages AOC:
Typically better quality that Beaujolais AOC due to higher levels of ______ in the north.
Ripeness
Beaujolais Villages AOC:
Max Yields:
Village Names stated on label:
- 58 hL/ha
- individual village names can be stated but usually the wine is labelled with just Beaujolais VIllages AOC
TASTING NOTE CARD Beaujolais VIllages AOC/Beaujolais Crus: - typically purple in colour - medium intensity fresh red cherry, raspberry, red plum fruit (often with the kirsch and banana aromas typical of semi-carbonic maceration) - medium (+) to high acidity - light to medium (–) body, - medium alcohol - light to medium tannins. They are good to very good in quality and inexpensive to mid-priced.
Some top producers, often working organically with old vines, make low intervention wines that also may be aged in oak.
These wines are medium (+) to pronounced intensity in aromas and flavours
- medium tannins.
The wines are typically very good to outstanding in quality and are premium and (for Beaujolais Crus) super-premium priced.
Kats
Beaujolais Crus:
In total, there are ten individual crus with their own AOCs in the northern part of the region, for
red wines only. They range in size from _____ - ______ ha. (Two of the crus, ______ and _______
are significantly larger than the other crus.)
- 250- 1,300 ha
- Brouilly, Morgon
Brouilly AOC:
the most southern and marginally warmer area, producing wines in a lighter, more perfumed style
Chiroubles AOC:
This is the cru at the highest altitude that produces lighter and fragrant
wines with marked acidity.
Fleurie AOC:
The southern part of this cru has sandy soils producing lighter and more
fragrant wine (which is the reputation of the appellation), while towards the north, next to
Moulin-à-Vent where the soils have more clay, the wines become heavier, have lower acidity
and are more full-bodied.
Moulin-à-Vent AOC:
This appellation produces the most powerful and long-lived wines,
closer in style to Côte d’Or red wines than to most other Beaujolais.
Morgon AOC:
This includes wines from fruit grown on the south-facing Côte de Py vineyard,
part of appellation, that tend to have pronounced intensity black cherry fruit alongside red
fruit, and sufficient tannins to age for a decade in bottle
Other Crus:
The other crus are Saint-Amour AOC, Juliénas AOC, Régnié AOC, Côte de Brouilly AOC and
Chénas AOC.
Some vineyards within the crus have particularly high reputations for quality
and ageability. As land prices are cheaper in Beaujolais than in the Côte d’Or the region has attracted investment from Burgundy growers looking to diversify. This has helped drive quality in the region and encouraged the trend away from ______ and the increased use
of ____, especially in the ________
- carbonic maceration
- oak
- Beaujolais Crus
