Beajolais Flashcards
Who first embraced carbonic maceration?
Jules Chavet (also father of natural wine movement)
Nouveau first commercialized?
1951, pinnacle in 1999. Popularized in Paris where they were enamored with the Lyonnais tradition of drinking vin primeur
of soil variations in Beaujolais?
300
Where did Beaujolais get its name?
Lords of Beaujeu
Beaujolais dimensions?
34 miles N-S, 9 miles wide
Beaujolais borders
N- Maconnais
S- Lyon
W- Mont du Beaujolais
E- Sâone River
Arène/gorrhe
Sandy soils composed of weathered feldspar, mica, quartz (Beaujolais)
Pierres Dorées
Golden Stones, broken yellow limestone in S. Beaujolais
Color comes from iron oxide
Highest peak in Mont du Beaujolais
Mont Saint Rigaud
White grapes of Beaujolais
CH (P)
Aligote
Melon
+PG (Pink)
3 training methods authorized for Beaujolais Cru & Villages
Gobelet
Eventail
Cordon
In Beaujolais, where is machine harvest illegal?
Noveau & Cru!
What is the sustainable vine certification initiated by a group of Beaujolais grape growers?
Tera Vitis
N. Beaujolais boundaries
Saint-Amour to Villefranche-sur-Saone
All Cru and Villages production is here.
S. Beaujolais boundaries
area south of Nizerand River
Beaujolais AOC
White, Rose, Red
CH, Aligote, Melon, PG, Gamay, PN
99% Red
Can be blended up to 15% when the secondary grapes exist within a field blend (very rare)
Superieur available
30 village can append name to label
Beaujolais Villages AOC
38 of 96 village qualify for designation
field blend allowed
more mineral (more granite)
Nouveau falls under what AOC’s?
Beaujolais AOC
or
Beaujolais Villages AOC
all 96 villages are approved.
20% of production
Can be labeled “nouveau” or “primeur”
Hand harvesting and semi carbonic are required.
Beaujolais Cru’s N-S
Saint Amour
Julienas
Chenas
Moulin a Vent
Fleurie
Chiroubles
Morgon
Regnie
Brouilly
Cote de Brouilly
Does cru Beaujolais allow the field blend?
Yes 15% but rare. (Aligote, CH, Melon)
Name the lighter Cru Beaujolais
- Saint-Amour
- Fleurie-
named for Roman legionnaire
Queen of Beaujolais - Chiroubles
most Beaujolais of all crus (soft, light, fruity, delicate)
-Highest elevation and coolest!
Name the medium bodied Cru Beaujolais
- Julienas
-named after Julius Caesar - Regnie
-Newest Cru
Sandier soils - Cote de Brouilly
-Only cru with vineyards at all aspects
-Diorite (volcanic!) gives pepper character - Brouilly
-Mount Brouilly
-Named after Bruilius, Roman lieutenant
-Largest
-Southern Most
Name the fuller bodied Cru Beaujolais
- Chenas
-Ancient oak forest (Chene=Oak tree)
-“bouquet of flowers in velvet basket”
-Smallest Cru!
-wines often hint of oak even though no barrel regimen - Moulin a Vent
-windmill
-“King of Beaujolais” fullest most tannic
3.Morgon
-2nd largest cru
-ripe kirsch cherry
-cherry from “riches pourries
Pinoter/pinotent
Refers to Moulin a Vent/Cru wines tasting more like PN as they age
Roches Pourries
“rotted rocks”
decomposed schist, locals contribute this to cherry character in Morgon
Morgonner
Refers to Morgon wines tasting more like PN as they age.
What appellation lies directly south of Beaujolais?
Coteaux du Lyonnais
Gamay & Chardonnay!
