Beaujolais #1

Question 1

Beaujolais

General Viti. and Vini.

Answer 1

• Mostly high density planting
• Gobelet-trained
• Hand-harvested

Question 2

Largest Cru

Answer 2

Brouilly 1,300 ha

• 6 communes
• Over 20% Beaujolais production

Question 3

Highest Cru

Answer 3

Chiroubles AOP 250-450 m

• Coolest, Lightest
• Harvested a week later than neighbors

Question 4

Coolest Cru

Answer 4

Chiroubles AOP

• Highest (250-450m), Lightest
• Harvest a week later than its neighbors

Question 5

Saint-Amour AOP

Answer 5

Saint-Amour AOP

• Northernmost
• Only cru located w/in Sâone-et-Loire dept.
• 300 ha
• Like Fleurie, Chiroubles - LIGHTER, LESS CONCENTRATED

Question 6

Julíenas AOP

Size in ha

Answer 6

Julíenas AOP - 600 ha

vs

• Saint-Amour 300 ha
• Juliénas 600 ha
• Chénas 240 ha (smallest)
• Morgon 1,100 ha (2nd largest)
• Fleurie 900 ha
• Chiroubles 300 ha
• Moulin-à-Vent 700 ha
• Régníe 400 ha
• Brouilly 1,300 ha (largest)
• Côte de Brouilly 300 ha

Question 7

Juliénas AOP

Answer 7

• Most ancient cru, roots in Roman era, supposedly honoring Julius Caesar
• 4 communes - Juliénas + Julié
• 230-430m
• Range in elevation and soils = varied styles, but generally fuller than Saint-Amour

Question 8

Julíenas AOP

Producers

Answer 8

• La Cave des Producteurs de Julíenas
  
  • 1/3 total production made by co-op
• Pascal Granger
• Domaine du Clos du Fief

Question 9

Chénas AOP

Origin of name

Answer 9

“chêne” or “oak”

• Vines gradually replaced ancient forests
• Smallest cru, 240 ha

Question 10

Moulin-à-Vent AOP

Soils

Answer 10

• Soft, pink granitic soil (gore)
  
  • Similar in Fleurie, Chiroubles, Régníe

Question 11

Moulin-à-Vent AOP

Producers

Answer 11

Better known producers located in M-à-V

• Georges Duboeuf
• Louis Jadot’s Château des Jacques
• Potel-Aviron

Question 12

Fleurie AOP

Soils

Aspects

Answer 12

• Pink granite (gore)
• Similar to Moulin-à-Vent, Chiroubles, Régníe
• Steeper slopes of Mount la Madone
• 220-450m

Question 13

Fleurie AOP

Producers

Answer 13

• Coudert’s Clos de la Roilette
• Domaine de la Chapelle des Bois
• Dom. Chignard
• La Cave des Producteurs des Grands Vins de Fleurie
  
  • oldest coop in Beaujolais
  • prod. 1/3 of Beaujolais wines

Question 14

Morgon AOP

Soils

Answer 14

• roche pourrie “rotten rock”
  
  • Unusual mix of iron-rich schist + basalt streaked w/ manganese
• Other soils: various granite, alluvial, clay

Question 15

Morgon AOP

Producers

Answer 15

• Kermit Lynch “gang of four”
  
  • Marcel Lapierre
  • Jean Foillard
  • Jean-Paul Thevenet
  • Guy Bréton
  • Guided by philosophyies of late Beaujolais chemist and winemaker Jules Chauvet
  • Pioneers in natural winemaking area, something beyond nouveau

Question 16

Régníe AOP

Answer 16

• AOP as late as 1988
• Joined 2 communes - Régníe-Durette + Latignié - under 1 banner
• 400 ha = small cru
• Pink granite (gore) hillsides
• 350m, SE, early-ripening
• Middle of the pack, quality, charater

Question 17

Brouilly

Origin of name

Answer 17

brûle - “burnt”

• 1,300 ha, largest cru

Question 18

Côte de Brouilly AOP

Soils

Answer 18

• More Schist, Grey-Blue Diorite rock
• Less granite

Question 19

Côte de Brouilly AOP

Producer

Answer 19

Château Thivin

• Kermit Lynch

Question 20

Côte du Py

Answer 20

lieux-dit of Morgon

Question 21

La Madone

Answer 21

lieux-dit of Fleurie

Question 22

Les Capitans

Answer 22

lieux-dit of Juliénas

Question 23

Grange-Charton

Answer 23

lieux-dit of Régnié

Question 24

2nd Largest Cru

Answer 24

Morgon AOP 1,100 ha

Question 25

roche pourrie

Answer 25

roche pourrie ​”rotten rock”

• Dominant soil in Morgon
• Unusual mix of iron-rich schist + basalt streaked w/ manganese