Beaujolais Flashcards
Old Wine Book often describe Grand Bourgogne as consisting of five sub regions. Which 5?
Chablis, Cote d’Or, Chalonnaise, the maconnais and Beaujolais.
The province of Bourgogne includes Beaujolais prior to ___.
French Revolution.
After French Revolution, France was divided up into ___ and ___.
Regions Department
True or False: Wine region boudaries do not correspond to the adminstrative districts within France.
True
Beaujolais is divided between the department of ___ and ___.
Saone et Loire
Rhone
What organization promotes Bourgogne?
Bureau Interprofessionel des Vins de Bourgogne
What organization promotes Beaujolais?
Inter Beaujolais
Which wine can incorporate fruits from Beaujolais in Greater Bourgogne?
Coteaux Bourguignon, Blanc, Rouge and Rose, Pinot Noir, Aligote and Gamay
How many comnues in Beaujolais that can provide fruits for inclusion in Bourgogne Aligote?
How about blanc?
How about rouge and rose?
6
42 communes to provide chardonnay
19 communes, Gamay
Bourgogne Aligote will no longer accept fruit from Beaujolais as of ___
2035
less planting in Beaujolais because of this.
Who first cultivated Beaujolais?
Romans
The cultivation by Romans in Beaujolais goes from the mouth of ___ through the ___.
Rhone
Saone River Valley
Beaujolais takes its name from ___
Dukes of Beaujeu, which is the name of the town
Beaujolais Nouveau
During 1950s, Parisian became enamored of the Laynnais tradition of drinking Beaujalais as it was first vinified, ie. en primeur, thus creating the fashsionable tread, It is not exclusive to Beaujolais, seen all over the world.
en primeur
first vinified
Why is Beaujolais good for Nouveau experience
soft fruitiness and low level of tannin
What is the date for Beaujolais Nouveau?
Nov 15
What organization sets the date for Beaujolais Nouveau?
UIVB. The Union Interprofessionelle des Vins du Beaujolais (UIVB)
Who eventually changed Beaujolais Nouveau and when is the official day now?
3rd Thursday of Nov.
By INAO (Institue National des Appeations d’Origine
1985
Beaujolais Nouveau accounted for ___ of the total production
1/3
The vines in Beaujolais is a stretch land of __ miles long from north and south, ___ miles from east to west.
34, 7-9
Beaujolais is bordered by __ to north, ___ to south, ___ to west, ___ to east.
Macon (Bourgogne), Lyon, Monts de Beaujolais Mountains, Saone River
The region is naturally divided into northern and southern halves by ___
Nizerand River
Where is the vineyard planted?
Similar to Alsace, placed between a mountain range to block clouds and rain, also the temperature moderating effect of a large river.
What is the climate of Beaujolais?
semi continental. with mediterranean influences.
four seasons.
summer warm and ry
srping cool and wet
Which grape is susceptibel to grey rot?
Gamay
What is the soil of northern Beaujolais?
granite, created 300m years go. with schist surfaced along.
sandy soils between the rocks, composed of weathered feldspars, micas and other minerals.
What is arene or gorrhe?
Interspersed midst the Northern Beaujolais granites are the sandy soils compared of weathered feldspars, micas, quartz and other minerals, they collectively referred to as arene or gorrhe.
What is the soil of Southern Beaujolais?
Clayey limestone from the same period as the soilds of the Maconnais to the north.
broken yellow limestone, known as Pierres Dorees are found among alluvial deposits
What are the other name for broken yellow limestone?
Pierres Dorees (golden stone)
How does the soil impact Gamay?
Northern, granite and schist, more structured, complex wines. crus
Southen, limestone and clazy, lighter, fruitier and easy drinking wine
Where are the crus located for Beaujolais?
steep granite outcropping of the Monts de Beaujolais in the northern-western part of the region.
What is the highest peak in Beaujolais?
Mont Saint Rigaud
Where are the village wines produced in Beaujolais?
south and east from the granite peaks and the gentle slopes.
What are the main red grapes?
Gamay Noir (98%) and Pinot Noir
What are the white grapes in Beaujolais?
very little, mainly Chardonnay, Aigote, Melon de Bourgogne, Pinot Gris
What are the policy for field blend?
Beaujolais Superieus, Beaujalais Villages, can supplement with Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris, Chardonnay, Aligote and Melon
only if they are co-planted
only if enter the vat as field blend
secondry grape no more than 15% in total
___ training is mandatory in the red Beaujalais Villages category and crus.
Goblet
___ and ___ are now authorized training alternatives in Beaujolais.
Cordon and Eventail
What is Gobelet and its benefits
keep the wine low to the ground, no stake or trellis. The wine is pruned to 5-6 spurs that form a bowl.
It limits yield and concentrats the flavor, providing high quality grapes that deliver full flavor with aging potential.
Guyot method is only permitted for ___ and ___.
red and white Beaujolais
white Beaujalais village.
What is Guyot training and its characters.
It invovles one 6-10 bug cane with renewable two bud spur. This lifes the vine higher off the ground and puts the fruit zone at the height for hand harvesting. It provides max sun exposure within the grape canopy, it generates higher yield than the gobelet.
What is the major fermentation method in Beaujolais?
semi carbonic maccreation
Steps for Carbonic maceration
- the grapes are pressed after enzymatic fermentation is complete and free run is racked. ( a few days afer being tanked)
- racked off their lees and aged in oak casks, concrete or stainless stells
- may undergo a filteration before being bottled
True or False: Beaujolais Nouveau is early bottled with the aging period.
False. No aging.
When are the grapes pressed?
2-3 days for Nouveau, 4-6 days for Beaujolais, 5-9 days for Villages 8-15 for Crus.
What is the growing viticulture trend in Beaujolais ?
using Boourgondian red winemaking tradition (grapes destemmed and crushed prior to tanking plus yeast driven fermenation with cuvaison).
How carbonic macreation differs from a yeast driven fermenation?
Carbonic maceration is a winemaking process that takes place during fermentation to produce fresh, fruit-forward, low-tannin red wines. Carbonic maceration uses whole clusters of grapes in a sealed, carbon dioxide-filled tank to start fermentation within each grape. Yeast driven produces more color and tannin.
What category of wines tend to use yearst driven fermenation in Beaujolais?
More often under the Crus, occasionally in Village, but never for Nouveau releases.
Beaujolais Rose is made from ___ grape.
Gamay
What is the method used in making sparkling sweet rose?
Methold Ancestrale
How does Methold Ancestrale work?
alcoholic feermentation is arrested by cold. The half fermented wine is then bottled and capped. Fermentation is resuscitated with a controlled rise of temerature. The carbon dioxide produced by this method is trapped in solution and creates the bubbles. Fermentation then stops again due to the high pressure. This results in a finished sparkliing wine with residual sugar and low alcohol levels.
Is sparking sweet rose AOC sanctioned?
No.
Does white wines go through oak aging process?
No. They age briefly in concree or stainless steel tanks to keep bright and fresh fruit flavors.
What does mlo-lactic fermentation do to white wine?
Lower acidity and provider a smoother, rounder and creamier mouth fee.
True or False: there is white Beaujolais Cru.
False.
True or False: Beaujolais makes Cremant de Bourgogne.
True. small amounts of Chardonnay, Gamay and Pinot Noir.
Why the winemaking process is called semi carbonic maceration
In the Beaujolais region, the vat is not hermetically sealed once it is filled. The winemakers allow fermentation to occur naturally without adding carbonic gas.
There are __ villages and __ AOCs
96
11
Under each AOC, what are the categories of the wines?
Beaujolais, Supereur, Villages, named commune
True or False: Nouveau is an AOC
No, Beaujolais and Villages can be sold as Nouveau, but it is not an AOC
Southern and Northern Boujolais geography
Southern: south of Nizerand River
Northern: a band of contiguous vineyards running north from Villefranche-sur-Saone to the village of St. Amour.
__ percent of the Beaujolais wine is read.
99
By law, red and rose can include up to __ percent of __, __. __, __ and __ as a field blend.
15
Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Aligote, Pinto Gris and Melon
True or False: Beaujolais and Beaujolais Superieur are alnost always 100% Gamay
true.
although 15% is allowed for field blend.
The minimum alcohol level for Beaujolais and Beaujolais Superieur is __ percent.
10
Tasting notes for Red Beaujolais
light pigment, light tannisns and brigh acidity.
aromas of banana, cranberry, raspberry and cherry.
White Beaujolais is creafted from ___ grape.
Chardonnay
The minimum alcohol level for white Beaujolais is __ percent.
10.5
True or false. White beaujolais can be supereur.
False.
What is the alcohol increase from Beaujolais to Superieur?
0.5 so it is 10.5
Can you add the actual village/commue to the general AOC?
Yes. about 30 villages granted this license.
Who pioneered the village concept?
Beaujolais 1950
True or False: Guyot training is allowed in Beaujolais Village.
False.
How is village different from Beaujolais and Superieur in terms of wine style?
densely pigmented, less overt grapiness, deeper berry fruit, more tannic and solid core of minerality.
What contributes to the minerality of Beaujolais Village wines?
Granite
True or False: Beaujolais Nouveau mut be harvested by hand
True
What is a new style of Nouveau wine that is gaining popularity world wide?
Nouveau Rose
True or False: Nouveau has its own blending formula.
False. It follows the same.
True or False: Nouveau can be red or rose.
True
True or False: Beaujolais can be served a slight chill
True
What category of wines have the most complexity?
The Cru AOC
True or False: all wine produced is red and 100% gamay
True
What are the special attributes of the cru
1) red
2) 100% gamay
3) short pruned
4) trainied in the Gobelet, Eventail, Gordon no guyot
5) lowest yields
6) harvested by hand
7) some hand sort
8) 10% alcohol
9) Cru de Beaujolais may be written on the label
What is the largest cru
Brouilly
What is the newest cru?
Regnie
What is the smallest cru
Chenas
What is the northmost cru
Saint Amour
Which AOC is promoted around valentines day
Saint Amour (st love)
Attributes of Saint Amour
- northmost
- promoted around valentine’s day
- produce both hort and long maceration time
- long maceration wine can become pinot noir like with age
The attributes of Julinas AOC
- named after Julius Caesar
- acidic and comprised of granite vained with magneseium and porphyry
- eastern section have deep pockets of alluvial clay
- south facing vineyard
Which AOC do Julienas and Jullie villages belong
Julienas AOC
Chena means ___.
Oak Tree
Attributes of Chenas AOC
- means oak tree
- smallest also rarest
- only two villages: Cheans and La Chapelle -de - Guichay
- varied soils (high is granit and low is clay and stone)
- south and east facing ideal
- one of the greatest aging potentials
- need two years in bottles to manifest, sometimes 8-10 years
- floral, tannins deliver a voluptuous mouth feel
Which AOCs have the greatest aging potential
Moulin-a-Vent
Chenas
Morgon
The attributes of Moulin-A-Vent AOC
- named after a local winemill which became a historic monument
- only two villages: romaneche-thorins and chenas
- soft and flaky arene plus a decomposed pink granite rich in manganese
- face east
- considered “king of Beaujolais” because most full bodied and tannic wines
- can last up to 10 years
what does pinotent mean
when a long aged beaujolais displaying pinot noir like quality
Fleurie AOC
- floral notes
- two soils: granite and clay
- wine range of fruity and floral aromas
- is considered the most feminine of all the crus
Which aoc is considered the most feminine?
Fleurie AOC
Which AOC wine is considered most “Beaujolais”?
Chiroubles
What AOC is the highest in elevation?
Chiroubles
Attributtes of Chiroubles AOC?
- most beaujolais style
- highest in elevation
- highly perfumed and full of rose, peach
Attributes of Morgon AOC
- second largest
- named after the local hamlet of Morgon
- soild are comprised of roches pourries (rotted rocks) i.e decomposed schist
- distinctly characterized by ripe cherry fruit (perhaps the rotted rocks)
- some may pick up earthy notes over time
Morgonner
the transformation from aroma to a bouquet. when a wine is “morgonne”, it expresses its terrior
Regnie AOC
- newest
- soil pink granite, decomposed schist and arene
Cote de Brouilly AOC
- four villages: Odenas, Saint Lager, Cercie and Quincie
- the only cru that has vineyards facing each point of compass
- take names from Mount Brouilly
What is the only AOC that has vineyard in each direction?
Cote de Brouilly AOC
Brouilly AOC
- take the name from Mount Bouilly
- experience much more of the mediterranean warmth
- Cote de Brouilly lies within this AOC
- sourthernmost aoc
- largest
- soild with composed dioritte, volcanic rock, create blue-green hue cornes vertes (green horns)
- only one special climat
What is Cornes Vertes
Green horns. A soil typie that is comprised of decompose diorite. as these rocks break down and release their minerals, they create a soil with a blue-green hue.
When ca you sell Beaujolais area IGP
after mid Dec, so as not to compete directly with Nouveau
When to drink Beaujolais?
mostly consumed upon release. Bettter ones to be consumed 1-2 years. Cru can be 5 years or more, which developed a pinot noir like character.
What is the serving temperature?
55F for Beaujolais and Village red and white. cru (58F)
