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Beaujolais Flashcards

1
Q

Beaujolais Nouveau date

A

3rd Thursday of November

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2
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Cru map

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3
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How many AOC in Beaujolais

A

11 (12)

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4
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Average rainfall Beaujolais

A

813 mm

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5
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Beaujolais AOC styles

A

White
Red
Rose

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6
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What Beaujolais village

A

Subsumed AOC under Beaujolais AOC since 2011

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7
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How many villages in Beaujolais

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38

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8
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Beaujolais and Beaujolais superieur min abv

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10% and 10,5% respectively

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9
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Styles of Beaujolais cru

A

Fruitiest:
Brouilly, Regnie, Chiroubles

Fruity, structured and elegant:
Saint Amour, Fleurie, Chenas

Most structured: Morgon, Julienas Moulin-a-Vent

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10
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Famous lieux dits of Beaujolais cru

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Morgon - Cote du Puy
Julienas - Les Capitans
Fleurie - La Madone
Moulin A Vent - champ de cour

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11
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Only one cru in Saone-et-Loire

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Saint amour

Northernmost

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12
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Climate in Beaujolais

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Continental

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13
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Soils in Beaujolais

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Predominately, granite
South - yellow limestone

Blue diorite Cote de Brouilly
Pink granite Fleurie

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14
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Ha of vineyards in the region

A

19 000 ha

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15
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Smallest cru

A

Chenas

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16
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Chenas meaning?

A

Chene - oak

17
Q

Longest lived most full bodied most tannic cru

A

Moulin a Vent

18
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Pink granitic soil name

A

Gore or Gres

19
Q

What is la Madonne

A

Mount

Fleurie based on Madonne

20
Q

Highest elevation Cru, the coolest and lightest

A

Chiroubles

250-450 m

21
Q

Largest cru

A

Brouilly 1300 ha

22
Q

Morgon specific soils

Where else?

A

Roche pourrie (rotten rock) mixture of iron rich blue schist and basalt streaked with manganese

Also Cote de Brouilly
Julienas

23
Q

Top Morgon producers

A 
Marcel Lapierre
Jean Foillard
Jean-Paul Thevenet
Guy Breton 
Gang of Four who guided the philosophy of Jules Chauvet
24
Q

Crus with pink granite

A

Regnie
Moulin a Vent
Fleurie
Chiroubles

25
Q

Vine training

A

Gobelet

Hand harvest

26
Q

River naturally divides the Beaujolais wine region into the Crus and Beaujolais Villages to the North of the river and Beaujolais Nouveau

A

Nizerand

27
Q

What is on the west and on the east

A

West - Massif Central

East - Saone river

28
Q

% of Gamay planting

A

98

29
Q

Where is Lyon

A

On the south

30
Q

What amount of alcohol is normally produced by carbonic maceration

A

2%

31
Q

Who was important figure to succes of Beaujolai Nouveau

A

Georges Duboeuf

32
Q

Beaujolais villages are concentrated in haut or bas Beaujolais?

A

Haut

33
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Styles of Beaujolais villages

A

White rose red and nouveau

34
Q

Another term for nouveau

A

Beaujolais Primeur

35
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Where first vines of Beaujolais were planted

A

Julienas

36
Q

The youngest cru

A

Regnie

1988

37
Q

Soils of Cote de Brouilly

A

Composed of diorite (blues stones)

Corne Verte

38
Q

Maximum abv for red Beaujolais

A

12,5

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