Beaujolais

Question 1

How many AOP’s are there in Beaujolais?

Answer 1

11

Beaujolais AOP

&

the 10 crus

Question 2

Is the majority of Beaujolais Nouveau grown in the north or the south?

Answer 2

In the south

Question 3

What styles of wine are produced under Beaujolais AOP?

Answer 3

Blanc
Rouge & Rosé
Rouge & Rosé Nouveau
Rouge “Supérieur”
Beaujolais-Villages

Question 4

What are the requirements for Beaujolais Superieur AOP?

Answer 4

Min. alcohol 10.5% max. alcohol 13%

58 hl/ha max. yield

Question 5

What happened to Beaujolais-Villages AOP in 2011?

Answer 5

It was subsumed into Beaujolais AOP

Question 6

How many different villages can amend their name to Beaujolais Villages AOP?

Answer 6

38

Question 7

What is the most northern Cru of Beaujolais?

Answer 7

Saint-Amour AOP

Question 8

Where is the lieu dit “Côte du Py” ?

Answer 8

Morgon AOP

Question 9

Where is the lieu dit “Les Capitans” ?

Answer 9

Juliénas AOP

Question 10

Where is the lieu dit “La Madone” ?

Answer 10

Fleurie AOP

Question 11

How are most of the vines trained in the Cru’s of Beaujolais?

Answer 11

Gobelet-trained

Question 12

What is the cooperative of Juliénas AOP?

Answer 12

La Cave des Producteurs de Juliénas

Question 13

What is the smallest Cru of Beaujolais?

Answer 13

Chénas AOP

Question 14

What other Cru can producers in Chénas AOP release their wine as?

Answer 14

Moulin-à-Vent AOP

Question 15

The Windmill is most associated with what Cru of Beaujolais?

Answer 15

Mouin-à-Vent AOP

Question 16

What is the soil type of Moulin-à-Vent AOP?

Answer 16

Gore - soft pink, granitic soil

w/ heightened presence of Manganese

Question 17

What is considered to be the fullest bodied and highest tannin Cru of Beaujolais?

Answer 17

Moulin-à-Vent AOP

Question 18

Where does the wine, Clos de la Roilette come from?

Answer 18

Fleurie AOP

Question 19

What is the soil of Fleurie AOP?

Answer 19

Pink Granite

Question 20

Where are the lieu dits “Poncié” & “la Roilette” located?

Answer 20

Fleurie AOP

Question 21

What is the oldest cooperative in Beaujolais?

Answer 21

La Cave de Producteurs des Grands Vins de Fleurie

Question 22

What is the coolest and highest elevation Cru of Beaujolais?

Answer 22

Chiroubles AOP

Question 23

If Moulin-à-Vent AOP is considered the heaviest Cru of Beaujolais, what is the lightest?

Answer 23

Chiroubles AOP

Question 24

What is the famous soil in Côte du Py?

Answer 24

Roche Pourrie “rotten rock” - an unusual mixture of iron-rich schist and basalt streaked with manganese.

Question 25

Where would you find the soil type Roche Pourrie?

Answer 25

Morgon AOP

Côte du Py

Question 26

Where is Kermit Lynch’s Gang of Four from and who are the four?

Answer 26

Morgon AOP

Marcel Lapierre
Jean Foillard
Jena-Paul Thevénet
Guy Bréton

Question 27

Who is Jules Chauvet?

Answer 27

The late Beaujolais chemist who pioneered natural wine making in the region. (Morgon AOP)

Question 28

Kermit Lynch’s Gang of Four followed the philosphies of what man?

Answer 28

Jules Chauvet

Question 29

What is the newest Cru of Beaujolais?

Answer 29

Régnié AOP

Question 30

What is the largest Cru of Beaujolais?

Answer 30

Brouilly AOP

Question 31

What is the name of the extinct volcano in the southern Crus of Beaujolais?

Answer 31

Mount Brouilly

Question 32

What is the color of the soil in Côte de Brouilly AOP

Answer 32

Blue

Question 33

What is the soil of Côte de Brouilly AOP?

Answer 33

Schist and grey-blue diorite rock