Beaujolais

Question 1

Which river flows to the east of Beaujolais?

Answer 1

The Saône River

Question 2

Beaujolais is to the north of which French city?

Answer 2

Lyon

Question 3

What is the official Beaujolais Nouveau release date each year?

Answer 3

The third Thursday in November

Question 4

In Beaujolais, what are weathered feldspars, micas, quartz and other minerals known as?

Answer 4

Arène or gorrhe

Question 5

What is the primary white grape of Beaujolais?

Answer 5

Chardonnay

Question 6

What is the primary red grape of Beaujolais?

Answer 6

Gamay

Question 7

How many Beaujolais Crus are there?

Answer 7

10

Question 8

Beaujolais Nouveau is made using which vinification technique?

Answer 8

Semi-carbonic maceration

Question 9

What French term is synonomous with “nouveau”?

Answer 9

Primeur

Question 10

Why is the Guyot training method not permitted for the Beaujolais Crus?

Answer 10

Guyot leaves a high number of fruiting
buds and generates higher yields.

Question 11

Beaujolais Nouveau has its own AOC.

True or False?

Answer 11

FALSE.

Nouveau is either Beaujolais AOC
or Beaujolais Villages AOC.

Question 12

Which Bourgogne sub-region is directly north of Beaujolais?

Answer 12

The Mâconnais

Question 13

Which river separates northern and southern Beaujolais?

Answer 13

Nizerand

Question 14

Which important figure first championed the use of carbonic maceration?

Answer 14

Jules Chauvet

Question 15

All Beaujolais Cru wines are red.

True or False?

Answer 15

True

Question 16

Grapes destined for Beaujolais Cru wines must be hand harvested.

True or False?

Answer 16

True

Question 17

What are the Pierres Dorées?

Answer 17

“Golden Stones”
of broken yellow limestone.

Question 18

White Beaujolais typically spends 12 months in oak.

True or False?

Answer 18

FALSE.

Most is unoaked.

Question 19

Which Cru produces the most full-bodied and tannic wines?

Answer 19

Moulin-à-Vent

Question 20

Which Cru has the highest elevation and coolest climate?

Answer 20

Chiroubles

Question 21

Which compound gives the Pierres Dorées their distinctive color?

Answer 21

Iron-oxide

Question 22

1. Carbonic maceration is attributed to…
   a. Joseph Capus
   b. Émile Peynaud
   c. Jules Chauvet
   d. Pierre-Marie-Alexis Millardet

Answer 22

c. Jules Chauvet

Question 23

2. What two topographical features give the Beaujolais region its uniquely warm and sheltered macroclimate?
   a. The Saône River and the Monts du Beaujolais
   b. The Saône River and the Vosges Mountains
   c. The Saône and Rhône Rivers
   d. The Rhône River and the Alps

Answer 23

a. The Saône River and the Monts du Beaujolais

Question 24

3. The soil of northern Beaujolais is…
   a. Mostly slate
   b. Mostly limestone and clay
   c. Mostly granite and schist
   d. Mostly sandy alluvial deposits

Answer 24

c. Mostly granite and schist

Question 25

4. Which Beaujolais Cru has the coolest mesoclimate?
   a. Fleurie
   b. Chiroubles
   c. Chénas
   d. Saint-Amour

Answer 25

b. Chiroubles

Question 26

5. What grape variety will no longer be authorized in Beaujolais as of 2035?
   a. Chardonnay
   b. Pinot Noir
   c. Melon de Bourgogne
   d. Aligoté

Answer 26

d. Aligoté

Question 27

6. Which of the following crus is considered more powerful and age-worthy?
   a. Régnié
   b. Morgon
   c. Chiroubles
   d. Saint-Amour

Answer 27

b. Morgon

Question 28

7. Which of the following Beaujolais Crus pinotent?
   a. Saint-Amour
   b. Côte de Brouilly
   c. Moulin-à-Vent
   d. Brouilly

Answer 28

c. Moulin-à-Vent

Question 29

8. Which Beaujolais Cru has vineyards on slopes facing each point of the compass?
   a. Juliénas
   b. Chiroubles
   c. Côte de Brouilly
   d. Brouilly

Answer 29

c. Côte de Brouilly