Beaujolais Flashcards
Brouilly named after ?
Brolius
Fullest styles (3)
Chenas
Moulin a Vent
Morgon
What is largest Cru
Brouilly
Medium style Crus (4)
Juliennas
Regnie
Brouilly
Cote de Brouilly
Climate
Continental with wide differences summer to winter
What is soil in Cote de Brouilly
Volcanic (dionite)
Saint Armour AOC
North border
when promoted?
production note
Maconnais
Valentines day
both long and short maceration
the forces that created the area also created what ?
Central Massif , Alps
which Cru has distinct ripe jerry, jam, kirsch
Morgon
Beaujolais Cru Lighter styles (3) north to south
St Armour
Fleurie
Chiroubles
Beaujolais AOC
prod red vs white
% secondary allowed in red ? when ?
sup reqs ?
how many villages allowed to append name ?
White req
99 / 1
15% in field blend
hi ABV, lo yield
30
100% chard
vini trend
Bourgo style destem, crush, ferment with macerations
Most famous lieu-dit
Cote du Py
What aps is south on rolling plains
AOC
Fleurie AOC
name attrib ?
known as ? style ?
age effect
Roman legionaire
Queen of B, most feminine
sweet spice
what is Chateau de ‘lEclair doing
collecting Gamay samples
Smallest Cru
Chenas
Invented Carbonic Fermentation
Chauvet
who is father of natural wine
Chauvet
which orgs promote the wine
BIVB and Interprofessional Beaujolais
what borders northern zone
St Armour to Villefranche-sur-Saone
what borders southern zone
south of Nizzerand river
Beaujolais Cru North to South (11*)
St Amour
Juliennas
Chenas
Moulin a Vent
Fleurie
Chiroubles
Morgan
Regnie
Brouilly
Cote de Brouilly (contained)
Brouilly
what is Pierres Dorees
golden stones, limestone yellow from iron oxide
Soils N and S
Granite / schist interspersed with sandy of feldspar, mica, quartz aka arene or gorrhe
Clayey limestone like Maconnais and Pierres Dorees - golden stones, broken yellow limestone from iron-oxide
Gamay vini
age ?
semi-carbonic
optional but not for Nouveau
syn for Nouveau
Primeur
housed in which departments / regions
Saone et Loire department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comte and Rhone department of Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes
Highest peak
Mont Saint-Rigaud
What is the newest Cru
Regnie
Julienas AOC
name attrib
soil notes / effect
Caesar
diverse / complexity
What the coolest Cru
Chiroubles
Beaujolais Cru
% of Beaujolais prod
grapes allowed / how ?
harvest method allowed
40%
Red Gamay. up to 15% Aligote, Chard, Melon in field blend
hand
What characterizes Morgon wine with age ? term ?
Earthy forest floor called sous bois becomes pinot like
Morgonner
Grapes
White (3)
Red (2)
Rose (1)
Chardonnay, Aligote, Melon
Gamay Noir a jus Blanc, Pinot Noir
Pinot Gris (secondary)
Chenas AOC
name attrib
Oak tree from ancient forests
what apps in Northern zone
All Crus plus Villages
common vini for VIllage / Cru
traditional bourgo
which Cru known as bouquet of flowers in a velvet basket
Chenas
how is sweet sparkling made ? labeled ?
rose, methode ancestrale, VDF (not AOC approved)
how many soil variations
300+
Beaujolais AOC
styles
white(p) 1
white (s) 2
rose (s) 1
red (p) 1
red (s) 1
dry red, white, rose
chardonnay
aligote, melon
pinot gris
gamay
pinot noir
What Cru is the most Beaujolais?
Chiroubles
what is the smallest cru
Chenas
West border
East border
Mont di Beaujolais
Saone
Hand or mechanical allowed
where restricted
both
Nouveau
What Cru is pinotent
Moulin a Vent
how many villages
96
which Cru name is attrib to a local wind mill
Moulin a Vent
white wine
style
which apps
dry, unoaked
AOC and Village
Training
Red village and Cru
additional exceptions
Goblet, Cordon, Eventail
Guyot for red / white AOC and white Villages due to higher yields
Gamay susceptible to ?
Gray rot
Rose trend
increasing plus Nouveau
Beaujolais Villages AOC
styles
grapes
how many villages qualify?
Blend formula red / white
white characteristic
red characteristic
dry red white rose
same as AOC
38
same as AOC
more concentrated like Maconnais. 100% chard.
more pigmented, deeper, less grapey, mineral core due to granite
Wine characteristics of Chenas ageing / aroma
needs time / wood
what the new trends in vini and style
traditional fermentation
rose up 35% from 2015-19
length of region
width
34 mi
7-9 mi
Waht is the northermost Cru
Saint Armour
Which famous lieu-dit has Roches Pourries
Cote du Py
What is arene or gorrhe
sandy soil of feldspar, mica, quartz
Which Cru soil is Roches Pourries
Morgon
Regnie AOC
soil notes / effect
higher % sand / aromatic, fast ageing
whcih Cru is the king of Beuajolais
Moulin a Vent
Chiroubles AOC
anecdote
temp note
altitude note
most Beaujolais
coolest
highest
What are rotted rocks / decomposing schist
Roches Pourries
Which grape being eliminated for Bourgo use ?
Aligote
South city border
Lyon
Where is Cote de Brouilly located
slopes around Mount Brouilly
release date for Nouveau
3rd Thurs nov
original was nov 15
weather risks
spring frost
fall rain / hail
when was part of Bourgogne
pre French rev
Julienas named after
Julius Caesar
Where are Village and AOC located ? topo ?
South and east, gentle slopes
What is southernmost Cru
Brouilly
where is the majority of the AOC located
south of Nizzerand River
how is dry sparkling labled ? what grapes ? method ?
Cremant de Bourgo
chardonnay, gamay, pinot noir
MT
what is the most full bodied Cru
Moulin a Vent
Which AOC has slopes facing all directions
Cote de Brouilly
Nouveau
which apps ? percentage split ?
how many villages allowed ?
% total prod for all Beaujolais ?
styles
Blending formula ?
harvest allowed ? vini allowed ?
AOC and Village, 66/33
96 / all
20%
red or rose
same as AOC
hand only / semi-carbonic
Best vineyard locations ? aspects ? harvest relative to South?
NW on granite on Monts du Beaujolais
SE aspect
earlier
What Cru is highest alt
Chiroubles
Brouilly AOC
Soil type
name attrib
location
volcanic (dionite)
Mt Brouilly / Bruliis Roman Lt
plateau surrounding base of Mt B
Most well known vineyard
Cote du Py in Morgon
