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1
Q

Name the crus of Beaujolais

A 
Saint Amour
Julienas
Chenas
Moulin a Vent
Fleurie
Chiroubles
Morgon
Regnié
Brouilly 
Cote de Brouilly
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2
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what is the name of the river that runs parallel to Maconnais and Beaujolais

A

Saone

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3
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What are the vine training methods in Beaujolais

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Hand harvested

goblet with spurs trained upward in a circle forming a chalice

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4
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What is the minimum potential alcohol for Beaujolais

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10% rouge and rosé

10.5% blanc

superior 10.5%

Beaujolais “Villages” Blanc: 11%

Beaujolais “Villages” Rosé/Rouge: 10.5%

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5
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When were Beaujolais AOC villages consolidated into Beaujolais AOC

A

2011

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6
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what is Beaujolais largest cru

A

Brouilly

Surrounds cote to Brouilly

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7
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which are the lightest crus of Beaujolais

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Chiroubles
Saint Amour

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8
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what is the department of Beaujolais

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Rhone

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9
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who are the gang of four in Beaujolais

A

Marcel Lapierre
Jean Foillard
Jean-Paul Thevenet
Guy Breton

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10
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what techniques did Jules Chauvet pass on

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Father of French natural wine movement
organic viticulture
minimum sulfur
no chaptalization

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11
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Who outlawed Gamay and when

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Philip the bold in 1395

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12
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which are the heaviest, fullest bodied Beaujolais crus

A

Moulin-A-Vent

Morgon

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13
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who is the largest producer in Beaujolais

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George DuBoeuf

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14
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this producer makes L’Ancien (Terres Dorées) Beaujolais

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Jean-Paul Brun

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15
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highest elevation cru in Beaujolais

A

Chiroubles

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16
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Grange – Charton is a vineyard in this cru

A

Régnié

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17
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La Madone is a vineyard in this cru

A

Fleurie

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18
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Les Capitans is a vineyard in this cru

A

Julienas

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19
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Second largest cru in Beaujolais with 1100 hectares under vine

A

Morgon

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20
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Soil of Morgon

A

Roche Pourrie

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21
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Producers of Morgon

A

Gang of four

Marcel Lapierre
Jean Foillard
Jean-Paul Thevenet
Guy Breton

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22
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What soil colors Cote de Brouilly at higher elevations?

A

Grey/blue diorite rock

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23
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how many communes may upend their name to Beaujolais Villages?

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38

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24
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the two most commonly appended villages to Beaujolais villages

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Lantignié and Leynes

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25
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Beaujolais Blanc is made from this grape

A

Chardonnay

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26
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Vineyards of Morgon

A 
Cote du Py
Les Charmes
Les Grands Cras
Corcelette
Chateau Gaillard
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27
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Largest cru of Beaujolais

A

Brouilly (1,300 ha)

second largest Morgon (1,120)

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28
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Year Beaujolais AOC established

A

1937

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29
Q

For Beaujolais Villages (Rouge/Rosé wines)

Combined % of Gamay de Bouze and Camay de Chaudenay must not exceed this % (they are teinturiers)

A

10%

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30
Q

How were Gamay vines traditionally staked in Beaujolais

A

Individually

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31
Q

Communes of Beaujolais villages that can append their name

A 
St Verand
Chanes
Leynes
Jullié
Emeringer
Lancié
Beaujeu
Lantiguie
Quincié-en Beaujolais
St. Etienne la Verenne
Le Perréon
Vaux en Beaujolais
Blacé 
Charentay
Denicé
Rivolet
Montmelas-St Sohin
etc
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32
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What is the full name for Gamay

A

Gamay noir a jus blanc

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33
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Fleurie cru occupies steep slope of this mountain

A

Mont la Madone

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34
Q

How high is the elevation of Fleurie

A

220-450m

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35
Q

lieux dits of Fleurie along Moulin a Vent border

A

Poncié

La Roilette

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36
Q

Communes of Brouilly

A

Cercié
Charentay
Odenas
Quincié en Beaujolais
Saint Etienne la Varenne
Saint Lager

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37
Q

Cote de Brouilly is this elevation

A

300-400m

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38
Q

Producer of Cote de Brouilly

A

Chateau Thivin

Domaine de la Voute des Crozes

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39
Q

Producers of Chénas can bottle their wines as either of these

A

Chénas AOP or Moulin a Vent

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40
Q

Longest lived, full bodied and tannic Beaujolais

A

Moulin a Vent

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41
Q

Soil of Moulin a Vent

A

Soft, granitic pink soil (gore)

42
Q

Phylloxera first hit this village in Beaujolais this year

A

Villié-Morgon (1874) Beaujolais

43
Q

Second place in Burgundy Phylloxera hit after Morgon

Third place in Burgundy Phylloxera hit

A

Meursault (1878)

then Chablis (1887)

44
Q

Beaujolais stretches 34 miles between these two cities

A

Macon to Lyon

45
Q

How many hectares of vineyards planted in Beaujolais

46
Q

what is the difference in the soil of Haut Beaujolais and Bas Beaujolais?

A

South Beaujolais (bas) flatter with more clay over granite and limestone

Haut Beaujolais is higher elevation, granite-based and ripens to perfection

47
Q

Max yields Beaujolais villages

A

60 hl/ha (rouge)

68 hl/ha (blanc)

48
Q

When did Regnié-Durette and Latignié join to become Regnié?

49
Q

soil of 400 hectare Regnié?

A

Pink granite hillsides 350 m south east exposure

50
Q

Superior Lieux dits of Juliénas

A

Les Mouilles and Les Capitans

51
Q

Lieux dits of Moulin a Vent (near the windmill)

A

Le Clos
Le Carquelin
Champ de Coeur
Les Thorins

La Rochelle
Rochegres and Les Verillats
(slightly above windmill)

52
Q

When were premier crus established in Pouilly Fuissé?

53
Q

producers of Julienas

A

Pascal Granger
Domaine du clos du Fief
Cooperative: La Cave des Producteurs de Juliénas
Michel Tete

54
Q

Julienas wines produced on granitic hillsides of this mountain in the West

A

Mont Bessay

55
Q

Northern most cru of Beaujolais entirely in Saone et Loire Department adjacent to Saint-Veran

A

Saint Amour

56
Q

Oldest cru in Beaujolais

57
Q

Communes of Juliénas

A

Juliénas
Jullié
Emeringes
Pruzilly

58
Q

Famous lieux dits of Beaujolais

A 
Cote du Py (Morgon)
Les Capitans (Julienas)
La Madone (Fleurie)
59
Q

How many AOPs in Beaujolais

A

11 counting Beaujolais

60
Q

Oldest cooperative in Beaujolais

A

La Cave des Producteurs des Grands Vins de Fleurie

1/3 of wine of Fleurie

61
Q

top producers of Fleurie

A

Domaine de la Chapelle des Bois
Couderts “Clos da la Roilette”
Domaine Chignard
jean Paul Brun “Domaines des Terres Dorées”
La Cave des Producteurs des Grands Vins de Fleurie (oldest cooperative in Beaujolais, 1/3 of production

62
Q

Moulin A Vent Producers

A

Negociant Georges de Boeuf
Louis Jadot “Chateau des Jacques”
Potel-Aviron

63
Q

Soil of fleurie

A

Pink granite

64
Q

Lieux dits of Fleurie

A

Chapelle des Bois
La Madone
Les Quatre Vents (Sand)
La Roillette
Les Moriers

66
Q

Producers of Morgon

A

Dominique Piron (Makes a Cote du Py)
Marcel Lapierre (Makes a Cote du Py)

Gang of Four: Marcel Lapierre, Jean Luc Thevenet, Jean Foillard, Guy Bréton

67
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Producer of Regnié

A

Julien Sunier

68
Q

Lieux Dits of Regnie

A

Grange-Charton

La Haute Plaigne

69
Q

Least planted cru of Beaujolais

70
Q

Lieu dit of Brouilly

A

Pisse-Vieille

71
Q

This river flows in Northern Brouilly and is a tributary of the Saone

72
Q

What is the name of the regional trade organization for Beaujolais

A

Inter-Beaujolais

73
Q

Beaujolais produces this % of wine in Burgundy

74
Q

In Saone et Loire departement (maconnais, beaujolais) temps are this much higher than Cote d’Or

A

1-2 degrees celsius

75
Q

This producer is replanting gobelet trained vineyards in Beaujolais crus with cordon-trained Gamay, at a density of 8,000 rather than 10,000 vines/ha currently in the ground

A

Jean-Paul Brun of Terres Dorées, following a 2004 law loosening legal minimums for the region

76
Q

Minimum planting density for Beaujolais AOP
Minimum planting density for Beaujolais Cru

A

AOP: 5,000 vines/ha
Cru: 6000 vines/ha

77
Q

Over half of production of the South of Beaujolais is this style of production

78
Q

What year was Beaujolais Villages AOP created

A

1950

Subsumed under Beaujolais AOP in 2011

79
Q

First year of Beaujolais Nouveau

80
Q

Three fruitiest Beaujolais Crus

A

Brouilly
Regnié
Chiroubles

81
Q

Three crus with mid structure and elegant tannins

A

Saint-Amour
Fleurie
Chénas

82
Q

Most structured Crus of Beaujolais

A

Cote de Brouilly
Morgon
Juliénas
Moulin-a-Vent

83
Q

Saint-Amour is adjacent to this AOP of Maconnais

A

Saint-Véran

84
Q

Only cru entirely within Saone-et-Loire departement

A

Saint-Amour

85
Q

Most ancient winegrowing region in Beaujolais

A

Juliénas AOP

86
Q

1/3 of production in Juliénas is in the hands of this cooperative

A

La Cave des Producteurs de Juliénas

87
Q

Smallest cru of Beaujolais

A

Chénas (means chene, or oak)

88
Q

Producers in Chénas can bottle their wines as this:

A

Moulin-a-Vent

89
Q

This cru of Beaujolais may see a noticeable amount of new oak

A

Moulin-a-vent AOP
(most tannic of Crus)

90
Q

Producing communes of Chénas AOP

A

Chénas
Romaneche-Thorins

91
Q

what in the soil of Moulin-A-Vent contributes to the tannic nature of the wine

A

High Manganese levels

92
Q

Producers of Moulin-A-Vent

A

Negociant Georges Duboeuf
Louis Jadot’s Chateau des Jacques
Potel-Aviron

93
Q

Soil of Moulin a vent

A

Gore (pink granite)
Also called grés locally

94
Q

Highest elevation, lightest cru in Beaujolais

A

Chiroubles

95
Q

Soil of Morgon

A

Roche-Pourrie (iron rich schist and basalt streaked with manganese)

96
Q

Where was chemist and winemaker Jules Chauvet based, pioneer of natural winemaking

97
Q

Communes of Regnié AOP

A

Regnie-Durette
Latignié

98
Q

Soil of Regnié

A

Pink granite
early ripening

99
Q

What does Brouilly mean?

A

derived from Brule “Burnt”
Lower flanks of Mont Brouilly, extinct volcano

100
Q

This AOP is responsible for 20% of total Beaujolais cru production

A

Brouilly AOP

101
Q

Soil of Cote de Brouilly (high and steep hillsides of Mont Brouilly)

A

Grey-Blue diorite rock

102
Q

In Beaujolais Rouge and AOP, these strains of Gamay should not exceed 10%

A

combined percentage of Gamay de Bouze and Gamay de Chaudenay may not exceed 10%.

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