Beaujolais Flashcards
Name the crus of Beaujolais
Saint Amour Julienas Chenas Moulin a Vent Fleurie Chiroubles Morgon Regnié Brouilly Cote de Brouilly
what is the name of the river that runs parallel to Maconnais and Beaujolais
Saone
What are the vine training methods in Beaujolais
Hand harvested
goblet with spurs trained upward in a circle forming a chalice
What is the minimum potential alcohol for Beaujolais
10% rouge and rosé
10.5% blanc
superior 10.5%
Beaujolais “Villages” Blanc: 11%
Beaujolais “Villages” Rosé/Rouge: 10.5%
When were Beaujolais AOC villages consolidated into Beaujolais AOC
2011
what is Beaujolais largest cru
Brouilly
Surrounds cote to Brouilly
which are the lightest crus of Beaujolais
Chiroubles
Saint Amour
what is the department of Beaujolais
Rhone
who are the gang of four in Beaujolais
Marcel Lapierre
Jean Foillard
Jean-Paul Thevenet
Guy Breton
what techniques did Jules Chauvet pass on
Father of French natural wine movement
organic viticulture
minimum sulfur
no chaptalization
Who outlawed Gamay and when
Philip the bold in 1395
which are the heaviest, fullest bodied Beaujolais crus
Moulin-A-Vent
Morgon
who is the largest producer in Beaujolais
George DuBoeuf
this producer makes L’Ancien (Terres Dorées) Beaujolais
Jean-Paul Brun
highest elevation cru in Beaujolais
Chiroubles
Grange – Charton is a vineyard in this cru
Régnié
La Madone is a vineyard in this cru
Fleurie
Les Capitans is a vineyard in this cru
Julienas
Second largest cru in Beaujolais with 1100 hectares under vine
Morgon
Soil of Morgon
Roche Pourrie
Producers of Morgon
Gang of four
Marcel Lapierre
Jean Foillard
Jean-Paul Thevenet
Guy Breton
What soil colors Cote de Brouilly at higher elevations?
Grey/blue diorite rock
how many communes may upend their name to Beaujolais Villages?
38
the two most commonly appended villages to Beaujolais villages
Lantignié and Leynes
Beaujolais Blanc is made from this grape
Chardonnay
Vineyards of Morgon
Cote du Py Les Charmes Les Grands Cras Corcelette Chateau Gaillard
Largest cru of Beaujolais
Brouilly (1,300 ha)
second largest Morgon (1,120)
Year Beaujolais AOC established
1937
For Beaujolais Villages (Rouge/Rosé wines)
Combined % of Gamay de Bouze and Camay de Chaudenay must not exceed this % (they are teinturiers)
10%
How were Gamay vines traditionally staked in Beaujolais
Individually
Communes of Beaujolais villages that can append their name
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
What is the full name for Gamay
Gamay noir a jus blanc
Fleurie cru occupies steep slope of this mountain
Mont la Madone
How high is the elevation of Fleurie
220-450m
lieux dits of Fleurie along Moulin a Vent border
Poncié
La Roilette
Communes of Brouilly
Cercié
Charentay
Odenas
Quincié en Beaujolais
Saint Etienne la Varenne
Saint Lager
Cote de Brouilly is this elevation
300-400m
Producer of Cote de Brouilly
Chateau Thivin
Domaine de la Voute des Crozes
Producers of Chénas can bottle their wines as either of these
Chénas AOP or Moulin a Vent
Longest lived, full bodied and tannic Beaujolais
Moulin a Vent