Beaujolais Flashcards
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Name the crus of Beaujolais
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Saint Amour Julienas Chenas Moulin a Vent Fleurie Chiroubles Morgon Regnié Brouilly Cote de Brouilly
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what is the name of the river that runs parallel to Maconnais and Beaujolais
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Saone
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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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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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When were Beaujolais AOC villages consolidated into Beaujolais AOC
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2011
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what is Beaujolais largest cru
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Brouilly
Surrounds cote to Brouilly
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which are the lightest crus of Beaujolais
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Chiroubles
Saint Amour
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what is the department of Beaujolais
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Rhone
9
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who are the gang of four in Beaujolais
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Marcel Lapierre
Jean Foillard
Jean-Paul Thevenet
Guy Breton
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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
11
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Who outlawed Gamay and when
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Philip the bold in 1395
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which are the heaviest, fullest bodied Beaujolais crus
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Moulin-A-Vent
Morgon
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who is the largest producer in Beaujolais
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George DuBoeuf
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this producer makes L’Ancien (Terres Dorées) Beaujolais
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Jean-Paul Brun
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highest elevation cru in Beaujolais
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Chiroubles
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Grange – Charton is a vineyard in this cru
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Régnié
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La Madone is a vineyard in this cru
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Fleurie
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Les Capitans is a vineyard in this cru
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Julienas
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Second largest cru in Beaujolais with 1100 hectares under vine
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Morgon
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Soil of Morgon
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Roche Pourrie
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Producers of Morgon
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Gang of four
Marcel Lapierre
Jean Foillard
Jean-Paul Thevenet
Guy Breton
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What soil colors Cote de Brouilly at higher elevations?
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Grey/blue diorite rock
23
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how many communes may upend their name to Beaujolais Villages?
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38
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the two most commonly appended villages to Beaujolais villages
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Lantignié and Leynes
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Beaujolais Blanc is made from this grape
Chardonnay
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Vineyards of Morgon
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Cote du Py
Les Charmes
Les Grands Cras
Corcelette
Chateau Gaillard
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Largest cru of Beaujolais
Brouilly (1,300 ha)
second largest Morgon (1,120)
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Year Beaujolais AOC established
1937
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For Beaujolais Villages (Rouge/Rosé wines)
| Combined % of Gamay de Bouze and Camay de Chaudenay must not exceed this % (they are teinturiers)
10%
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How were Gamay vines traditionally staked in Beaujolais
Individually
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Communes of Beaujolais villages that can append their name
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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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What is the full name for Gamay
Gamay noir a jus blanc
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Fleurie cru occupies steep slope of this mountain
Mont la Madone
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How high is the elevation of Fleurie
220-450m
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lieux dits of Fleurie along Moulin a Vent border
Poncié
La Roilette
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Communes of Brouilly
Cercié
Charentay
Odenas
Quincié en Beaujolais
Saint Etienne la Varenne
Saint Lager
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Cote de Brouilly is this elevation
300-400m
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Producer of Cote de Brouilly
Chateau Thivin
Domaine de la Voute des Crozes
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Producers of Chénas can bottle their wines as either of these
Chénas AOP or Moulin a Vent
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Longest lived, full bodied and tannic Beaujolais
Moulin a Vent
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Soil of Moulin a Vent
Soft, granitic pink soil (gore)
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Phylloxera first hit this village in Beaujolais this year
Villié-Morgon (1874) Beaujolais
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Second place in Burgundy Phylloxera hit after Morgon
Third place in Burgundy Phylloxera hit
Meursault (1878)
then Chablis (1887)
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Beaujolais stretches 34 miles between these two cities
Macon to Lyon
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How many hectares of vineyards planted in Beaujolais
15,175 ha
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what is the difference in the soil of Haut Beaujolais and Bas Beaujolais?
South Beaujolais (bas) flatter with more clay over granite and limestone
Haut Beaujolais is higher elevation, granite-based and ripens to perfection
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Max yields Beaujolais villages
60 hl/ha (rouge)
| 68 hl/ha (blanc)
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When did Regnié-Durette and Latignié join to become Regnié?
1988
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soil of 400 hectare Regnié?
Pink granite hillsides 350 m south east exposure
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Superior Lieux dits of Juliénas
Les Mouilles and Les Capitans
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Lieux dits of Moulin a Vent (near the windmill)
Le Clos
Le Carquelin
Champ de Coeur
Les Thorins
La Rochelle
Rochegres and Les Verillats
(slightly above windmill)
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When were premier crus established in Pouilly Fuissé?
2020
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producers of Julienas
Pascal Granger
Domaine du clos du Fief
Cooperative: La Cave des Producteurs de Juliénas
Michel Tete
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Julienas wines produced on granitic hillsides of this mountain in the West
Mont Bessay
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Northern most cru of Beaujolais entirely in Saone et Loire Department adjacent to Saint-Veran
Saint Amour
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Oldest cru in Beaujolais
Julienas
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Communes of Juliénas
Juliénas
Jullié
Emeringes
Pruzilly
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Famous lieux dits of Beaujolais
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Cote du Py (Morgon)
Les Capitans (Julienas)
La Madone (Fleurie)
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How many AOPs in Beaujolais
11 counting Beaujolais
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Oldest cooperative in Beaujolais
La Cave des Producteurs des Grands Vins de Fleurie
| 1/3 of wine of Fleurie
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top producers of Fleurie
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**
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Moulin A Vent Producers
Negociant Georges de Boeuf
Louis Jadot "Chateau des Jacques"
Potel-Aviron
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Soil of fleurie
Pink granite
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Lieux dits of Fleurie
Chapelle des Bois
La Madone
Les Quatre Vents (Sand)
La Roillette
Les Moriers
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Producers of Morgon
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
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Producer of Regnié
Julien Sunier
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Lieux Dits of Regnie
Grange-Charton
La Haute Plaigne
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Least planted cru of Beaujolais
Chenas
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Lieu dit of Brouilly
Pisse-Vieille
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This river flows in Northern Brouilly and is a tributary of the Saone
Ardieres
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What is the name of the regional trade organization for Beaujolais
Inter-Beaujolais
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Beaujolais produces this % of wine in Burgundy
1/3
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In Saone et Loire departement (maconnais, beaujolais) temps are this much higher than Cote d'Or
1-2 degrees celsius
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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
Jean-Paul Brun of Terres Dorées, following a 2004 law loosening legal minimums for the region
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Minimum planting density for Beaujolais AOP
Minimum planting density for Beaujolais Cru
AOP: 5,000 vines/ha
Cru: 6000 vines/ha
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Over half of production of the South of Beaujolais is this style of production
Nouveau
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What year was Beaujolais Villages AOP created
1950
Subsumed under Beaujolais AOP in 2011
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First year of Beaujolais Nouveau
1951
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Three fruitiest Beaujolais Crus
Brouilly
Regnié
Chiroubles
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Three crus with mid structure and elegant tannins
Saint-Amour
Fleurie
Chénas
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Most structured Crus of Beaujolais
Cote de Brouilly
Morgon
Juliénas
Moulin-a-Vent
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Saint-Amour is adjacent to this AOP of Maconnais
Saint-Véran
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Only cru entirely within Saone-et-Loire departement
Saint-Amour
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Most ancient winegrowing region in Beaujolais
Juliénas AOP
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1/3 of production in Juliénas is in the hands of this cooperative
La Cave des Producteurs de Juliénas
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Smallest cru of Beaujolais
Chénas (means chene, or oak)
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Producers in Chénas can bottle their wines as this:
Moulin-a-Vent
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This cru of Beaujolais may see a noticeable amount of new oak
Moulin-a-vent AOP
(most tannic of Crus)
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Producing communes of Chénas AOP
Chénas
Romaneche-Thorins
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what in the soil of Moulin-A-Vent contributes to the tannic nature of the wine
High Manganese levels
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Producers of Moulin-A-Vent
Negociant Georges Duboeuf
Louis Jadot's Chateau des Jacques
Potel-Aviron
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Soil of Moulin a vent
Gore (pink granite)
Also called grés locally
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Highest elevation, lightest cru in Beaujolais
Chiroubles
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Soil of Morgon
Roche-Pourrie (iron rich schist and basalt streaked with manganese)
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Where was chemist and winemaker Jules Chauvet based, pioneer of natural winemaking
Morgon
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Communes of Regnié AOP
Regnie-Durette
Latignié
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Soil of Regnié
Pink granite
early ripening
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What does Brouilly mean?
derived from Brule "Burnt"
Lower flanks of Mont Brouilly, extinct volcano
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This AOP is responsible for 20% of total Beaujolais cru production
Brouilly AOP
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Soil of Cote de Brouilly (high and steep hillsides of Mont Brouilly)
Grey-Blue diorite rock
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In Beaujolais Rouge and AOP, these strains of Gamay should not exceed 10%
combined percentage of Gamay de Bouze and Gamay de Chaudenay may not exceed 10%.
