Beaujolais Flashcards
What large city is close to Beaujolais?
Lyon
List that 10 crus of Beaujolais from North to South
Saint-Amour
Juliénas
Chenas
Moulin-à-Vent
Fleurie
Chiroubles
Morgon
Régnié
Brouilly
Côte de Brouilly
What requirements must a wine meet to carry the Beaujolais-Village designation?
The wine must be made from the cru appellations or one of the surrounding communes.
Blanc: 11% min potential alcohol
Rouge: 10.5% min potential alcohol
What are the requirements for a Beaujolais to be labeled Supérieur?
The requirements are the same as for Beaujolais Village Rouge / Rosè
What grape varietals are permitted in Beaujolais AOP?
Blanc: 100% Chardonnay
**Aligoté may be used until the 2024 vintage
Rouge: Gamay with max 10% combined Gamay de Bouze and Gamay de Chaudeny. Max 15% combined white grapes.
**Pinot Noir may be used in up to 15% through the 2015 vintage
How are most vines trained in Beaujolais?
Gobelet
Where is Côte du Py?
Morgon
Where is the lieux-dits Les Capitans?
Juliénas
Where is the lieux-dit La Madone?
Fleurie
What is the only cru of Beaujolais located in the Saône-et-Loire department?
Saint-Amour
What other cru may be labeled as Moulin-a-Vent?
Chénas
What is the soil type of Moulin-á-Vent?
Soft pink granitic soil - gore
What is the robust quality of Moulin-á-Vent credited to?
A higher presence of manganese in the soils which serves to stunt growth and naturally limit yields
Where is Mont la Madone?
Fleurie
What is the highest elevation cru in Beaujolais?
Chiroubles
Where would one find roche pourrie soils?
Morgon’s Côte du Py
A mix of iron-rich schist and basalt streaked with manganese
Who are Kermit Lynch’s Gang of Four?
Marcel Lapierre
Jean Foillard
Jean-Paul Thevénet
Guy Bréton
When did Régnié gain appellation status?
1988
What is the largest Beaujolais cru?
Brouilly
What differentiates Brouilly from Côte de Brouilly?
Côte de Brouilly is on higher steeper hillsides on the Mont Brouilly where there is more schist and grey-blue diorite rock.
