Beaujolais

Question 1

Who makes Griffe du Marquis? What is the first vintage?

Answer 1

Clos de la Roilette - 2009

Question 2

What is the difference between Clos de la Roilette’s Griffe du Marquis and its Cuvee Tardive?

Answer 2

The source of Griffe du Marquis is the same two parcels of eighty-year-old vines bordering Moulin-à-Vent that go into Tardive. The only difference is that Griffe du Marquis spends time in old Burgundy barrels instead of the foudre that the Tardive is briefly aged in.

Question 3

What is the largest cru?

Answer 3

Brouilly, at 1,300 ha

Question 4

What is the second largest cru?

Answer 4

Morgon at just over 1,100 ha

Question 5

Who are the gang of four and who named them?

Answer 5

Marcel Lapierre, Jean Foillard, Jean-Paul Thevénet, and Guy Bréton; Kermit Lynch

Question 6

When did Regnie gain AOC status? What two communes were joined?

Answer 6

1988

Régnié-Durette and Latignié

Question 7

What soil type would you find in Regnie?

Answer 7

Pink Granite

Question 8

Which is smaller - Brouilly or Cote de Brouilly?

Answer 8

Brouilly is larger (the largest) with 1,300 ha while Cote de Brouilly is smaller at 300 ha

Question 9

What is Brouilly and Cote de Brouilly names after?

Answer 9

Mont Brouilly: Cote de Brouilly is on the steeper, higher hillsides while Brouilly is on the lower slopes

Question 10

What kind of soil is in Cote de Brouilly

Answer 10

Less granite on the higher slopes, more schist and grey-bue diorite rock

Question 11

What 3 crus of Beaujolais are considered the fruitiest?

Answer 11

Brouilly, Régnié, Chiroubles

Question 12

What 3 crus of Beaujolais are considered having the most structure?

Answer 12

Cote de Brouilly, Morgon, Moulin-A-Vent, Julienas

Question 13

What 3 crus are in the middle of structured and fruity?

Answer 13

Chenas, Saint-Amour, Fleurie

Question 14

Can there be white Beaujolais Cru?

Answer 14

No, the crus are only red although they can be a max 15% mixed plantings of Chardonnay, Aligoté, and Melon de Bourgogne

Question 15

What is the minimum potential alcohol of all the Beaujolais Crus?

Answer 15

10.5%

Question 16

What is the minimum must weight for all Beaujolais Crus?

Answer 16

180 g/l

Question 17

What is the max residual sugar for cru Beaujolais?

Answer 17

3 g/l

Question 18

What is the minimum planting density for Cru Beaujolais?

Answer 18

6,000 vines per hectare

Question 19

What are the maximum yields for cry Beaujolais?

Answer 19

56 hl/ha (58 prior to 2011)

Question 20

What cru of Beaujolais is located entirely within the Saône-et-Loire department?

Answer 20

Saint-Amour

Question 21

What crus of Beaujolais are in the Saône-et-Loire department and the Rhone department?

Answer 21

Chenas, Julienas, Moulin-a-Vent

Question 22

Under what other cru can Chenas also label its wine?

Answer 22

Moulin-A-Vent

Question 23

What beaujolais cru is the most likely to be aged in new oak?

Answer 23

Moulin-A-Vent because of the natural power and tannin

Question 24

Where does Moulin-A-Vent get its name?

Answer 24

A windmill, the communes within Moulin-A-Vent are actually Chénas and Romanèche-Thorins

Question 25

What soil type is mostly found in Moulin-A-Vent?

Answer 25

pink granite with manganese

Question 26

What is the likely cause for the high tannin and structure of Moulin-A-Vent?

Answer 26

a heightened presence of manganese—a necessary element for plant growth but toxic to vines in high concentrations—which serves to stunt growth and naturally limit yields.

Question 27

Where is Georges Duboeuf based?

Answer 27

Moulin-a-Vent

Question 28

Where is Chateau des Jacques located?

Answer 28

Moulin-a-Vent

Question 29

Where is Potel-Aviron located?

Answer 29

Moulin-a-Vent

Question 30

Where is Pascal Granger based?

Answer 30

Julienas

Question 31

Where is Domaine du Clos du Fief based?

Answer 31

Julienas