Beaujolais!

Question 1

Release date of Beaujolais Nouveau

Answer 1

3rd Thursday of November

Question 2

Beaujolais Nouveau vinification

Answer 2

carbonic/semi-carbonic
cold fermentation
short skin maceration (5 days or less)

Question 3

Soil types of Beaujolais

Answer 3

Decomposing Basalt/Schist (morgon), limestone (st amour), granite bedrock

Question 4

Largest Beaujolais cru

Answer 4

Brouilly (1200ha)

Question 5

Cru that is on the slopes of Mont Brouilly

Answer 5

Cote de Brouilly

Question 6

mountain in the middle of Morgon

Answer 6

Mont du Py (Cote du Py vineyard is located on its schisty slope)

Question 7

Smallest Beaujolais cru

Answer 7

Chenas

Question 8

Beaujolais villages, north to south

Answer 8

St Amour
Julienas
Chenas
Moulin a Vent, 
Fleurie, 
Chiroubles, 
Morgon, 
Regnie, 
Brouilly
Cote de Brouilly

Question 9

What is Beaujolais-Villages?

Answer 9

Beaujolais-Villages can be a blend of 38 communes (including all 10 crus).
slightly higher potential alcohol, slightly lower yields. single communes may attach their name in place of ‘villages’.

Question 10

What is Beaujolais superieur?

Answer 10

stylistic designation. 10.5% min alc (instead of 10%)

Question 11

Three major styles of Cru Beaujolais

Answer 11

Fruity
Elegant
Structured

Question 12

Light, “Fruity” Beaujolais crus

Answer 12

Brouilly
Regnie,
Chiroubles

Question 13

medium, more structure, elegant crus

Answer 13

Saint-Amour,
Fleurie,
Chenas

Question 14

long aging, more structured crus

Answer 14

Cote de Brouilly
Morgon,
Julienas,
Moulin a Vent

Question 15

typical vine training of cru beaujolais

Answer 15

high density planting, gobelet trained, hand harvested

Question 16

name three lieux-dits of beaujolais cru

Answer 16

Cote du Py (morgon)
Les Capitans (julienas)
La Madone (fleurie)

Question 17

most northern Beaujolais cru

Answer 17

Saint-Amour

Question 18

Departements of Beaujolais

Answer 18

Saone-et-Loire, Rhone

Question 19

Only cru located entirely in Saone-et-Loire

Answer 19

Saint-Amour

Question 20

Beaujolais cru named after famous roman emperor

Answer 20

Julienas (Julius Caesar)

Question 21

Beaujolais Cru named after ancient forests in the area

Answer 21

Chenas (means Oak)

Question 22

Producers of Chenas can choose to bottle their wines as what?

Answer 22

Chenas or Moulin-a-Vent (similar style)

Question 23

Beaujolais cru believed to be the longest lived, most full bodied, and most tannic

Answer 23

Moulin-a-Vent

Question 24

Why may Moulin a Vent see more oak than other Crus?

Answer 24

Moulin a Vent has more power and concentration, greater tannin, and most structure

Question 25

major soil type of Moulin a Vent

Answer 25

Pink, grantici soil (high in manganese)

Question 26

Where is Mont la Madone? Soil type of this cru?

Answer 26

Fleurie, where vineyards reach 220-450m in elevation. Pink Granite

Question 27

Coolest and Highest elevation cru in Beaujolais (250-450m)

Answer 27

Chiroubles AOP (lightest and refreshing style, harvest is lates)

Question 28

Where can the soil type ‘roche pourrie’, or “rotten rock” be found?

Answer 28

Morgon (Cote du Py).

high manganese iron-rich schist and basalt

Question 29

Top producers based in Morgon

Answer 29

Guy Breton, Marcel Lapierre, Jean Foillard, Jean-Paul Thevenet (Kermit Lynch’s ‘gang of four’)