Beaujolais! Flashcards
Release date of Beaujolais Nouveau
3rd Thursday of November
Beaujolais Nouveau vinification
carbonic/semi-carbonic
cold fermentation
short skin maceration (5 days or less)
Soil types of Beaujolais
Decomposing Basalt/Schist (morgon), limestone (st amour), granite bedrock
Largest Beaujolais cru
Brouilly (1200ha)
Cru that is on the slopes of Mont Brouilly
Cote de Brouilly
mountain in the middle of Morgon
Mont du Py (Cote du Py vineyard is located on its schisty slope)
Smallest Beaujolais cru
Chenas
Beaujolais villages, north to south
St Amour Julienas Chenas Moulin a Vent, Fleurie, Chiroubles, Morgon, Regnie, Brouilly Cote de Brouilly
What is Beaujolais-Villages?
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’.
What is Beaujolais superieur?
stylistic designation. 10.5% min alc (instead of 10%)
Three major styles of Cru Beaujolais
Fruity
Elegant
Structured
Light, “Fruity” Beaujolais crus
Brouilly
Regnie,
Chiroubles
medium, more structure, elegant crus
Saint-Amour,
Fleurie,
Chenas
long aging, more structured crus
Cote de Brouilly
Morgon,
Julienas,
Moulin a Vent
typical vine training of cru beaujolais
high density planting, gobelet trained, hand harvested
name three lieux-dits of beaujolais cru
Cote du Py (morgon) Les Capitans (julienas) La Madone (fleurie)
most northern Beaujolais cru
Saint-Amour
Departements of Beaujolais
Saone-et-Loire, Rhone
Only cru located entirely in Saone-et-Loire
Saint-Amour
Beaujolais cru named after famous roman emperor
Julienas (Julius Caesar)
Beaujolais Cru named after ancient forests in the area
Chenas (means Oak)
Producers of Chenas can choose to bottle their wines as what?
Chenas or Moulin-a-Vent (similar style)
Beaujolais cru believed to be the longest lived, most full bodied, and most tannic
Moulin-a-Vent
Why may Moulin a Vent see more oak than other Crus?
Moulin a Vent has more power and concentration, greater tannin, and most structure
major soil type of Moulin a Vent
Pink, grantici soil (high in manganese)
Where is Mont la Madone? Soil type of this cru?
Fleurie, where vineyards reach 220-450m in elevation. Pink Granite
Coolest and Highest elevation cru in Beaujolais (250-450m)
Chiroubles AOP (lightest and refreshing style, harvest is lates)
Where can the soil type ‘roche pourrie’, or “rotten rock” be found?
Morgon (Cote du Py).
high manganese iron-rich schist and basalt
Top producers based in Morgon
Guy Breton, Marcel Lapierre, Jean Foillard, Jean-Paul Thevenet (Kermit Lynch’s ‘gang of four’)
