Beaujolais Flashcards
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Beaujolais
General Viti. and Vini.
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- Mostly high density planting
- Gobelet-trained
- Hand-harvested
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Q
Largest Cru
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Brouilly 1,300 ha
- 6 communes
- Over 20% Beaujolais production
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Q
Highest Cru
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Chiroubles AOP 250-450 m
- Coolest, Lightest
- Harvested a week later than neighbors
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Coolest Cru
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Chiroubles AOP
- Highest (250-450m), Lightest
- Harvest a week later than its neighbors
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Saint-Amour AOP
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Saint-Amour AOP
- Northernmost
- Only cru located w/in Sâone-et-Loire dept.
- 300 ha
- Like Fleurie, Chiroubles - LIGHTER, LESS CONCENTRATED
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Julíenas AOP
Size in ha
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Julíenas AOP - 600 ha
vs
- Saint-Amour 300 ha
- Juliénas 600 ha
- Chénas 240 ha (smallest)
- Morgon 1,100 ha (2nd largest)
- Fleurie 900 ha
- Chiroubles 300 ha
- Moulin-à-Vent 700 ha
- Régníe 400 ha
- Brouilly 1,300 ha (largest)
- Côte de Brouilly 300 ha
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Juliénas AOP
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- Most ancient cru, roots in Roman era, supposedly honoring Julius Caesar
- 4 communes - Juliénas + Julié
- 230-430m
- Range in elevation and soils = varied styles, but generally fuller than Saint-Amour
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Julíenas AOP
Producers
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-
La Cave des Producteurs de Julíenas
- 1/3 total production made by co-op
- Pascal Granger
- Domaine du Clos du Fief
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Chénas AOP
Origin of name
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“chêne” or “oak”
- Vines gradually replaced ancient forests
- Smallest cru, 240 ha
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Moulin-à-Vent AOP
Soils
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Soft, pink granitic soil (gore)
- Similar in Fleurie, Chiroubles, Régníe
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Moulin-à-Vent AOP
Producers
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Better known producers located in M-à-V
- Georges Duboeuf
- Louis Jadot’s Château des Jacques
- Potel-Aviron
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Fleurie AOP
Soils
Aspects
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- Pink granite (gore)
- Similar to Moulin-à-Vent, Chiroubles, Régníe
- Steeper slopes of Mount la Madone
- 220-450m
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Fleurie AOP
Producers
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- Coudert’s Clos de la Roilette
- Domaine de la Chapelle des Bois
- Dom. Chignard
-
La Cave des Producteurs des Grands Vins de Fleurie
- oldest coop in Beaujolais
- prod. 1/3 of Beaujolais wines
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Morgon AOP
Soils
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-
roche pourrie “rotten rock”
- Unusual mix of iron-rich schist + basalt streaked w/ manganese
- Other soils: various granite, alluvial, clay
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Morgon AOP
Producers
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- Kermit Lynch “gang of four”
- Marcel Lapierre
- Jean Foillard
- Jean-Paul Thevenet
- Guy Bréton
- Guided by philosophyies of late Beaujolais chemist and winemaker Jules Chauvet
- Pioneers in natural winemaking area, something beyond nouveau
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Régníe AOP
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- AOP as late as 1988
- Joined 2 communes - Régníe-Durette + Latignié - under 1 banner
- 400 ha = small cru
- Pink granite (gore) hillsides
- 350m, SE, early-ripening
- Middle of the pack, quality, charater
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Brouilly
Origin of name
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brûle - “burnt”
- 1,300 ha, largest cru
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Côte de Brouilly AOP
Soils
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- More Schist, Grey-Blue Diorite rock
- Less granite
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Côte de Brouilly AOP
Producer
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Château Thivin
- Kermit Lynch
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Q
Côte du Py
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lieux-dit of Morgon
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Q
La Madone
A
lieux-dit of Fleurie
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Les Capitans
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lieux-dit of Juliénas
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Grange-Charton
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lieux-dit of Régnié
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2nd Largest Cru
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Morgon AOP 1,100 ha
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*roche pourrie*
***roche pourrie* "rotten rock"**
* **Dominant soil in Morgon**
* **Unusual mix of iron-rich schist + basalt streaked w/ manganese**
