Beaujolais Flashcards
Until when Beaujolais was part of the province of Bourgogne?
Until the french revolution
To which departements belongs Beaujolais?
Beaujolais is divided between the departements of “Saone et Loire” and “Rhone.”
Are Bourgogne and Beaujolais promoted by the same “Inter-Professional Organization? and what it manages?
No, Burgundy has the Bureau Interprofessionnel des Vins de Bourgogne and Beaujolais has Bureau Interprofessionnel des Vins de Inter-Beaujolais.
They manage Marketing and sales and Viticultural/Vinicultural research and development.
Which AOC in Bourgogne can incorporate fruit from the historic “Greater Bourgogne”? which means… Beaujolais?
Coteaux Bourgignon (ex Bourgogne Grand Ordinaire), Bourgogne Blanc, Red and Rosé, Bourgogne Pinot Noir, Bourgogne Aligoté, and Bourgogne Gamay can incorporate fruit from anywhere within the Greater Bourgogne, including certain communes within Beaujolais.
How many communes in Beaujolais can provide fruit for Burgundy AOC?
Bourgogne Aligoté: 6 Beaujolais communes
Bourgogne Blanc: 42 communes can provide Chardonnay
Bourgogne Gamay: 19 communes can provide Gamay.
Who cultivated the vines first in Beaujolais?
The romans.
The massif of Mount Brouilly and Juliénas are named after what?
The massif of Brouilly is named after a Roman army liutenant named Brulius, and Juliénas is names after Julius Cesar, whowas stationed there for a while.
Who was responsible for the vineyards in the middle ages?
The benedictine monks.
Who ruled the area in the 10th century?
The Dukes of Beaujeu, a town from which beaujolais took its name ruled in the 10th century.
When and who outlawed Gamay from Bourgogne?
Philippe the Bold outlawed Gamay from Bourgognein 1395, and Gamay found a new home in Beaujolais.
Who and why was a stedy market for Beaujolais wines which spurred production as consecuence?
The city of Lyon was a stedy market for Beau Wines. Non Local products like wine from Bourgogne and Rhone were heavily taxed,so they drunk local wine, and that boosted Beau production
What helped Beaujolais production in the 19th century?
The eailroad opened new markets for Beau, Paris becaming the Top one.
When the Beaujolais Crus were established?
The Beaujolais Crus were established from 1936 to 1938 8 of them, St. Amour in 1946 and Régnié in 1988.
What made Beaujolais Nouveau fashionable?
In 1950 the parisians got enamored of the Lyonais tradition of drinking Beaujolais first vinified “En Primeur”
or “Nouveau”
When was the official birth of Beaujolais Nouveau Tradition?
in 1951, the Union Interfrofessionnelle des Vins du Beaujolais set the November 15thas release date for wine en “Pimeur”.
What’s the official date release for Beaujolais Nouveau Day now? when was established and by whom?
in 1985 the Institut National de Appelations d’Origine (INAO) designated the 3rd Thursday of November after the harvest as “Beaujolais Nouveau Day”
Is the tradition of Beaujolais Nouveau decreasing or steady?
from 1970 to 2000 Beau Nou continued to increase popularity but today they are more focused in terroir driven crus.
Is Beaujolais a big or small region?
Beaujolais is a small region of 38062 acres under vine
Name the meassurement of Beaujolais land under vine and its limits
Beau is a strecht of 34 miles NS and 7-9 miles EW. North: Macon West: Monts du Beaujolais South: Lyon East: Saône River
Where the vineyard are located in Beaujolais?
They are located strategically between a mountain range that blocks the clouds and rain and a river, which moderates de temperature.
How is Boeaujolais divided and by what?
Beaujolais is naturally divided in Northern and Southern halves by the RIVER NIZERAND, near the town of Villefranche-sur-Saône. But alsoNorth and South have very different types of soil.
@ How are Beaujolais soils are in the South and what appelations come from there?
South Beaujolais has a Limestone and marls soil and the Majority of Beaujolais AOC comes from it
@ How are Beaujolais soils are in the North and what appelations come from there?
North Beaujolais has a Granitic and schist soil and the Beaujolais Villages and Crus AOC comes from it
How’s Beaujolais Cimate?
Beaujolais Climate is Semi-Continental for its proximity to the Mediterranean sea.
Summer: Mediterranean Warmth
Spring: tend to be cool and wet, frecuent frost but protected by Monts du Beaujolais.
Autumns: Warm with some rain, vignerons manage canopys to avoid Grey Rot.
Winters: Cold, light snow, frost and hail. Vines go full dormancy.
Geology of Northern Beaujolais
Granite created 300 millons years ago was pushed up 33 millons yrs ago along with Masiff central. this process metamorphosed lava with heat and preassure creating Schist, which surfaced along the granite.
Interspersed along iare sandy soils of Feldspars, Mica and Quartz refered as ARÈNE or GORRHE.
