Beaujolais

Question 1

Name the cru of Beaujolais from north to south

Answer 1

Saint Armour
Julienas
Chenas
Moulin au Vent
Fleurie
Chirouble
Morgon
Regnie
Brouilly
Cote de Brouilly

Question 2

What is the most northerly of the Beaujolais cru?

Answer 2

Saint Amour

Question 3

Name some important producers based in Julienas

Answer 3

Pascal Granger

Domaine du Clos du Fief

Question 4

Producers in Chenas AOP can choose to bottle there wines as Chenas or which other Beaujolais Cru?

Answer 4

Moulin au vent

Question 5

Name some producers based in Moulin a Vent

Answer 5

Georges Duboeuf
Louis Jadot’s Château des Jacques
Potel-Aviron.

Question 6

The vines of Fleurie are planted on which slope?

Answer 6

Mont la Madone

Question 7

What is the highest elevation and coolest cru in Beaujolais?

Answer 7

Chiroubles

Question 8

What is the name of the predominant soil type in Morgon

Answer 8

roche pourrie—“rotten rock,” an unusual mixture of iron-rich schist and basalt streaked with manganese

Question 9

Which producers comprise Kermit Lynches “Gang of Four” in Beaujolais

Answer 9

Marcel Lapierre
Jean Foillard
Jean-Paul Thevénet
Guy Bréton

Question 10

What is the largest Beaujolais cru?

Answer 10

Brouilly