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

Question 11

Who was Jules Chauvet?

Answer 11

A wine negociant, winemaker, author, and chemist he also was the founder of the modern natural wine movement that helped influence and train the Beaujolais “gang of four.” Instrumental in establishing modern Beaujolais style.

Question 12

True or False: Cru Beaujolais 100% gamay

Answer 12

False: up to 15% mixed plantings of Chardonnay, Aligote, and Melon de Bourgogne may be used

Question 13

What is the blanc, Rouge, and Rose assemblage for the Beaujolais AOP?

Answer 13

Blanc: 100% Chardonnay (Aligote may be used if the vines were planted prior to 11/28/2004 until 2024.

Rouge: Max 10% Gamay de Bouze and Chaudenay Max 15% combined mixed plantings of Chardonnay, Aligote, Melon de Bourgogne, Pinot Gris, and Pinot Noir

Rose: Same as red

Question 14

What are the 7 main Lieu-dits of Morgon and what are the most famous?

Answer 14

(North to South)

Corcelette

Les Charmes

Douby

Les Micouds

Cote du Py

-Javerniere

Grand Cras

Question 15

Name all memebers of the “gang of four.”

Answer 15

Marcel Lapierre (Morgon, Julienas)

Jean Foillard (Morgon -Cote de Py, Corcelette, les Charmes- Fleurie)

Guy Breton (Morgon, Regnie, Cote de Brouilly, Chiroubles)

Jean-Paul Thevenent (Morgon: known as “Paul-Po”

(Yvon Metras - the elusive fifth whose rarely imported: Fleurie, Chiroubles, Moulin-a-Vent)

Question 16

Whoe makes makes “Morgon “P’tit Max?” and “Cuvee Marylou?” Where is the fruit sourced?

Answer 16

Guy Breton makes “Morgon “P’tit Max”:

• Vinified like the Morgon “Vieilles Vignes” bottling but aged 12 months in barrel
• Sourced from the Les Charmes lieu-dit of Morgon

Guy’s Beaujolais Villages “Marylou”

• Is sourced from the Saint Joseph and Grand Cras subzones of the appellation, about 500 meters from his Morgon vines.
• 45 year-old Gamay growing on granite and rock. The wine is named after his daughter.

Question 17

Who makes this wine?

Answer 17

Marcel Lapierre

Question 18

What AOP is on the slopes of Mont Remont?

Answer 18

Chenas AOP

Question 19

Name three Beaujolais crus not fully located in the Rhone department.

Answer 19

Saint-Anour / Julieneas / Chenas

Question 20

What is the smallest cru of Beaujolais?

Answer 20

Chenas

Question 21

What direction to most vineyards face in Beaujolais?

Answer 21

East and South East

Question 22

Where is the highest diurnal shift in Beaujolais?

Answer 22

Chiroubles (it’s the highest)

Question 23

What does the Fête des Crus du Beaujolais celebrate?

Answer 23

Victor Pulliat discovering the cure for phylloxera in France