Beaujolais

Question 1

Main grape in Beaujolais?

Answer 1

Gamay (98%)

Question 2

How much is bottled as Nouveau?

Answer 2

1/3 of the production

Question 3

Can grapes from Beaujolais be blended into Borgogne regional AOC?

Answer 3

Yes because prior to the Revolution it was part of the Bourgogne region

Question 4

When will Borgogne Aligoté not accept fruit from Beaujolais?

Answer 4

2035

Question 5

Who was the Massif of Mont Brouilly named after?

Answer 5

Brulius- Roman liuteant

Question 6

What is Juliénas named after?

Answer 6

Julius Caesar

Question 7

Where does the Beaujolais region take its name?

Answer 7

Town of Beaujeu

Question 8

What did Phillip the Bold do?

Answer 8

Outlawed planting of Gamay in the Cote d’Or

Question 9

What is En Primeur?

Answer 9

Drinking wine as it is vinified

Question 10

When is Beaujolais Noveau?

Answer 10

3rd Thursday of November

Question 11

What are the borders of Beaujolais?

Answer 11

Macconais: north
Lyon: south
Monts du Beaujolais : west
Saone River: east

Question 12

What divides the region into north and south?

Answer 12

Nizerand River

Question 13

What are the southern soils of Beaujolais?

Answer 13

Limestone and Marl (clay and limestone)

Question 14

What are the northern soils of Beaujolais?

Answer 14

Granite, schist, aréne and gorrhe

Question 15

Where are most of the Villages and Crus produced in Beaujolais?

Answer 15

North

Question 16

What is the climate of Beaujolais?

Answer 16

semi-continental: Continental with Mediterranean influences

Question 17

How does Gamay express itself on granite and schist?

Answer 17

More structured, complex

Question 18

How does Gamay express itself on limestone and clay?

Answer 18

light, fruity

Question 19

How’s the topography of Beaujolais?

Answer 19

mountain peaks, gentle slopes and rolling plains

Question 20

Where are the best vineyard sites of Beaujolais?

Answer 20

Monts du Beaujolais (north)- Crus

Question 21

Where are the Beaujolais Villages located?

Answer 21

Gentle slopes

Question 22

Where is the bulk of the Beaujolais AOC located?

Answer 22

Rolling Plains

Question 23

What grape is permitted in White Beaujolais and White Beaujolais Villages

Answer 23

Chardonnay

Question 24

What grapes can supplement Gamay if co-planted as a field blend?

Answer 24

Aligoté, Pinot Noir, Melon, Pinot Gris, Chardonnay

Question 25

What are authorized alternatives to the Gobelet training?

Answer 25

Cordon and Eventail

Question 26

What is carbonic maceration?

Answer 26

Enzymatic fermentation converting malic acid into ethanol (aromatics)

Question 27

Where does carbonic maceration take place?

Answer 27

Inside each berry

Question 28

Types of aromas from carbonic maceration?

Answer 28

Banana, candy

Question 29

Steps in carbonic maceration

Answer 29

1. whole clusters are put into a tank without pressing or crushing 2. Weight causes clusters at the bottom of the tank to burst wild yeast begin to transform sugars into alcohol. Carbon dioxide is release forcing oxygen out of the tank

Question 30

What is Beaujolais Superior?

Answer 30

lower yields, higher alcohol

Question 31

Can white Beaujolais superior be produced?

Answer 31

No

Question 32

How many villages can add name to the label in Beaujolais?

Answer 32

30

Question 33

How many villages are in Beaujolais?

Answer 33

38

Question 34

Difference between Beaujolais and Beaujolais Superior

Answer 34

ripeness for additional alcohol

Question 35

Difference between Beaujolais and Beaujolais Superior

Answer 35

ripeness for additional alcohol

Question 36

How many crus in Beaujolais?

Answer 36

10

Question 37

Name Beaujolais Crus from North to South?

Answer 37

1. Saint-Amour 2. Julienás 3. Chenás 4. Moulin-a-vent 5. Fleurie 6. Chiroubles 7. Morgon 8. Regnie 9. Brouilly 10. Cote the Brouilly

Question 38

What are the specifications of the Beaujolais Cru?

Answer 38

100% red and 100% Gamay Granite and schist soils Lower yields 8-15 days in vat

Question 39

What are the three light-bodied Crus?

Answer 39

Saint Amour, Fleurie, Chiroubles

Question 40

What is the highest in elevation and coolest Cru?

Answer 40

Chirouble

Question 41

The most feminine of all Crus?

Answer 41

Fleurie

Question 42

Northernmost Beaujolais Cru?

Answer 42

Saint-Amour

Question 43

What are the medium-body Crus?

Answer 43

Julienas, Regnie, Brouilly and Cotesde Brouilly

Question 44

What is the largest Beaujolais Cru?

Answer 44

Brouilly

Question 45

What is the largest Southernmost Cru?

Answer 45

Brouilly

Question 46

What is cornes vertes (green hornes)?

Answer 46

decomposed volcanic diorite soils

Question 47

What is the only Cru to have vineyards on slopes facing each poit of the compass?

Answer 47

Cote de Brouilly

Question 48

What is the newest Cru?

Answer 48

Regnié

Question 49

What are the full-bodied Crus?

Answer 49

Morgon, Moulin á Vent and Chenas

Question 50

What is the smallest of the Crus?

Answer 50

Chenas

Question 51

What is Chenás described as?

Answer 51

Bouquet of flowers in a velvet basquet

Question 52

What is Morgon named after?

Answer 52

Local hamlet of Morgon

Question 53

What is the second largest Cru?

Answer 53

Morgon

Question 54

What is roches pourries

Answer 54

rotted rocks. Soils found in Morgon

Question 55

What is Morgonner?

Answer 55

to pick up notes of forest floor (sous bois)

Question 56

What is Moulin á Vent named after?

Answer 56

Local windmill

Question 57

Most full-bodied of all the Crus?

Answer 57

Moulin á Vent

Question 58

What is Pinoter?

Answer 58

To become pinot-like

Question 59

What are the boundaries of Beaujolais?

Answer 59

Lyon, Saone River, Mâconnais, Mounts of Beaujolais

Question 60

Which soils are older north or south?

Answer 60

North