Beaujolais

Question 1

10 cru Beaujolais

Answer 1

St amour Julienas Chenas Moulin-au-vent Morgon Chiroubles Fleury Regnie Brouilly Cotes de Brouilly

Question 2

Saint Amour

Answer 2

Northernmost Beaujolais Cru light minerality schist and granite Hilly and Dry 1st cru to ripen and harvest

Question 3

Julienas

Answer 3

heavier, spice and flowers transitional soil from granite to alluvial S SE facing slopes

Question 4

Moulin-au-vent

Answer 4

most tannic and age-worthy pink granite with streaks of manganese - which retards growth - making more intense and deep

Question 5

Fleurie

Answer 5

queen of Beaujolais light silky and supple pink granite - to sandy/clay slopes

Question 6

Morgon

Answer 6

Cherry, dark fruit earthy depth older granite and schist - volcanic diorite - blue stone

Question 7

Chiroubles

Answer 7

highest alt cru light and floral most pronounced diurnal shift longest growing season - last to harvest

Question 8

Regnie

Answer 8

10th cru to be named - formerly as “Village” wine hilly, pink granite/sandy soil- high altitude balanced flavor profile - tannin and acid foehn wind and sunshine continental clime transitions to Med. Reginus - Gallo-Roman Nobleman

Question 9

Brouilly

Answer 9

Roman Lieutenant - Brulius lower slopes of Mt. Brouilly - transitional soil from granite to alluvial mostly east facing slopes gets the most ripe due to sunshine and tranisitional climate to Mediterranean.

Question 10

Cotes de Brouilly

Answer 10

around the top of Mountain - volcanic - diorite highest content of granite thin and stony soil stress vines for concentration of flavor East and SE aspect - sunshine hastens ripeness - early harvest

Question 11

Notre Dame du Raisin

Answer 11

chapel at top of Mt. Brouillu spiritual center of Beaujolais Victor Pailleat - grafting to fight Phyloxera

Question 12

Chenas

Answer 12

Meaning - Oak slopes of Mt. Remant granite / sandy soil - stress grapes heaviest wine floral, earthy and concentrated Cont clime. slow ripening = more acidity