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Beaujolais Flashcards

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Beaujolais Appellations

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  • Beaujolais Nouveau AOC / Beaujolais Villages Nouveau AOC
  • Beaujolais AOC
  • Beaujolais Villages AOC / Beaujolais Villages + Village name AOC
  • Beaujolais Crus (each their own AOC): 10 individual crus
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  1. Number of Beaujolais Crus

2. Names of the main 5

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  1. Total 10 Beaujolais Crus
  2. From North to South:
  • Moulin-À-Vent AOC
  • Fleurie AOC
  • Chiroubles AOC
  • Morgon AOC
  • Brouilly AOC

Plus: Chenás AOC, Julienás AOC, St Amour AOC, Regnié AOC, Côté de Brouilly AOC

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Fathers of Natural wine movement in Beaujolais:

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Jules Chauvet

Jean-Paul Thévenet

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Winemaking technique in Beaujolais:

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Carbonic/ Semi-carbonic maceration, especially for Nouveau wines

Traditional winemaking more frequently now for villages wines and especially for the Crus

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Style of semi-carbonic maceration wines:

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Pear drops, kirsch & banana aromas. Red fruit.

Brighter colours and less tannin extraction. Softening of malic acid.

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Good quality low intervention producers:

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Yvon Métras

Jules Desjourneys

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Beaujolais location:

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South of the Mâconnais and above Lyon

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Beaujolais Climate:

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Continental - but warmer than Burdundy

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Beaujolais Rainfall:

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740 mm/year

Adequate for grapegrowing

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Beaujolais geographic landmark:

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River Saone

*Acts as extreme temperature moderator

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Beaujolais weather hazards:

Measures to combat them?

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  • Rain: Problems of fungal diseases
  • Cold Mistral Winds:
    Can damage flowering in cold, damp spring weather –> lead to millerandage
    Can damage leaves and berries at the end of the season, affecting yield

Measures:

  • Low vine training
  • Vine orientation
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Beaujolais soils & topography:

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Haut Beaujolais (North):

  • Hilly
  • Granite, schits, sandy soils (–> fast draining and warming) (many colors)
  • South / South-East facing slopes
  • -> Earlier harvest than Beaujolais Bas

Bas Beaujolais (South):

  • Flatter
  • More clay
  • More rich soils
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Beaujolais main grape variety:

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Gamay Noir á Jus Blanc (98%)

A tiny bit of Chardonnay at the North

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Characteristics of Gamay:

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  • Early budding, early ripening
  • Yields needs to be controlled to achieve ripe, concentrated, quality grapes
  • -> Short pruning helps control the high fertility
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Beaujolais vine training:

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  • Traditionally Gobelet (bush) but now more trellised to aid mechanization - especially in inexpensive wines
  • Gobelet / bush trained is still the case in the steep slopes
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Beaujolais - grape picking:

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Mostly by hand - required for the preferred vinification technique: Carbonic Maceration

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Winemaking of Beaujolais AOC, Beaujolais Villages AOC:

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  • Picking: Whole bunches
  • Chaptalisation: Common, especially in cooler years
  • Cold soaking: 5-6 for Beaujolais Villages, longer (6-9 days) for higher quality
  • Fermentation: Carbonic / Semi carbonic
  • Press: Pressed wine is normally blended with free-run wine, as it gives colour and tannins
  • Ageing: Briefly in stainless steel
  • Reseased early
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Beaujolais - Why maceration on the skins?

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To enhance the fruitiness of the wine
Add depth of colour
–>Make a wine for early consumption

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Dry tasting note of inexpensive Beaujolais:

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Red fruit, characteristick kirsch, banana and blueberry aromas.

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Winemaking of Beaujolais Crus:

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Semi-carbonic maceration

Longer maceration time (10-20 days)

ALTERNATIVE:

  • Grapes destemmed
  • Crushed
  • Cold soaking
  • Fermentation
  • Ageing in small or large barrels
  • Possibility of some new oak
  • -> (Higher production costs)
  • ->”Burgundian style”: Deeper in colour, fuller body, higher tannins than the ones made by semi-carbonic maceration.
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Characteristics of carbonic/semi-carbonic maceration:

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Kirsch, banana, blueberries aromas

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Winemaking of Beaujolais Nouveau AOC, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau AOC:

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Fast winemaking: –> Early consumptioin

  • Short maceration on the skins
  • Carbonic / semi-carbonic maceration
  • Press (free-run & press juice blended)
  • MLF: Some yes, some no
  • Fining & filtration: YES
  • High use of SO2 (important if no MLF)
  • Rapidly bottled and released
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Release date of Beaujolais Nouveau AOC & Beaujolais Villages Nouveau AOC:

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  • Third Thursday of November of the same harvest year
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Maximum yields in Beaujolais:

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  • Beaujolais AOC: 60 hL/Ha

- Beaujolais Villages AOC: 58 hL/Ha

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Dry tasting note of Beaujolais Villages AOC:

And Low Intervention wines

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  • Purple colour, medium intensity fresh red cherry, raspberry, red plum + kirsch, banana, medium(+) to high acidity, light to medium(-) body, medium alcohol and light to medium tannins.
    Good to very good quality
    Inexpensive to mid-priced

LOW INTERVENTION:

  • Medium(+) to pronounced intensity aromas and flavours
  • Medium tannins
  • Very good to outstanding
  • Premium to super-premium priced (Crus)
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Brouilly AOC - Style:

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Beaujolais Cru

Large area, with 4 different kinds of soils that give different styles: From tannic and robust to light and perfumed.

Overarching style is fruitiness and medium-weight approachability, with sweet black cherry notes backed with warm spices and occasional floral elements. Tannins are generally soft and round, and usually well-balanced against a gentle but present acidity.

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Other 5 Crus of Beaujolais:

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Julienás AOC, Chenás AOC, Saint-Amour AOC, Regnie AOC, Côte de Brouilly AOC

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Why some Burgundy producers have decided to invest in Beaujolais?

Consequences?

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  • To diversify portfolio
  • Some vineyards within the crus have Very High reputation
  • Price of the land is cheaper
  • -> Quality increased
  • -> Moved away from semi-carbonic maceration towards traditional winemaking (Burgundian style of Beaujolais)
  • -> Encouraged increased use of oak - especially in the Crus
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Beaujolais % of sales through cooperatives:

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25%

(Beaujolais is a big territory with around 100 communes and a lot of small vineyards owners, with an average size of holdings of 10 hectares)

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Beaujolais market share in France:

Channels:

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France: 60%

  1. Direct sales
  2. Specialist shops
  3. Supermarkets
    Hospitality
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Beaujolais market share in France:

Channels:

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France: 60%

  1. Direct sales
  2. Specialist shops
  3. Supermarkets
  4. Hospitality
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Beaujolais Export market share:

Top 3 markets:

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Export: 40%

  1. Japan (Nouveau style)
  2. USA (Villages & Crus)
  3. UK (Villages & Crus)
33
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What proportion of Beaujolais does the Nouveau style represent?

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1/4

34
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Beaujolais pricing:

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  • Very competitive - especially when compared to Burgundy
  • Recently gaining track and demand in between sommeliers and wine lovers, causing a rise in pricing - especially the crus (reaching premium and super-premium prices)
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Important producers:

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Georges Duboeuf

Yvon Métras (low intervention)

Jules Desjourneys (low intervention)

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