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5 regions of Burgundy

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Chablis
Côte d’Or
Cote chalonnais
Maconnais
Beaujolais

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Red grapes of burgundy

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Pinot Noir
Gamay

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White grapes in burgundy

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Chardonnay (most planted of either color)
Aligote’
Pinot Blanc
(Beurot, Cesar, Tressot, Sacy)

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AOP system in burgundy

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Regional (50% of total production)
Village
Premier cru
Grand cru (less than 2%)

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Baseline general appellation in Burgundy

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Bourgogne AOP:
Red / white / rose’
No gamay permitted
“Bourgogne + geographical designation”

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Coteaux Bourguignons AOP

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Regional appellation that allows Gamay

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Bourgogne Hautes Côte de Nuit/Beaune

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Wines sourced from the low mountains just west of the more prestigious Côte d’Or

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Lieux-Dits in Burgundy

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La chapelle notre dame
La chapitre
Côte St. Jaques
Montrecul
(Approved in 1990)

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Côte de Nuit-villages AOP

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Red + (rarely) white
Grapes sourced from:
Fixin, Brochon, Prissey, Corgolon, Comblanchien

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Côte de Beaune-villages AOP

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Red wines only
Grapes sourced from any village excluding:
Pommard, Volnay, Aloxe-Corton, Beaune

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Bourgogne Passe-tout-grains AOP

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Red and rose wines modelled on the field blends of the past
Pinot Noir min 30%
Gamay min 15%
Vinified together

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Cremant de Bourgogne AOP

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AOP Since 1975
Traditional method
Hand harvested
Chardonnay + Pinot noir
Most of production around Rully (Côte Chalonnaise)

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Bourgogne Moussex

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Older appellation only for sparkling red
(Since 1820s)
Traditional method

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Monopole

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Vineyard under single ownership

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Grand cru

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Single vineyard sites with own AOP
Status (independent from the village it lies in)

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16
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How many grand cru in Burgundy?

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33

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17
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Smallest grand cru in bugundy?

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La Romanee (0.85 Ha)

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Largest grand cru in burgundy?

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Corton (160ha)

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Chablis location

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Between Paris and Beaune, in the Serein River valley

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Chablis climate

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Cool continental

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21
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Grapes allowed in Chablis

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Exclusively Chardonnay

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Chablis soils

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Kimmeridgian Marl = mix of limestone and clay + millions of Oyster fossils
(Best sites, all 1st cru and grand cru)

Portlandien Limestone = younger rock strata, purer form of Limestone / on the elevated plateaus above the hillsides buries the kimmeridgian marl

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23
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How many premier cru in Chablis?

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40 / grouped in 17 major premier crus

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How many grand cru in Chablis ?

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1

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How many grand cru in Chablis?

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1

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7 geographic designations of Chablis Grand cru:

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Les clos
Les preuses
Vaudesir
Valmur
Grenouilles
Blanchot
Bougros
La Moutonne (monopole overlapping Vaudesir and Preuses)

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Chablis profile

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High acidity
Medium weight
Lees character
Intensely mineral / steely character
No new oak

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Irancy AOP

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Light Pinot Noir based Reds

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Vezelay AOP

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Was a denomination of Bourgogne until 2017 for Chardonnay

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30
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St Bris

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Only Sauvignon Blanc appellation in Burgundy

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Côte d’Or soils

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Limestone (Jurassic period) = building block + topsoil of limestone and clay

Argillaceous limestone = higher limestone content

Calcareous clay = lower limestone content

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Combes

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Dry, transverse valleys carved during the last ice I’ve by melt water erosion

Now conduct for cool breezes and hail storms

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33
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Burgundian traditional oak barrel

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Piéce / 228Lt

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34
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Batonnage

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Stirring the wine’s lees during the Elevage

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35
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Communes of Côte de Nuits

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Marsannay
Fixin
Gevrey Chambertin
Morey st Denis
Chambolle Musigny
Vougeot
Vosne-Romanee
Flagey-Echezeaux
Nuit St George

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Soils of Côte de Nuit

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Sandy limestone + iron rich marl

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37
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How many grand cru vineyard in Côte de Nuit?

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24

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38
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Only white wine grand cru

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Musigny

39
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Grand’ cru of Gevrey Chambertin

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Chambertin
Chambertin clos de beze
Chapelle Chambertin
Charmes Chambertin
Griottes Chambertin
Mazis Chambertin
Mazoyeres Chambertin
Latricieres Chambertin
Ruchottes Chambertin

40
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Morey st Denis gran cru

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Clo de la Roche
Clo st Denis
Clo de tart
Clo de lambrays
Bonne Mares

41
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Chambolle Musigny grand cru

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Musigny
Bonne mares

42
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Vosne romanee grand cru

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Richeburg
La romanee
Romanee-Conti
Romanee -st vivant
Grand Rue

43
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Flagey-Echezeaux

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Grand Echezeaux
Echezeaux

44
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Nuit St George grand cru

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0

45
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Vougeot grand cru

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Clo de Vougeot (largest single vineyard grand cru)

46
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Gevrey-Chambertin style

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Masculine, structured , dark colour, intense concentration and weight

47
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Gevrey Chambertin producers

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Domaine Arman Rousseau
Claud Dugat
Jean Marie Fourrier

48
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Chambolle Musigny style

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Elegant / silky / delicate / great intensity

49
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Chambolle Musigny producers

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Domaine George de Vogue
Ghislaine Barthod

50
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Morey st Denis style

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In between Gevrey and Chambolle

51
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Morey st Denis producers

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Domaine Dujac
Domaine Ponsot

52
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Nuit St Georges style

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Sturdy and long lived at their best
Hard and angular in their youth

53
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Côte de Beaune soils

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Predominately Limestone : Argovien / Marlstone

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Côte de Beaune grand cru

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Corton ( only red )
Corton Charlemagne
Charlemagne
Criots batard Montrachet
Bienvenue batard Montrachet
Chevalier Montrachet

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Beaune

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Commercial capital / negociant headquarter for Louis Jadot, Bouchard Pere et Fils, Joseph Drouhin

56
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Pommard

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Red wine / most full bodied (after Corton) / high tannins

1sr cru: Les rugiens, Les epenots, clos de epeneaux (Comte d’Armand)

57
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Pommard famous monopole

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Clos des ducs - Marquis d’Angerville

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Volnay

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Red wine / soft , fragrant, charming

59
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Volnay 1st cru Santenots

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4 Mersault vineyards adjacent to Volnay / red wine, Pinot Noir

60
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Mersault

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Rich , almost fat, nutty , buttery , honeyed, softer acidity than puligny

1st cru: Perrieres / Les genevrieres / Les charmes

Famous producers: Coche-Dury / Guy Roulot / Comte Lafon

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Three communes that share the grand cru of Corton

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Aloxe- Corton / pernard-vergelesse / lodoix-serrigny

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Puligny-Montrachet / Chassagne-Montrachet

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Most age worthy, greatest depth
Finest, most expensive Chardonnay
Balance of richness and acidity

Chevalier-Montrachet (Puligny)
Bienvenue-Batard-Montrachet (Puligny)
Criots-Batard-Montrachet (Chassagne)
Batard-Montrachet (Puligny/chassagne)
Montrachet (Puligny/Montrachet)

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Best vintages Côte d’Or

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2000
2005
2009
2010

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Communes of Côte de Beaune

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Aloxe-Corton
Pernard-vergeless
Ladoix-serrigny
Chorey-le beaune
Savigny le beaune
Beaune
Pommard
Volnay
Auxey-duresse
Monthelie
Mersault
Puligny Montrachet
Chassagne Montrachet
Santaney

65
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Hospice de Beaune

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Home for old and infirm opened in 1443
Sales of wine to fund the charity
3rd Sunday each November
61 ha / 50 cuvees

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Soils of Côte chalonnaise

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Limestone - clay / similar to Côte de beaune

67
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Côte chalonnaise geography

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Hilly bit less rugged than Côte the Beaune / lots of conduit for cool westerly winds = delayed ripening

68
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5 main villages of Côte chalonnaise

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Bouzeron
Rully
Givry
Mercurey
Montagny

69
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Appellation for Aligote’ in Burgundy

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Bouzeron, Côte chalonnaise
Only white / Aligote + 15% Chardonnay

70
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Birthplace of Cremant du Bourgogne

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Rully, Côte chalonnaise

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Only red wine villages in Côte chalonnaise

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Givry
Mercurey (2/3 total production)

72
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Only white wine village in Côte chalonnaise

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Montagny

73
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1st and 2nd white wine producing regions in burgundy

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1st = Chablis
2nd = Maconnais

74
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True or false, only white wine can be labelled Macon Villages

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True

75
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Macon AOP

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Red / white / rose

76
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Macon Chardonnay

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Fruitier and more open than Chablis / no mineral edge / no high acidity as Chablis / mostly fermented and raised in stainless steel / no oak

77
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Villages of Maconnais

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Pouilly Fuisse
Pouilly loche
Pouilly vinzelles
Saint Veran
Vire-Clesse (since 1999)

78
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Macon rouge grape variety

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100% Gamay

79
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Cremant de Bourgogne

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Chardonnay / Pinot noir / Pinot Gris / Pinot Blanc / max 20% Gamay

Min 9 month on lees + 3 in bottle

80
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Cremant eminent / Cremant grand eminent

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Since 2016
Eminent = min 24 months
Grand eminent = min 36 months / first pressing of only Pinot noir and Chardonnay

81
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How many villages in Beaujolais

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39

82
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Beaujolais grape varieties

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98% Gamay / 50% of world planting of Gamay

83
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Soils of Beaujolais

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Granite + schist hills in the north
Limestone + clay in the south

84
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How many Crus of Beaujolais + names

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10 crus of Beaujolais:
St amour
Julienas
Moulin a vent
Fleurie
Chiroubles
Morgon
Regnie’
Brouilly
Côte de brouilly
Chenas

85
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Northernmost cru in Beaujolais

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St amour

86
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Largest cru in Beaujolais

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Brouilly

87
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Southernmost cru in Beaujolais

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Brouilly

88
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Smallest cru in Beaujolais

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Chenas

89
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Lighter style Beaujolais

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St amour
Fleurie
Chiroubles (lightest)

90
Q

More powerful style Beaujolais

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Julienas
Morgon
Chenas

91
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Moulin a vent style Beaujolais

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Dark, tannic, fullest body, longest-lived

92
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Largest producer in Beaujolais

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George Debeuf (Beaujolais noveau since 1951)

93
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Training system in Beaujolais

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Goblet / free standing

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