Ch 16 Flashcards

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Describe beaujoais gamey

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early budding and ripening

  • if not managed, will produce large yield and low quality
  • best grown in granite soils (low nutrients) and low yield
  • pruning - goblet
  • raspberry and cherry , med tannin and body, served lightly chilled
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Goblet pruning

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vines are pruned to spurs around the head

  • shoots tied together to hold them vertically
  • growers are now training their vines along wires to allow for mechanisation
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Hierachy of Beaujolais appellation

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bottom is regional appellation of Beaujolais
beaujolais villages
at the top is beaujolais cru

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beaujolais nouveau

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  • early drinking
  • 3rd thrusday nov
  • can only be beaujolais or beaujolais villages (no cru)
  • can not be sold by grower of negociants after 31 Aug
  • light body, light tannin, red berry fruit, cinnamon spice, carbonic maceration
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5
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where is Beaujolais and Beaujolais Nouveau (sub region of the bigger appellation Beaujolais)

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region lies east and south on alluvial plain of the River Saone

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Beaujolais Villages (where is this region)

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  • River Saone
  • N and W of region is rolling hills granite soil
  • blend of villages (39 of them)
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7
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list the Beaujolais Cru

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10 villages are entitled to their own appellation
the greatest: 
1) Morgon
2) Moulin a Vent
3) Brouilly
4) Fleurie
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Beaujolais style produced in Morgon and Moulin a vent

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often produce the most structure wines, fruit concentration and level of tannin that improves with bottle ageing

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Beaujolais style produced in Brouilly and Fleurie

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-tend to produce lighter, more perfumed styles
undergo crushed fruit fermentation, receive oak ageing, often in large vats,
-others semi carbonic maceration or small proportion of whole bunch cluster

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