Crus of Beaujolais

Question 1

Name the Crus of Beaujolais

Answer 1

St. Amour
Julienas
Chenas
Moulin-a-Vent
Fleurie
Chiroubles
Chenas
Morgon
Regnie
Cote-de-Brouilly
Brouilly

Question 2

Northernmost Beaujolais Cru, bordering the Maconnais

Answer 2

St. Amour

Question 3

St. Amour soils and aspect

Answer 3

Granite and Clay; east and southeastward facing

Question 4

St. Amour wine styles

Answer 4

Short or Long Macerations

Short Macerations lead to light and fruity wines of Grape, Peach, and Violet perfume

Long Macerations have more tannin and structure, with aromas of Kirsch and baking spices; these can age 2-5+ years and become Pinot Noir like with age

Question 5

Julienas soils and aspect

Answer 5

acidic soils, granite veined with magnesium and porphyry; also alluvial clay in the eastern part of the region

south-facing

Question 6

Julienas aromas

Answer 6

strawberry and lingonberry, violet and cinnamon; sometimes peach and cassis

Question 7

18th Century Parisian export cru favored by Louis XIII, with a name meaning related to “Oak Tree”

Answer 7

Chenas

Question 8

Smallest and rarest Beaujolais Crus

Answer 8

Chenas

Question 9

Crus with greatest aging potential

Answer 9

Moulin-a-Vent, Morgon, Chenas

Question 10

Chenas soils and aspect

Answer 10

Higher slopes are granite, lower slopes are clay and stone

Northwest, east, and southern aspects; northwest can be challenging

Question 11

Chenas aromas and characteristics

Answer 11

peony and rose, spicy and wood, “flower bouquet in a velvet basket”

voluptuous tannins

Question 12

Moulin-a-Vent soils and aspects

Answer 12

soft and flaky arene, plus manganese rich pink granite

eastern facing

Question 13

King of Beaujolas

Answer 13

Moulin-a-Vent: full bodied and tannic

Young: plum, cherry, violet

Aged: dried fruit, truffle, baking spices, rose, meaty and musky

With time become like Pinot Noir, “pinoter”

Question 14

Fleurie soils and aspects

Answer 14

Higher up, pink granite, dry; Lower soils are clay rich

southeast and northwest aspects

Question 15

Fleurie aromas

Answer 15

peony, violet, iris, rose, berry, peach

Question 16

Most feminine Cru

Answer 16

Fleurie

Question 17

Benchmark Beaujolais

Answer 17

Chiroubles

Question 18

Chiroubles soils and aspects

Answer 18

granite and gorrhe

coolest cru

southeastern aspects

Question 19

Chiroubles aromas

Answer 19

rose, peach, raspberry, lingonberry, cake spice

Question 20

Second Largest Cru

Answer 20

Morgon

Question 21

Morgon soils and aspects

Answer 21

roches pourries (rotted rocks)

south, southeast, and northwest

Question 22

Morgon aromas and characteristics

Answer 22

cherry fruit, jam or Kirsch in warm years; many attribute this to the roches pourres

apricot, peach, plum, meaty

Can have forest floor

Question 23

Morgonner

Answer 23

when a Morgon wine is expressing its terroir, and has the characteristic Forest Floor aroma of Burgundy/Pinot Noir

Question 24

Newest Cru

Answer 24

Regnie

Question 25

Regnie soils and aspect

Answer 25

pink granite, roches pourries, arene

east facing

Question 26

Regnie aromas

Answer 26

tart cherry, raspberry, lingonberry, cassis, sometimes white peach

Question 27

Only vineyard with aspects in every direction

Answer 27

Cote de Brouilly

Question 28

Cote de Brouilly soil

Answer 28

decomposed diorite, pockets of pink granite to the western slopes

Question 29

Cote de Brouilly aromas and characteristics

Answer 29

fresh grape, cranberry, vibrant acidity and minerality

Question 30

Southernmost, and most Mediterranean cru

Answer 30

Brouilly

Question 31

20% of Cru is this AOC

Answer 31

Brouilly

Question 32

Brouilly soils

Answer 32

decomposed diorite, which is blue/black volcanic rock

as they break down, they create soils with blue-green hue, referred to as Cornes Vertes by locals

Question 33

Brouilly aromas

Answer 33

freshh grape, red berry, plum