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Crus of Beaujolais Flashcards

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Name the Crus of Beaujolais

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St. Amour
Julienas
Chenas
Moulin-a-Vent
Fleurie
Chiroubles
Chenas
Morgon
Regnie
Cote-de-Brouilly
Brouilly
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Northernmost Beaujolais Cru, bordering the Maconnais

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St. Amour

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St. Amour soils and aspect

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Granite and Clay; east and southeastward facing

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St. Amour wine styles

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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

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Julienas soils and aspect

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

south-facing

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Julienas aromas

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

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

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Chenas

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8
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Smallest and rarest Beaujolais Crus

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Chenas

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Crus with greatest aging potential

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Moulin-a-Vent, Morgon, Chenas

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Chenas soils and aspect

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Higher slopes are granite, lower slopes are clay and stone

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

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Chenas aromas and characteristics

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

voluptuous tannins

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Moulin-a-Vent soils and aspects

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soft and flaky arene, plus manganese rich pink granite

eastern facing

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King of Beaujolas

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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”

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Fleurie soils and aspects

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

southeast and northwest aspects

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Fleurie aromas

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peony, violet, iris, rose, berry, peach

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16
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Most feminine Cru

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Fleurie

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Benchmark Beaujolais

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Chiroubles

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Chiroubles soils and aspects

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granite and gorrhe

coolest cru

southeastern aspects

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Chiroubles aromas

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rose, peach, raspberry, lingonberry, cake spice

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Second Largest Cru

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Morgon

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Morgon soils and aspects

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roches pourries (rotted rocks)

south, southeast, and northwest

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Morgon aromas and characteristics

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

apricot, peach, plum, meaty

Can have forest floor

23
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Morgonner

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

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Newest Cru

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Regnie

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Regnie soils and aspect

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pink granite, roches pourries, arene

east facing

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Regnie aromas

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

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Only vineyard with aspects in every direction

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Cote de Brouilly

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Cote de Brouilly soil

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decomposed diorite, pockets of pink granite to the western slopes

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Cote de Brouilly aromas and characteristics

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fresh grape, cranberry, vibrant acidity and minerality

30
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Southernmost, and most Mediterranean cru

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Brouilly

31
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20% of Cru is this AOC

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Brouilly

32
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Brouilly soils

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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

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Brouilly aromas

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freshh grape, red berry, plum

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