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FR: Beaujolais, Macon, Chalonnaise Flashcards

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Encepagement for Beaujolais CRU’s?

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Gamay + max. 15% mixed Chardonnay, Aligoté, Melon B

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Sort Beaujolais Cru by:
- Fruity
- Fruity + Structured
- Most structured

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  • Fruity: Brouilly, Regnie, Chiroubles
  • Fruity/Structured: Saint-Amour, Fleurie, Chenas
  • Structured: Cote de Brouilly, Morgon, Julienas, Moulin-a-Vent

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Beaujolais Cru vine density? typical vine type?

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min 6000 vines/ha
Gobelet

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Beaujolais Blanc grapes

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100% Chardonnay

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River to the east of Beaujolais Crus?

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Saone River

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Saint-Amour

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  • Most northerly. Light, fruity
  • granite, clay, schist
  • 2nd smallest @ ~315ha
  • Saint-Amour-Bellevue is the sole commune
    *overlaps slightly with St-Veran
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Julienas

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Most vineyards located on Mt. Bessay - S/SW facing, sunny and warm with more clay/topsoils = structured wines
* least amount of granite of all crus.. more diorite/schist like Morgon

Les Capitans

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Chenas

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Smallest Cru ~240ha
Chénas + La Chapelle-de-Guinchay
* structured/tannic
* chênes = oak

Chenas (village) can label this or Moulin-a-Vent

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Moulin-a-Vent

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Chénas + Romanèche-Thorins
* ~611ha. Fruity but structured
* Gore = soft pink granite soil
* Ch. des Jacques (Jadot), Dubeouf, Potel-Aviron

Most structured/tannic of them all; most likely cru to see some oak usage. Robustness oft attributed to manganese, which MaV has the highest amount of

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Gore (soil)

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Soft pink granitic soils
associated with Moulin-a-Vent

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Fleurie

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Fruity but structured; ~850ha
*named for Roman gen. Floricum
* pink granite soils with sand higher up
* Poncié, La Madone, la Roilette

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Most important lieux-dit in Fleurie?

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Poncié
La Madone
la Roilette

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Chiroubles

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  • lightest, fruitiest cru
  • sandy eroded granite soils; great drainage. Highest granite content of any cru
  • coolest temp + highest gen. elevation @ 250 - 450M. Steep hillsides
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Morgon
- specific rock type
- top 3 sites
- gang of 4

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Villé-Morgon
~1100ha (2nd largest Cru)
* structured
* roche pourrie = “rotten rock”.. iron-rich schist, basalt, manganese in center.. clay, alluvial, granite in the rest of the area
* Côte du Py, Grand Cras, Corcelette

Gang of Four: Lapierre, J. Foillard, JP Thevent, Guy Breton

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Gang of Four

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Kermit Lynch name
Marcel Lapierre, Jean Paul Thevenet, Jean Foillard, Guy Breton

All in Morgon Cru

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Important Lieux-dit in Morgon?

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Côte du Py
Grand Cras
Corcelette
Javernières
Grand Cras

Douby, Les Charmes, Les Micouds - the other 3

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Regnie

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Regnié-Durette + Lantignié
* 400ha of coarse sandy soils/pink granite hillsides, avg 350M & SE-facing and overlooking Ardieres River to the south
* Fruity, light
* 10th cru as of 1988

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Brouilly

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The biggest! ~1300ha. 20% of cru area. Light, fruity
* pink granite, limestone-marl, and alluvial deposits
* Ardieres River runs through the top to meet the Saone River to the west

Named for the hill, not a commune
[Cercié, Charentay, Odenas, Quincié-en-Beaujolais, Saint-Etienne-la-Varenne, Saint-Lager]

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Cote de Brouilly

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Structured style
Mont Brouilly is an extinct volcano
* less granite, more schist and diorite (a blue volcanic stone). Thin stony with some clay

Fun fact: there’s a grower pilgrimage to Notre Dame du Raisin at top the hill to pray for phylloxera to never repeat

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Beaujolais soils, speaking generally

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Burgundy’s limestone gives way to granite + schist of the Massif Central mountain range
* coarse, sandy soils in north with some amounts of clay
* heavier clay soils in southern Beaujolais

21
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Beaujolais Nouveau

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Beaujolais AC only - Villages not applicable
*3rd Thursday in November
* ~50% of production in Beaujolais Bas

22
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Corcelette

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Morgon

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Cote de Py

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Morgon
* Jean Foillard, Daniel Bouland
* roche pourrie: “rotten rock”; granite, schist soils - some volcanic material
* highest point in Morgon

24
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Jules Chauvet

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natural wine hero from La Chapelle-de-Guinchay in Chenas

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Beaujolais vintages since 2017

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NOT BAD:
2018: complex year of good to excellent wines. No major frost/hail
2020: no frost, no hail. Good wines
2023: no frost, some hail. Not bad

TOUGH YEARS:
2017: devastating July hail. Some crus better than others
2019: frost/hail - down 50% overall
2021: tough cool vintage; frost and reduced yields
2022: low yields due to drought (no frost/hail)

26
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Macon + GI for WHITES only

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Fuissé
Vinzelles
Loché
Solutré-Pouilly
** the 4 that also have village AC’s and…..
Montbellet
Uchizy

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Macon + GI for rosé/rouge only

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Serrieres

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Macon + GI: what to remember

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  • Only a handful are limited to white:
    Fuissé, Loché, Montbellet, Solutré-Pouilly, Uchizy, Vinzelles
  • One for rosé/red: Serrieres
  • The safe answer………….
    Most can produce W/R/R:
    Azé, Bray, Burgy, Bussières, Chaintré, Chardonnay, Charnay-lès-Mâcon, Cruzille, Davayé, Igè, La Roche-Vineuse, Lugny, Mancey, Milly-Lamartine, Péronne, Pierreclos, Prissé, Saint-Gengoux-le-National, Vergisson, Verzé
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grapes/styles for Macon-Villages AC?

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White only
(simply Macon-Villages = white. Many of the 27 can be W/R/R as Macon + GI)

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Communes of Pouilly-Fuisse

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Fuisse
Solutré-Pouilly
Vergisson
Chantré

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Defining geological feature of the Maconnais

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Rocks of Solutré and Vergison - two large limestone escarpments

32
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1 hectare is how many ouvree?

A

24
*an old term of measuring how much land could be worked by a vigneron in one day

33
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Macon’s village AOP’s? (5)

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Pouilly-Fuisse (760 ha)
Viré-Clesse (390 ha)
Saint-Veran ( 380 ha)
Pouilly-Vinzelles (52 ha)
Pouilly-Loché (32 ha)

**all 5 only produce Chardonnay

34
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Premier Crus in Macon

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Pouilly-Fuisse, 2020 vintage forward. 1st to achieve them.
* 22 1er cru’s, 24% of area - 194ha of ~800ha
* 1st Burgundian AC to introduce premier cru level since 1943

35
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Blanc Levrouté

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Late harvest Chardonnay unique to Vire-Clesse AC
* 8 - 18 g/l RS
(Vire Clesse also produces demi-sec Chardonnay - village with some sweet wine tradition)

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Cote Chalonnaise follows what river?

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Saone River

37
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Cote Chalonnaise village AC’s for red wine?

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Givry
Rully
Mercurey
*all produce white/red
*Rully is 70% white. ONLY Givry/Mercurey focus on red

38
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Cote Chalonnaise village AC’s for white wine?

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Bouzeron, Montagny white ONLY

(Rully, Mercurey, Givry can produce w &r)

39
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Mercurey AOP
- styles
- most planted grape
- og 5 1er cru

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Blanc/Rouge + Premier Cru
* Largest AC in Chalonnaise ~600ha
* 85% PN - firmest, most tannic Chalonnaise Pinot with tendency to see more new oak
* 5 OG premier cru: Clos Marcilly, Clos Doyens, Le Clos du Roy, Les Fourneaux, Les Montaigus

40
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Mercurey AOP original 5 premier cru

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Clos Marcilly
Clos Doyens
Le Clos du Roy
Les Fourneaux
Les Montaigus

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Rully AOP

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Cote Chalonnais
70% white, 30% red + Premier Cru
* birthplace of sparkling Burgundy, circa 1800’s. Center of Cremant de Bourgogne production
* 2nd largest Chalonnais AC, after Mercurey

42
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What AC is center of Cremant de Bourgogne production?

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Rully

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Givry AOP

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W/R + Premier Cru - mostly red
* domaine Joblot = top estate
* Dracy-le-Fort, Givry, Jambles

44
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Montagny AOP
- styles/grapes
- communes

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100% Chardonnay + Premier Cru
* Buxy, Jully-lès-Buxy, Montagny-lès-Buxy, Saint-Vallerin

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Bouzeron AOP

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100% Aligoté (only village AC with no premier cru in Chalonnaise)
* A + P Villaine top producer; championing Aligoté d’Oré over Aligoté Vert
* est 1998, new AC

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