FR: Chablis, Beauj, Macon, Challonais Flashcards
What are the ‘child grapes’ of the parents Pinot x Gouais Blanc?
Chardonnay
Aligoté
Gamay
Melon de Bourgogne
Sacy
Chardonnay synonym in Yonne department?
Beaunois - “from Beaune”
Pinot Gris synonym in Burgundy?
Pinot Beaurot
St Bris AOP
in Yonne department. white wines only from Sauvignon Blanc and Sauvignon Gris
Irancy AOP
Yonne department. red only
Principal Variety: Pinot Noir
Accessory Varieties: Max. 10% combined Pinot Gris and César
Yonne department - rare grapes grown?
César (tannic, red)
Sacy (white)
Tressot (red)
Côte de Beaune Villages AOP - styles? where is it made?
Pinot Noir only
grape material may be sourced from any village in the Côte de Beaune EXCEPT Pommard, Volnay, Aloxe-Corton, and Beaune
Bourgogne Mousseaux AOP - style made? grapes allowed?
Vin Mousseux Rouge:
Principal Varieties: Pinot Noir and Gamay (César is considered a principal variety in vineyards of the Yonne département)
Accessory Varieties: Max. 10% combined Aligoté, Chardonnay, Gamay de Bouze, Gamay de Chaudenay, Melon de Bourgogne, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris
Chardonnay, Pinot Gris, and Pinot Blanc may be present in a combined max. 15% as mixed plantings in the vineyard
Macon AOP
White, Rosé, Red
Chardonnay, Gamay, Pinot Noir
wines labeled Macon Villages - chardonnay only
Côte Challonaise village appellations? Which produce only white wine?
North to south:
Bouzeron
Rully
Mercurey
Givry
Montagny
Montagny and Bouzeron- white wine only
Bouzeron AOP
blanc, 100% Aligoté
<50 ha planted, least in Côte Challonaise
producers: Domaine A & P de Villaine, Domaine Ramonet, Sylvain Pataille
Givry AOP
Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, mostly red production
has premier crus
producers: Domaine Joblot
Rully AOP
around 70% Chardonnay, 30% Pinot Noir
communes: Chagny, Rully
makes premier cru
Rully is the 19th-century birthplace of sparkling wines in Burgundy, and the commune is the center of Crémant de Bourgogne AOP production today. Côte Challonaise
producers: A & P de Villaine, Vincent Dureuil-Janthial, PYCM
Côte Chalonnaise villages making premier cru wines
Rully
Givry
Mercurey
Montagny
(just not Bouzeron)
What village is the center of Crémant de Bourgogne production?
Rully, in Côte Challonaise
Mercurey AOP
Chrardonnay, ~85% Pinot Noir
most planted village in Côte Chalonnaise
firmest, most “muscular” reds in the Chalonnaise
producers based here: Château de Chamirey, Bruno Lorenzon, and Michel Juillot. Also: Domaine Faiveley, A & P de Villaine
Mercurey original premier crus?
all from 1943:
Clos Marcilly,
Clos Voyens,
Le Clos du Roy,
Les Fourneaux, and
Les Montaigus
Faiveley premier cru monopole in Côte Challonaise?
Clos des Myglands
Montagny AOP
communes?
100% Chardonnay
Communes:
Buxy,
Jully-lès-Buxy,
Montagny-lès-Buxy,
Saint-Vallerin
has been authorized for premier cru since 1936- originally just required higher alcohol. rectified in 1989, now there are 49 premier crus
largest producer in Montagny—and the entire Côte Chalonnaise—is the Cave de Buxy, the local cooperative.
What are the limestone escarpments in the Macconais?
Rocks of Solutré and Vergisson
List the 10 Crus of Beaujolais
St-Amour,
Juliénas,
Chénas,
Moulin-a-Vent,
Fleurie,
Chiroubles,
Morgon,
Régnié,
Brouilly, and
Côte de Brouilly.
Most tannic (often) Beaujolais Cru?
Moulin a Vent
Beaujolais soil types?
North: Granite. South:
Limestone and Clay
What style of wine is made in Coteaux du Lyonnais AOP?
Red and Rose from Gamay. White from Chardonnay and Aligoté
Which are the smallest and largest crus of Beaujolais?
Smallest: Chénas, Largest: Brouilly.
What is the traditional vine training in Beaujolais?
mostly Gobelet. There is a strong tradition of hand harvesting here
there is also some Cordon- where producers are planting less densely
What does Moulin a Vent translate to?
Windmill
List the Chablis Grand Cru east to west
Blanchot
Les Clos
Valmur
Vaudesir
Grenouilles
Les Preuses
Bougros
List the Chablis Grand Cru west to east
Bougros
Les Preuses
Vaudesir
Grenouilles
Valmur
Les Clos
Blanchot
Difference in soil types in Chablis?
Portlandian soils—those that overlay Portlandian limestone—are sandier and thinner than Kimmeridgian soils. Conventional wisdom has long held that the best examples of Chablis—including all grands and premiers crus—are grown on the more porous, mineral-rich Kimmeridgian soils.
Petite Chablis is on Portlandian soils
Kimmeridgean soils
consists of crumbly, chalky marl (clay and limestone) and contains abundant Exogyra virgula fossils—the imprints of tiny oyster shells.
Outcrops are visible on the hillsides of the Serein River Valley. These hillsides, like those in Kimmeridge, Sancerre, and the Aube, ring the Paris Basin, which sagged under a shallow sea in the Jurassic Period.
porous, more mineral rich than Portlandian
Portlandian soils
Portlandian limestone, a harder cap rock with less clay content. Portlandian limestone in Chablis lacks the multitudes of fossilized seashells that characterize Kimmeridgian marl, and it is younger, formed 130 million years ago.
Portlandian soils—those that overlay Portlandian limestone—are sandier and thinner than Kimmeridgian soils.
Petit Chablis AOP
established in 1944, found a home for Chardonnay wines produced on the plateaus of Portlandian limestone-derived soils—often higher, colder, and wind-exposed areas
min 9.5 % abv
What is La Moutonne?
In Chablis Grand Cru- An eighth climat, La Moutonne—monopole, owned by Domaine Long-Depaquit (itself owned by Domaines Albert Bichot)—permitted by the INAO for usage on labels but not listed as an official geographic designation.
the vineyard faces mostly south, but some vines face southwest. it is a natural ampitheater. mostly in Vaudesir, some in Les Preuses
2.5 ha (6 acres)
Chablis Grand Cru AOP
Yonne Department
Blanc: 100% Chardonnay
Minimum Potential Alcohol: 11%
Minimum Must Weight: 178 g/l (170 g/l prior to 2011)
Maximum Residual Sugar: 4 g/l
Minimum Planting Density: 5,500 vines per hectare
Maximum Yields: 54 hl/ha
Principal Soils: Kimmeridgian marl
AOC Established: 1938 (last updated 2011)
around 100 ha planted
Blanchot
12.39 ha
Domaine Laroche, Vocoret, La Chablisienne, Long-Depaquit, François Servin, François Raveneau
Unlike the other grand cru climats, Blanchot has a southeast exposure, facing the premier cru Montée de Tonnerre.
Bougros
15.79 ha
William Fèvre (two bottlings: “Bougros” and “Côte Bouguerots”), Domaine du Colombier, Guy Robin, François Servin
Bougros was not originally classified as grand cru in 1935; it was added in 1938 as part of the final AOC legislation.
Les Clos
28.39 ha
William Fèvre, Louis Moreau, Christian Moreau (both Moreau estates produce two bottlings: Les Clos and “Clos des Hospices dans le Clos”), Pinson, Drouhin-Vaudon, Vocoret, Vincent Dauvissat, Benoît Droin, François Servin, François Raveneau, Billaud-Simon, Louis Michel
This climat, which dates to at least 1417, is unanimously considered the top vineyard in Chablis. No walls stand today.
Preuses
11.43 ha
La Chablisienne, Vincent Dauvissat, Jean et Sébastien Dauvissat, Billaud-Simon
Like Bougros, Preuses was not originally classified as grand cru in 1935; it was added in 1938 as part of the final AOC legislation. 0.11 hectares of Long-Depaquit’s “La Moutonne” monopole lie within Preuses. Spelled “Perreuse” in the 1500s, the vineyard name derives from pierre, or “stone.”
Valmur
11.04 ha
Jean-Claude Bessin, Guy Robin, Christian Moreau, François Raveneau
This vineyard dates to the 1200s, when it was known as Vallemeur, the valley of brambles. It sits in a small, enclosed valley in the center of the grand cru hillside. With little wind and airflow, it acts as a heat trap in the summertime, and an easy target for cold and frost in the winter and spring.
Vaudésir
14.49 ha
Christian Moreau, Alain Besson, Gérard Tremblay, Louis Michel
Many critics posit Vaudésir as the second-best grand cru, after Les Clos. Most of Domaine Long-Depaquit’s 2.35-ha monopole “La Moutonne” is within Vaudésir.
Beaujolais AOP
Blanc: 100% Chardonnay
Rouge & Rosé: max. 10% combined Gamay de Bouze and Gamay de Chaudenay
min 10% alcohol red & rose
min 10.5% for white
Beaujolais “Supérieur”: 10.5%
Beaujolais “Villages” Blanc: 11%
Beaujolais “Villages” Rosé/Rouge: 10.5%
AOC Established: 1937. Beaujolais AOC and Beaujolais-Villages AOC were consolidated in 2011
What rivers are in / near Beaujolais?
Saône to the east
L’Ardieres- just south of Regnie in Brouilly
La Vaxonne - through Beaujolais Villages in the South
L’Azergues furthest south
St Amour AOP
northernmost cru of Beaujolais. around 300 ha planted- second smallest (Chénas is smaller).
lighter and less concentrated expression of cru Beaujolais.
hills to the west protect the area from harsh weather, and provide a warm dry wind.
granite, clay and schist
Producers: Famille Dutraive, Joseph Drouhin, Mommessin, Pascal Granger, Domaine du Clos du Fief
Julienas AOP
vineyards have been here for over 2000 years, dating to Roman times. the area is named for Julius Caesar
vineyards on south-facing, higher granitic hillsides of Mont Bessay in the west, and lower-elevation vineyards further east, wherein soils are deeper with more alluvial sand and clay.
230-430 meters elevation. 600 ha
notable lieu dit: Les Capitans
Producers: La Cave des Producteurs de Juliénas (owns around 1/3),
Chénas AOP
smallest cru of Beaujolais at 250 ha
similar in style to Moulin a Vent - fuller bodied, tannic
granite in higher altitudes, siliceous clay in the lower areas
lieu dits: Les Brureaux, Clos aux Blémonts
producers: Famille Dutraive, Anthony Thevenet, Cave St Cyr
Moulin a Vent AOP
named for a windmill. fullest bodied, most tannic Cru.
vines planted in soft, pink granitic soil (gore) on gently contoured, east-facing slopes. literature suggests that the robustness of Moulin-à-Vent wines stems from a heightened presence of manganese
communes: Chénas and Romanèche-Thorins. growers in Chénas can choose to label Moulin a Vent if they wish
elevation: 230-390 meters
600 ha planted
producers: Georges Duboeuf (negoce), Louis Jadot’s Château des Jacques, and Potel-Aviron all based here. others: Yvon Metras, Ch. Moulin a Vent, Thibault Liger-Belair.
Fleurie AOP
soil: pink granite, on the steeper slopes of the Mont la Madone.
elevation: 220 -450 meters
wines generally lighter, more elegant, floral.
lieu dit: La Madone
857 ha planted
La Cave des Producteurs des Grands Vins de Fleurie, the oldest cooperative in Beaujolais, produces about one-third of the appellation’s wines.
other producers: Yvon Metras, Jean Louis Dutraive, Jean Foillard
Chiroubles AOP
highest-elevation cru in Beaujolais (250-450 meters) and the coolest. more extreme diurnal shifts
235 ha planted
pink granite soil
lightest, fruitiest cru
producers: Guy Breton, Domaine des Marrans,
Morgon AOP
second largest cru of Beaujolais with 1100 ha planted.
soils on the côte: roche pourrie—“rotten rock,” a mixture of iron-rich schist and basalt streaked with manganese
other soil: granitic, alluvial, and clay
lieu dit: Corcelette, Côte du Py
producers: Marcel Lapierre, Jean Foillard, Jean-Paul Thevénet, Guy Bréton, Anthony Thevenet
Régnie AOP
AOP est 1988 - much later than the rest. 400 ha planted
vineyards on pink granite hillsides, south easterly aspects- early ripening
average elevation 350 m
Brouilly AOP
largest cru of Beaujolais at over 1300 ha
vines on broad lower flanks of the Mont Brouilly, an extinct volcano that rises to 484 meters and presides over the landscape of the southern crus. The name itself derives from brûlé—“burnt.”
producers: Jean-Louis Dutraive, Domaine Jean-Claude Lapalu
Côte de Brouilly AOP
on the higher and steeper hillsides of Mont Brouilly, ~ 300 ha under vine. On the higher slopes (300-400 meters), there is less granite near the surface and more schist and grey-blue diorite rock, which colors vineyard soils in the appellation.
producers: Château Thivin
Macon village AOPs
Pouilly-Fuissé
Pouilly-Loché
Pouilly-Vinzelles
Saint-Véran
Viré-Clessé
all of these are Chardonnay ONLY
Pouilly Fuissé AOP
100% Chardonnay. most planted in the Macon at 39,000 ha.
added premier cru in 2020- only village of Macon to have premier cru- around 24% of appellation is premier cru
communes:
Fuissé
Solutré-Pouilly
Vergisson
Chaintré
Communes of Pouilly-Fuissé
Fuissé,
Solutré-Pouilly,
Vergisson,
Chaintré
