France Beaujolais Flashcards
What River runs through Beaujolais?
Nizerand River
What river runs the length of Beaujolais?
Saone
Explain Southern Beaujolais
Southern Beaujolais is flatter, where the granite ebbs and the soils begin to look more like the limestone-clay of the Mâconnais
Good Chardonnay can be produced here, sold as Bourgogne or Beaujolais blanc, but the Gamay of southern Beaujolais is an entry-level red wine. Over half of the red wine production of the south is nouveau.
Explain Northern Beaujolais
Northern topography is marked by the granite hillsides of the ‘craggy monts de Beaujolais’. The resulting wines are riper, fuller-bodied and more complex. Within this northern region are the 10 crus of Beaujolais
What are the 10 Northern crus of Beaujolais? Or also known as 11 AOP’s
St-Amour, Juliénas, Moulin-a-Vent, Chénas, Fleurie, Chiroubles, Morgon, Régnié, Brouilly, Côte de Brouilly
What is the 11th AOP?
Beaujolais AOP
What is the most Northerly crus of Beaujolais?
St Armour
How do you remember the AOP’s of Beaujolais?
Beaujolais’s Saint Julias Could Make Fish and Chips
Morgon Rarely Baked Cakes
Beaujolais Saint Armour Julianeas Chenas Moulin a vent Fleurie Chiroubles Morgan Regnie Brouilly Cote de Brouilly
Who’s is beaujolais region’s largest producer?
Georges Duboeuf
What is the coolest and highest elevation of Crus Beaujolais?
Chiroubles AOP
What is the soil type in Morgon AOP?
Rouche Pourrie
‘Rotten rock’
Volcanic rock, schist and soft crystalline rock
What are the Single Vineyards in Morgon AOP?
Dauby Les Charmes Cote du Py Grand Cras Corcelette Les Micouds
Beaujolais Supérieur is what min pot ABV?
10.5%
Beaujolais Nouveau is released when?
3rd Thursday in November after harvest
How are Beaujolais crus trained?
Goblet
Explain Carbonic maceration?
a winemaker will seal whole clusters or whole berries of red grapes in a tank and pump in carbon dioxide. In the absence of oxygen, intact whole berries undergo a short intracellular fermentation, metabolizing individual stores of glucose and malic acid to produce alcohol and carbon dioxide without the aid of yeast. During carbonic maceration, tannins and anthocyanins move from the skins to the flesh of each grape, giving the juice color. The grape can develop an alcohol level of approximately 2% before it dies and the cellular activity ceases. The grapes may then rupture due to an internal build-up of carbon dioxide, or the winemaker may simply press the juice off the skins; either way, the wine ferments to dryness with the normal activity of yeast.
What is the only AOP allowed to make rose?
Beaujolais AOP
Explain Semi Carbonic maceration?
Semi-carbonic maceration is more common in the region: in this technique, carbon dioxide is not added to the fermentation vat but produced naturally. Whole clusters at the bottom of the tank crush under the weight of those above and begin fermenting normally. As the carbon dioxide released by standard fermentation blankets the whole berries above, they begin to ferment internally. Certain tell-tale aromas—bubblegum, banana, or “pear-drop”—are often cited as evidence of carbonic maceration
Beaujolais AOP blanc will be made from what grape variety?
100% Chardonnay
Beaujolais AOC established when?
Crus established when?
1937
1936
Cru Beaujolais may contain what other varieties other than Gamay?
Gamay, plus a max. 15% mixed plantings of Chardonnay, Aligoté, and Melon de Bourgogne
May be labeled “Cru du Beaujolais”
Moulin a Vent AOP soil profile?
pink granite (locally called gore or grés)
Fleurie AOP soil profile?
Pink Granite
Chiroubles AOP soil type?
gore (sand produced from eroded granite)
Regnie AOP soil type?
Pink granite
Brouilly AOP soil types?
pink granite, limestone-marl, and alluvial deposits
Cote de Brouilly AOP soil types?
granite, diorite (volcanic rock), and schist
Single Vineyards Lieu Dits of Fleurie?
Les Côtes Le Bon Cru La Roilette Les Moriers Les Roches Les Garants Poncié Montgenas La Chapelle de Bois La Madone Grille-Midi Champagne La Joie du Palais
Who are Kermit Lynch’s Gang of four?
Marcel Lapierre
Jean Paul Thevenet
Jean Foillard,
Guy Breton
Who is considered the forefather of France’s Natural wine movement
Jules Chauvet
La Chapelle- de-Guinchay in Beaujolais
