Beaujolais Flashcards
Name the cru of Beaujolais from north to south
Saint Armour
Julienas
Chenas
Moulin au Vent
Fleurie
Chirouble
Morgon
Regnie
Brouilly
Cote de Brouilly
What is the most northerly of the Beaujolais cru?
Saint Amour
Name some important producers based in Julienas
Pascal Granger Domaine du Clos du Fief
Producers in Chenas AOP can choose to bottle there wines as Chenas or which other Beaujolais Cru?
Moulin au vent
Name some producers based in Moulin a Vent
Georges Duboeuf Louis Jadot’s Château des Jacques Potel-Aviron.
The vines of Fleurie are planted on which slope?
Mont la Madone
What is the highest elevation and coolest cru in Beaujolais?
Chiroubles
What is the name of the predominant soil type in Morgon
roche pourrie—“rotten rock,” an unusual mixture of iron-rich schist and basalt streaked with manganese
Which producers comprise Kermit Lynches “Gang of Four” in Beaujolais
Marcel Lapierre Jean Foillard Jean-Paul Thevénet Guy Bréton
What is the largest Beaujolais cru?
Brouilly
Who was Jules Chauvet?
A wine negociant, winemaker, author, and chemist he also was the founder of the modern natural wine movement that helped influence and train the Beaujolais “gang of four.” Instrumental in establishing modern Beaujolais style.
True or False: Cru Beaujolais 100% gamay
False: up to 15% mixed plantings of Chardonnay, Aligote, and Melon de Bourgogne may be used
What is the blanc, Rouge, and Rose assemblage for the Beaujolais AOP?
Blanc: 100% Chardonnay (Aligote may be used if the vines were planted prior to 11/28/2004 until 2024.
Rouge: Max 10% Gamay de Bouze and Chaudenay Max 15% combined mixed plantings of Chardonnay, Aligote, Melon de Bourgogne, Pinot Gris, and Pinot Noir
Rose: Same as red
What are the 7 main Lieu-dits of Morgon and what are the most famous?
(North to South)
Corcelette
Les Charmes
Douby
Les Micouds
Cote du Py
-Javerniere
Grand Cras
Name all memebers of the “gang of four.”
Marcel Lapierre (Morgon, Julienas)
Jean Foillard (Morgon -Cote de Py, Corcelette, les Charmes- Fleurie)
Guy Breton (Morgon, Regnie, Cote de Brouilly, Chiroubles)
Jean-Paul Thevenent (Morgon: known as “Paul-Po”
(Yvon Metras - the elusive fifth whose rarely imported: Fleurie, Chiroubles, Moulin-a-Vent)
Whoe makes makes “Morgon “P’tit Max?” and “Cuvee Marylou?” Where is the fruit sourced?
Guy Breton makes “Morgon “P’tit Max”:
- Vinified like the Morgon “Vieilles Vignes” bottling but aged 12 months in barrel
- Sourced from the Les Charmes lieu-dit of Morgon
Guy’s Beaujolais Villages “Marylou”
- Is sourced from the Saint Joseph and Grand Cras subzones of the appellation, about 500 meters from his Morgon vines.
- 45 year-old Gamay growing on granite and rock. The wine is named after his daughter.
Who makes this wine?
Marcel Lapierre
