Beaujolais

Question 1

Beaujolais Nouveau date

Answer 1

3rd Thursday of November

Question 2

Cru map

Answer 2

Question 3

How many AOC in Beaujolais

Answer 3

11 (12)

Question 4

Average rainfall Beaujolais

Answer 4

813 mm

Question 5

Beaujolais AOC styles

Answer 5

White
Red
Rose

Question 6

What Beaujolais village

Answer 6

Subsumed AOC under Beaujolais AOC since 2011

Question 7

How many villages in Beaujolais

Answer 7

38

Question 8

Beaujolais and Beaujolais superieur min abv

Answer 8

10% and 10,5% respectively

Question 9

Styles of Beaujolais cru

Answer 9

Fruitiest:
Brouilly, Regnie, Chiroubles

Fruity, structured and elegant:
Saint Amour, Fleurie, Chenas

Most structured: Morgon, Julienas Moulin-a-Vent

Question 10

Famous lieux dits of Beaujolais cru

Answer 10

Morgon - Cote du Puy
Julienas - Les Capitans
Fleurie - La Madone
Moulin A Vent - champ de cour

Question 11

Only one cru in Saone-et-Loire

Answer 11

Saint amour

Northernmost

Question 12

Climate in Beaujolais

Answer 12

Continental

Question 13

Soils in Beaujolais

Answer 13

Predominately, granite
South - yellow limestone

Blue diorite Cote de Brouilly
Pink granite Fleurie

Question 14

Ha of vineyards in the region

Answer 14

19 000 ha

Question 15

Smallest cru

Answer 15

Chenas

Question 16

Chenas meaning?

Answer 16

Chene - oak

Question 17

Longest lived most full bodied most tannic cru

Answer 17

Moulin a Vent

Question 18

Pink granitic soil name

Answer 18

Gore or Gres

Question 19

What is la Madonne

Answer 19

Mount

Fleurie based on Madonne

Question 20

Highest elevation Cru, the coolest and lightest

Answer 20

Chiroubles

250-450 m

Question 21

Largest cru

Answer 21

Brouilly 1300 ha

Question 22

Morgon specific soils

Where else?

Answer 22

Roche pourrie (rotten rock) mixture of iron rich blue schist and basalt streaked with manganese

Also Cote de Brouilly
Julienas

Question 23

Top Morgon producers

Answer 23

Marcel Lapierre
Jean Foillard
Jean-Paul Thevenet
Guy Breton 
Gang of Four who guided the philosophy of Jules Chauvet

Question 24

Crus with pink granite

Answer 24

Regnie
Moulin a Vent
Fleurie
Chiroubles

Question 25

Vine training

Answer 25

Gobelet | Hand harvest

Question 26

River naturally divides the Beaujolais wine region into the Crus and Beaujolais Villages to the North of the river and Beaujolais Nouveau

Answer 26

Nizerand

Question 27

What is on the west and on the east

Answer 27

West - Massif Central | East - Saone river

Question 28

% of Gamay planting

Answer 28

98

Question 29

Where is Lyon

Answer 29

On the south

Question 30

What amount of alcohol is normally produced by carbonic maceration

Answer 30

2%

Question 31

Who was important figure to succes of Beaujolai Nouveau

Answer 31

Georges Duboeuf

Question 32

Beaujolais villages are concentrated in haut or bas Beaujolais?

Answer 32

Haut

Question 33

Styles of Beaujolais villages

Answer 33

White rose red and nouveau

Question 34

Another term for nouveau

Answer 34

Beaujolais Primeur

Question 35

Where first vines of Beaujolais were planted

Answer 35

Julienas

Question 36

The youngest cru

Answer 36

Regnie | 1988

Question 37

Soils of Cote de Brouilly

Answer 37

Composed of diorite (blues stones) | Corne Verte

Question 38

Maximum abv for red Beaujolais

Answer 38

12,5