Beaujolais Flashcards
(42 cards)
What departments cover Beaujolais AOP?
Saone-et-Loire
Rhone
Which Beaujolais Cru AOPs are in the Saone-et-Loire and Rhone department?
Julienas
Chenas
Moulin-a-Vent
What Beaujolais Cru AOP is located only in Saone-et-Loire?
Saint-Amour
What styles are allowed in Beaujolais AOP?
- Blanc - 100% Chardonnay
- Rouge and Rose - max. 10% combined Gamay de Bouze and Gamay de Chaudenay; max. 15% combined mixed plantings of Aligoté, Chardonnay, Melon de Bourgogne, Pinot Gris and Pinot Noir
- Rouge/Rosé Primeur/Nouveau
- Rouge “Supérieur”
- Beaujolais “Villages”
Aligoté vines planted before November 28, 2004 may be used for Beaujolais blanc until the 2024 harvest. Whole Pinot Noir blocks (rather than mixed field plantings) may be included in Beaujolais rouge and rosé vineyards through the 2015 vintage up to a max. 15%.
Beaujolais AOP
- Planting density
- R/S
- Date
Beaujolais AOP
- 5,000 vines per hectare
- 3 g/L
- 1937
Beaujolais Cru AOPS
- Style
- Alcohol %
- Min Must weight
- RS
- Yield
Beaujolais Cru AOPS
- Rouge: Gamay, plus a max. 15% mixed plantings of Chardonnay, Aligoté, and Melon de Bourgogne
- 10.5%
- 180 g/L
- 3 g/L
- 56 hl/ha (58 hl/ha prior to 2011)
How may all Beaujolais Cru AOPs be labeled?
- Their name.. Morgon, Fleurie, ect
- Cru du Beaujolais
Beaujolais AOP Alcohol per Style
- Blanc
- Rose
- Red
- Beaujolais Superieur
- Beaujolais Villages Blanc
- Bueajolais Village Rose/Rouge
Beaujolais AOP Alcohol per Style
- Blanc: 13%
- Rosé: 12.5%
- Rouge: 12.5%
- Beaujolais “Supérieur”: 13%
- Beaujolais “Villages” Blanc: 13.5%
- Beaujolais “Villages” Rosé/Rouge: 13%
Beaujolais AOP Max Yields per Style
- Blanc
- Rosé/Rouge
- Beaujolais “Supérieur”
- Beaujolais “Villages” Blanc
- Beaujolais “Villages” Rosé/Rouge
Beaujolais AOP Max Yields per Style
- Blanc: 68 hl/ha (60 hl/ha prior to 2011)
- Rosé/Rouge: 60 hl/ha (64 hl/ha prior to 2011)
- Beaujolais “Supérieur”: 58 hl/ha (62 hl/ha prior to 2011)
- Beaujolais “Villages” Blanc: 66 hl/ha (58 hl/ha prior to 2011)
- Beaujolais “Villages” Rosé/Rouge: 58 hl/ha (60 hl/ha prior to 2011)
Brouilly AOP
- Commune
- Size
- Soils
- Date
Brouilly AOP
- Cercié, Charentay, Odenas, Quincié-en-Beaujolais, Saint-Etienne-la-Varenne, Saint-Lager
- 1,327 ha (20% of the entire area of Cru Beaujolais)
- pink granite, limestone-marl, and alluvial deposits
- 1938
Chiroubles AOP
- Commune
- Size
- Soils
- Elevation
- Date
Chiroubles AOP
- Chiroubles
- 350 ha
- gore (sand produced from eroded granite)
- 250-450 meters
- 1936
Chénas AOP
- Commune
- Size
- Soils
- Date
Chénas AOP
- Chénas and La Chapelle-de-Guinchay
- 253 ha
- granite in higher altitudes, siliceous clay in the lower areas
- 1936
Côte de Brouilly AOP
- Commune
- Size
- Soils
- Date
Côte de Brouilly AOP
- Cercié, Odenas, Quincié-en-Beaujolais, Saint-Lager
- 322 ha
- granite, diorite (volcanic rock), and schist
- 1938
Fleurie AOP
- Commune
- Size
- Soils
- Elevation
- Date
Fleurie AOP
- Fleurie
- 857 ha
- Pink granite
- 220-450 meters
- 1936
Juliénas AOP
- Commune
- Size
- Soils
- Elevation
- Date
Juliénas AOP
- Juliénas, Jullié, Emeringes, Pruzilly
- 586 ha
- granite-based in the western part, alluvial soils in the eastern part
- 230-430 meters
- 1938
Morgon AOP
- Commune
- Size
- Soils
- Date
Morgon AOP
- Villié-Morgon
- 1,126 ha
- “Roche Pourrie” (“rotten rock,” a mixture of volcanic rock, schist, and soft crystalline rock)
- 1936
Moulin-à-Vent AOP
- Commune
- Size
- Soils
- Elevation
- Date
Moulin-à-Vent AOP
- Chénas and Romanèche-Thorins
- 611 ha
- pink granite (locally called gore or grés)
- 230-390 meters
- 1936
Régnié AOP
- Commune
- Size
- Soils
- Elevation
- Date
Régnié AOP
- Régnié-Durette and Latignié
- 400 ha
- pink granite
- 350 meters
- 1988
Saint-Amour AOP
- Commune
- Size
- Soils
- Date
Saint-Amour AOP
- Saint-Amour-Bellevue
- 313
- granite, clay and schist
- 1046
Coteaux du Lyonnais AOP
- Blanc
- Blanc Primeur/Nouveau
- Rosé
- Rosé Primeur/Nouveau
- Rouge
- Rouge Primeur/Nouveau
Coteaux du Lyonnais AOP
- Blanc: Aligoté, Chardonnay, and a max. 30% mixed plantings of Pinot Blanc
- Blanc Primeur/Nouveau
- Rosé: Gamay, plus a max. 10% combined Gamay de Bouze and Gamay de Chaudenay
- Rosé Primeur/Nouveau
- Rouge: As for Rosé
- Rouge Primeur/Nouveau
What year was Beaujolais Nouveau first allowed to be released by law?
1951
What percentage of Beaujolais is planted to Gamay?
What percentage of the worlds Gamay is planted in Beaujolais?
95%
50%
When was Beaujolais-Village made an appellation?
When was it absorbed into Beaujolais AOP as a geographic designation?
1950
2011
How many villages in Beaujolais can append their name to Beaujolais-Villages?
38
The Village name replaces the “village” in “Beaujolas-Villages”
