Ch 16

Question 1

Describe beaujoais gamey

Answer 1

early budding and ripening

• if not managed, will produce large yield and low quality
• best grown in granite soils (low nutrients) and low yield
• pruning - goblet
• raspberry and cherry , med tannin and body, served lightly chilled

Question 2

Goblet pruning

Answer 2

vines are pruned to spurs around the head

• shoots tied together to hold them vertically
• growers are now training their vines along wires to allow for mechanisation

Question 3

Hierachy of Beaujolais appellation

Answer 3

bottom is regional appellation of Beaujolais
beaujolais villages
at the top is beaujolais cru

Question 4

beaujolais nouveau

Answer 4

• early drinking
• 3rd thrusday nov
• can only be beaujolais or beaujolais villages (no cru)
• can not be sold by grower of negociants after 31 Aug
• light body, light tannin, red berry fruit, cinnamon spice, carbonic maceration

Question 5

where is Beaujolais and Beaujolais Nouveau (sub region of the bigger appellation Beaujolais)

Answer 5

region lies east and south on alluvial plain of the River Saone

Question 6

Beaujolais Villages (where is this region)

Answer 6

• River Saone
• N and W of region is rolling hills granite soil
• blend of villages (39 of them)

Question 7

list the Beaujolais Cru

Answer 7

10 villages are entitled to their own appellation
the greatest: 
1) Morgon
2) Moulin a Vent
3) Brouilly
4) Fleurie

Question 8

Beaujolais style produced in Morgon and Moulin a vent

Answer 8

often produce the most structure wines, fruit concentration and level of tannin that improves with bottle ageing

Question 9

Beaujolais style produced in Brouilly and Fleurie

Answer 9

-tend to produce lighter, more perfumed styles
undergo crushed fruit fermentation, receive oak ageing, often in large vats,
-others semi carbonic maceration or small proportion of whole bunch cluster