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Wine Regions of the world : Beaujolais

Beaujolais is the southern - most part of what is officially called Burgundy, but it is far-removed from the normal impressions of Burgundy. To begin with the grape is different - Gamay is used in most of Beaujolais. Secondly over time Beaujolais has come to signify fun and youth in wine.
This may largely be the result of Nouveau Beaujolais (or new Beaujolais) which is released every third Thursday of November. It is quite a marketing triumph and lots of people go nuts about it- mainly because you can just guzzle it down without worrying too much. Recently at a tasting of a wine from the Beaujolais region (Brouilly) however we met with up a contrarian view, which was that the Nouveau Beaujolais movement had downgraded the image of Beaujolais wines as a whole.

Map of Beaujolais

Basic appellation wines from this area are all fruity, juicy wines. The next step up in the quality ladder is Beaujolais Villages, which is produced in 37 communes. The really big step up in quality are the Beaujolais Cru wines. These may not even say Beaujolais on their label as they are likely to be identified with the specific commune where the cru is located.
These include :

Moulin-a-vent (mool-lahn- ah-von) is named after a windmill on top of the hill.	Label of Nouveau Beaujolais Producer
Regnie (ray-ni-ay) is the youngest Beaujolais Cru.
Brouilly (bree-ee) is named after a Roman officer called Brulius who lived in this area.
Chenas (shay-nah) owes its name to an oak forest that covered its hill in the days gone by.
Chiroubles (she-roobl) is the highest Beaujolais Cru and is planted between 250 and 400 meters abover sea level.
Cote de Brouilly (coat-de bree-ee) is located on the slopes of an extinct volcano.
Fleurie (flur-rie) was one of the three parishs allowed to send its wine to Paris in the mid-17th century.
Julienas (zhou-li-ay-na) is named after Julius Ceasar himself.
Morgon (more-gone) is named after the soil which is basically a mix of rock and clay.
Saint Amour (sent-ahmor) is said to be named by a roman legionary called Amor.