Chiroubles (wine region)
The French wine-growing region Chiroubles is one of the ten Cru du Beaujolais . The area received on September 11, 1936 the status of an Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC for short). The 376 hectares of vineyards are in the municipality of Chiroubles in the Rhône department . The area borders on the Fleurie and Morgon Crus .
This is where red wines from the Gamay grape variety are produced , which are perhaps the most typical wines of Beaujolais. They are light and tangy, very refreshing and should be used up within two years. The wines are made with the traditional carbonic acid maceration. This method of winemaking is slow and unsuitable for making Beaujolais Nouveau , but it does make significantly better wines.
The vineyards are 400 to 480 meters above sea level . Chiroubles is thus the highest Beaujolais cru .
The soil structure of the zone consists of weathered granite and porphyry .
The other Beaujolais cru wines are Brouilly , Chénas , Côte de Brouilly , Fleurie , Juliénas , Moulin à Vent , Morgon , Régnié and Saint-Amour .
literature
- Jancis Robinson : The Oxford Wine Lexicon . 3. Edition. Gräfe and Unzer Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8338-0691-9 .
- Pierre Galet : Cépages et Vignobles de France . 1st edition. Lavoisier Publishing House, Paris 2004, ISBN 2-7430-0585-8 .
- Benoît France (ed.): Grand Atlas des Vignobles de France . 1st edition. Solar publishing house, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-263-03242-8 .