Fleurie (wine region)
The French wine-growing region Fleurie is one of the ten crus des Beaujolais . The area received on September 11, 1936 the status of an Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC for short). The 879 hectares of vineyards are located in the municipality of Fleurie in the Rhône department . The area borders on the Crus Chénas, Moulin à Vent, Chiroubles and Morgon. The zone is divided into 13 individual layers ( Climats in French ), whose names may be mentioned on the label. Examples of the location names are La Chapelle-des-Bois, Les Roches, Grille-Midi, La Joie-du-Palais, Les Moriers.
This is where red wines are made from the Gamay grape variety , which, alongside Chiroubles, are perhaps the most typical of the Beaujolais wines. They are light and tangy, very refreshing and should be used up within two years. The wines are made with the traditional carbon dioxide maceration. This method of winemaking is slow and unsuitable for making Beaujolais Nouveau, but it does make significantly better wines.
At 425 meters above sea level , a small chapel with the Madonna statue Madone de Fleurie is the symbol of the appellation , from where you have an overview of the entire region.
The soil structure of the zone consists of granite gravel with a high manganese content. 30 percent of all Fleurie wines are made by the cooperative , which has a sales room. There is a tasting room set up by the municipality near the town hall .
The other Beaujolais cru wines are Brouilly , Chénas , Chiroubles , Côte de Brouilly , 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 .