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Beaujolais (/ ˌ b oʊ ʒ ə ˈ l eɪ / BOH-zhə-LAY, French: ⓘ) is a French Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) wine in the Burgundy region. Beaujolais wines are generally made of the Gamay grape, which has a thin skin and is low in tannin, but like most AOC wines they are not labeled varietally.
Beaujolais (French pronunciation: ⓘ; Arpitan: Biôjolês) is a historical province and wine-producing region in France. It is located north of Lyon, and covers parts of the departments of Rhône and Saône-et-Loire. The region is known internationally for its long tradition of winemaking, and more recently for the Beaujolais nouveau.
Beaujolais nouveau (/ ˌ b oʊ ʒ ə ˈ l eɪ n uː ˈ v oʊ / BOH-zhə-LAY noo-VOH, French: [boʒɔlɛ nuvo]) is a red wine made from Gamay grapes produced in the Beaujolais region of France. It is a vin de primeur , fermented just a few weeks before being released for sale on the third Thursday of November.
Although the name Franco-Provençal suggests it is a bridge dialect between French and the Provençal dialect of Occitan, it is a separate Gallo-Romance language that transitions into the Oïl languages Burgundian and Frainc-Comtou to the northwest, into Romansh to the east, into the Gallo-Italic Piemontese to the southeast, and finally into the Vivaro-Alpine dialect of Occitan to the southwest.
2003 Is an AWESOME vintage for Beaujolais. Buy all you can!!!--FleurieAppellation 03:33, 4 August 2005 (UTC) 2003 is fine for Beaujolais but far to much for Beaujolais nouveau or Beaujolais primeur. Ericd 17:44, 27 September 2005 (UTC) * Ok you wine snobs. can one of you tell me how to pronounce "beaujolais"?
Gamay (French pronunciation: ⓘ) is a purple-colored grape variety used to make red wines, most notably grown in Beaujolais and in the Loire Valley around Tours. [1] Its full name is Gamay Noir à Jus Blanc. It is a very old cultivar, mentioned as long ago as the 15th century. It has been often cultivated because it makes for abundant ...
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Until 1980 Napa Gamay was believed to be the Gamay of Beaujolais, [1] but following genetic analysis the name "Napa Gamay" has been banned from U.S. wine labels since June 23, 1997. [2] Confusingly, both the Pinot noir clone Gamay Beaujolais and Valdiguié were sometimes also labelled as "Gamay Beaujolais" until that name was banned on labels ...