Appellation
Fleurie
Identity card
VillageAOPRed
Beaujolais · Recognised on 11 September 1936
- Village
- Regional
Key points
- A single commune, Fleurie (Rhône), on the "Fleurie granite".
- At most 56 hl/ha, at least 10.5% natural alcohol; at least 6,000 vines/ha.
- Sorting is compulsory; released from 1 February after the harvest.
Grape varieties
Red wine onlyGamay
Allowed as a small share of the red wine: Aligoté, Chardonnay, Melon de Bourgogne (15% at most of the vines in each plot)
Only interplanted among the vines, and fermented with the Gamay
Production rules
56
hl/ha
Maximum yield
10.5
% ABV
Minimum natural alcohol
6,000
vines/ha
Minimum planting density
Minimum ageing: At least until 15 January of the year after the harvest
- Maximum yield
- How much wine a hectare may produce under the appellation (a higher, exceptional ceiling often exists). The lower it is, the less can be made: one of the levers on how concentrated the grapes are. For reference: 35 hl/ha to 80 hl/ha across 67 Oenopia appellations of the same colour.
- Minimum natural alcohol
- The alcohol the grapes' own sugar must be able to give, without enrichment: a ripeness threshold at harvest. For reference: 9 % ABV to 12.5 % ABV across 63 Oenopia appellations of the same colour.
- Minimum planting density
- The fewest vines allowed per hectare. For the same yield, more vines means fewer grapes on each. For reference: 4,000 vines/ha to 9,000 vines/ha across 75 Oenopia appellations of the same colour.
- Minimum ageing
- A minimum ageing period the specification requires before the wine may be sold to consumers.
Terroir
- Lie of the land: Slopes at 230 to 450 m, facing south-east
- Soils: Pink "Fleurie granite": sandy, poor soils up high
- Soils: Lower down, more clayey and silty colluvium
Wine style
- purple, turning garnet
- floral, red fruit
- gentle acidity
- light and fine
Boundaries: INAO, AOC vineyard plot delimitation (September 2026 edition) · Open Licence
Specification
20 February 2024
Arrêté du 20 février 2024 homologuant le cahier des charges de l'appellation d'origine contrôlée « Fleurie » (JORF n°0049 du 28 février 2024, texte n°25 ; NOR AGRT2322444A). Appellation initialement reconnue par le décret du 11 septembre 1936.
Labelling terms
- A registered lieu-dit may follow the appellation name
- "Cru du Beaujolais", "Vin du Beaujolais" or "Grand Vin du Beaujolais"
Nearby appellations
Sources
- Trade bodySite officiel des vins du Beaujolais (Inter Beaujolais)— Inter Beaujolais — interprofession des vins du Beaujolais
- Official sourceCahier des charges de l'appellation d'origine contrôlée « Fleurie »— Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité (INAO) / Ministère de l'agriculture
- Reference bookThe Oxford Companion to Wine— Oxford University Press
On the single commune of Fleurie, a cru nicknamed "the queen of Beaujolais", built 90% on fine pink granite, slowly weathering into sand on the slopes of Mont de la Madone (425 metres). It gives wines known for floral delicacy rather than power — a profile the interprofession itself warns against reducing to a cliché of "feminine wine".
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