Appellation Fleurie
Appellation Fleurie (AOC) Nothern Beujolais, France
Fleurie appellation (Appellation Origine Controles) is the best know of the ten Beaujolais ten crus, highly regarded wine production area. Located in the nothern part the wine area Beaujolais . This appellation is also a commune (town) in the westernn slopes on the hills. There are three levels of Beaujolais wines. The first level is labelled Beaujolais, the second is labelled Beaujolais Villages (where the grapes are grown in specified communes) and the third level is the ten 'crus' where the finest wines are made (Brouilly, Chénas, Chiroubles, Fleurie, Morgon, Moulin-à-Vent, Saint-Amour, Juliénas, Côte de Brouilly and Régnié).The wines here are forged from the granitic soils to produce what the French call a 'feminine wine'. We think of it as an elegant, restrained wine similar to those to the north at Chambolle-Musigny where restraint and elegance win out over muscular, tannic wines.
