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Fleurie

The most perfumed of the Beaujolais crus, and the one whose name has done most for its sales.

Fleurie AOCcontinentalmoderate
What to expect in the glass

Light-to-medium bodied red, intensely floral and red-fruited, with soft tannin and bright acidity. Serve at around 14 °C.

About Fleurie

Fleurie is the floral one — rose, violet and red berry over a silky, light-tannined frame. The name helps, and the wine earns it.

It sits on pink granite at moderate elevation, and the wines are lighter and more aromatic than Morgon or Moulin-à-Vent while still being recognisably cru Beaujolais rather than everyday wine.

Fleurie is the cru to open young and slightly chilled, and the best argument available that a light red wine can be serious.

What the name means

Legal name
Fleurie AOC
Type
Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée / Protégée (AOC / AOP)
Set by
INAO
Regulates
Origin, plus grape varieties, maximum yields, minimum ageing.

The delimited area, permitted varieties, maximum yields, minimum alcohol, pruning and training methods, and in many cases minimum ageing. Administered by INAO.

Grapes

Wines from here

red

Cru Beaujolais

Gamay from the ten named granite hills — structured, mineral and ageworthy, and nothing like Beaujolais Nouveau.

Rules worth knowing

Confirmed in the EU register

Fleurie is registered as a Protected Designation of Origin (PDO), file number PDO-FR-A0930, protected at EU level since 1973.

Article 107 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013

Specification published: Official Journal C 343, 26.8.2021 · Official Journal

Only the rules that change what to expect in the glass or on the label. WineHQ does not reproduce production specifications, and each entry carries the date it was last checked because appellation rules change.

The designation is confirmed above. WineHQ has not read this appellation’s production specification, so it publishes no yields, ageing minima or permitted-variety lists for it — those come from the document linked above, not from a summary of it.

What to eat, and how to serve it

Derived from this region’s signature styles. Each is listed separately, because a region does not have one serving temperature.

Cru Beaujolais

Serve at 14–16°C (cellar cool).

Try with turkey, sausage and mash or vegetarian dishes.

Where to go next

Places worth trying if you like this one — neighbours, rivals, and the obvious step across.

  • Morgon — The sturdiest of the Beaujolais crus, on decomposed schist, and the one that ages most convincingly into something resembling Burgundy.
  • Moulin-à-Vent — The most powerful and longest-lived Beaujolais cru, named after a windmill and grown on manganese-rich granite.
  • Chiroubles — The highest and coolest of the crus, making the lightest and most delicate Gamay in Beaujolais.
  • Beaujolais-Villages — The middle tier of Beaujolais, covering thirty-eight villages in the granite hills of the north.
Location

Approximate centroid: 46.19°, 4.70°. WineHQ stores coordinates only where it has them, and does not estimate boundaries it has not sourced.

Sources

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