Beaujolais

There are several forms of red Beaujolais wines from the standard Beaujolais appellation. This covers the somewhat more stringent, nominally higher-quality Beaujolais Supérieur as well as the characterful, youthful Beaujolais Nouveau (Beaujolais Primeur is a similar title but is rarely encountered) and Beaujolais Villages.

The region's highest-quality wines are those of the ten Beaujolais 'crus' – ten vineyard areas long recognized as the finest in the area. Each of these ten (Brouilly, Chenas, Chiroubles, Cote de Brouilly, Fleurie, Julienas, Morgon, Moulin-a-Vent, Regnie and Saint-Amour) has its own appellation title.