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Beaujolais
Beaujolais
is a
French
Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée
(AOC)
wine
generally made of the
Gamay
grape
which has a thin skin and is low in
tannin
s. Like most AOC wines they are not
labeled
varietally
. Whites from the region, which make up only 1% of its production, are made mostly with
Chardonnay
grapes though
Aligoté
is also permitted until 2024 (on condition the vines were planted before 2004). Beaujolais tends to be a very
light-bodied
red wine, with relatively high amounts of
acidity
. In some
vintages
, Beaujolais produces more wine than the Burgundy wine regions of
Chablis
,
Côte d'Or
,
Côte Chalonnaise
and
Mâconnais
put together.
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