It’s been a couple of years since we’ve dug into Beaujolais Nouveau, the (in)well-known wine that marks the primary manufacturing of the season — and is meant to be consumed earlier than the yr on the label is up. These contemporary bottles gained’t be round for lengthy (we hope), so dig in when you can.
2022 Georges Duboeuf Beaujolais Rose Nouveau – Beaujolais Nouveau tends to have a sure undercooked, raw-grape character, and there’s no mistaking that taste right here on a brashly (if deliberately) immature, in-your-face wine. Simple notes of cranberry and unripe cherry dominate up entrance, the physique evoking dusky tannin and a few muddy, vague combined spice components. Gritty and grippy on the fairly prolonged, and really bitter, end. It’s enjoyable to do that wine every year, however there’s nothing a lot to benefit a longer-term celebration. C+ / $15
2022 Georges Duboeuf Beaujolais Rose Nouveau – Brilliant, sensible strawberry up high leads the way in which to notes of contemporary cream and white flowers because the wine builds on its exuberant assault. You’d be hard-pressed to differentiate this from a Provence rose, and why would you hassle? The semi-sweet operator ends with notes of vanilla and a pinch of baking spice, nearly making you neglect how chilly it’s outdoors. Completely easy — and simple to quaff all the way in which. A- / $15
2022 Georges Duboeuf Beaujolais Rose Nouveau
$15
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