Cru Beaujolais ages faster than most other wines. But 20 years is what it takes for many wines from Bordeaux or Piedmont, for example, to really hit their stride. With Cru Beaujolais, you can have a cellar full of mature wines in just a few years. If you want to enjoy mature Beaujolais, you really have no other options. Those year-old Bordeaux and Piedmontese wines? You can buy them at auction. Or from us when we have cellars to sell.
But mature Beaujolais? The fact is, unlike most great wine regions, if you want to drink mature Cru Beaujolais, you have to buy it and lay it down yourself. Think that 10 year old Premier Cru should be singing right now? Even hours of decanting yield nothing. This happens all the time! But it never happens with Beaujolais. Beaujolais never seems to go through awkward, shut down periods. Sure, you can drink it too late — all wine will eventually decline — but good Cru Beaujolais is pretty much delicious at any stage of its year on average curve but see 5 below.
Cru Beaujolais is a safe and reliable option! Beaujolais nouveau is not quite unpasteurized milk. But, as you surmise, it comes with a more abrupt due date than pretty much all other wines. In many cases, they lack the flavour and tannin structure to cellar well. They are at their peak drinkability within the first year.
Regular Beaujolais and Beaujolais-Villages not Nouveau should be consumed within 2 years of the vintage date on the bottle. Serve Beaujolais Nouveau slightly cool, at about 55 degrees Fahrenheit-the wine is more refreshing and its forward fruit more apparent than if you serve it at room temperature.
The Deboeuf family has been producing French wines for over years, and Georges has been the chief winemaker of Les Vins Georges Deboeuf since The winemaking empire is still family run, offering an array of high quality French wines including exacting Burgundies and Beaujolais nouveau. The family business grew and expanded, selling to Rudy Kopf in the s, but maintaining the Louis Jadot name.
If you want to experience a unique taste in wine, wait until late November and discover the annual release of Beaujolais nouveau.
This light wine will go great with your Thanksgiving dinner and will be a delightful treat for all your guests. Wine Exploring Types of Wine Guide to Beaujolais Nouveau Wine Beaujolais nouveau breaks almost all of the rules of traditional wines, but every fall it is highly sought after for its fresh, fruit-forward flavors.
Qualities of Beaujolais Nouveau Beaujolais nouveau has a distinctive purple-pink color and a fruity aroma. How to Drink Beaujolais Nouveau Drink Beaujolais nouveau as soon as possible; you can keep it unopened until the new year, but it's best to drink it before the following May - a six month shelf life. Food Pairings Beaujolais nouveau's food pairings are similar to those of other red wines. Buying the Wine You'll find the wine on the shelves of wine shops and grocery stores shortly after the third Thursday in November.
Winemakers Some of the best winemakers of Beaujolais nouveau are also makers of what is considered one of the world's greatest wines, Burgundy , because Beaujolais is a sub-region of Burgundy. Light and Tasty Wine Experience If you want to experience a unique taste in wine, wait until late November and discover the annual release of Beaujolais nouveau.
Quick Guide to Family Life in France. By Patricia Lantz C. In many cases, they lack the flavour and tannin structure to cellar well. I'd say the due-date consensus is about six months to a year I would err on the side of six months.
After that the wine quickly starts to lose its youthful charm, like Justin Bieber after, oh, say, his 17th birthday. Beppi Crosariol is the co-author, with Lucy Waverman, of The Flavour Principle, a sumptuous new cookbook and drinks compendium, published by HarperCollins.
E-mail your wine and spirits questions to Beppi Crosariol.
0コメント