Holidays mean Beaujolais Nouveau is available on shelves. I never plan or even anticipate purchasing Beaujolais, but always do.
Beaujolais Nouveau is the ultimate carpe diem wine, meant to remind all of us to enjoy the moment. And the 2007 Nouveau is excellent, the best since at least 1995.
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But we are back with very good news: The 2007 Nouveau is excellent, the best since at least 1995. Wine after wine was charming and fun, with none of the negatives we feared. And while the prices are still too high, they appear to have moderated a bit this year. It's almost as if the Nouveau producers listened to consumers, realized that they were hurting themselves and acted positively. Imagine that.
The Nouveau you are most likely to see is Georges Duboeuf, which is fine because, once again this year, it was jammy and charming. We often find Duboeuf Nouveau a bit too smooth and round, without the just-from-the field tastes that we like. But it's certainly always pleasant and a real crowd pleaser.
Our best of tasting this year, Antonin Rodet, is the most spot-on Nouveau we have tasted in some years. It took us back to why we became Nouveau fans in the first place, with the kind of super-fresh, just-the-fruit-ma'am tastes that we love. Over the years, we've visited many wineries during or just after the harvest and have tasted their fresh juice, and this wine reminded us of those visits. What could be better? (The importer, Baron Francois of New York City, says Rodet made 3,000 cases of this, of which 800 were imported and distributed in Maryland, New Jersey and New York.)
[From The Wine of the Moment, Year After Year]
It does go well with left-over turkey dishes of all sorts, and with the general mood of the season.
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