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| Drinking window: Drink between 2011 and 2011 (based on 7 user opinions) |
| Community Tasting History |
| Community Tasting Notes (average 84.4 pts. and median of 85 pts. in 93 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Rickn9 on 1/5/2013 flawed bottle: This wine made my wife and I Very very sick. The night before last we had dinner at home, I had steak and my wife had fish the only thing we both had was the wine. In the middle of the night I started throwing up and my wife was doing the same we remained ill for the entire next day. I am a Sommelier so I dont post this lightly. (5382 views) | | | Tasted by joesi16 on 12/11/2012 & rated 80 points: light fruit ,thin body, no tannins. overall a nice example of a nouveau at a fair price (5016 views) | | | Tasted by Alain Harvey on 11/15/2012 & rated 82 points: The wine is purple-magenta in color, with aromas of fresh dark fruit. The fruit-forward flavor shows off notes that are darker and more intense than the 2010 Georges Duboeuf Beaujolais Nouveau. The wine has silky flavors of fresh boysenberry, blackberry, plum, blueberry and raspberry, with a smooth mouthfeel and crisp finish. The graffiti-inspired label designed by Brooklyn artist Kaves.
Beaujolais Nouveau should be served slightly chilled, around 55 ºF. The bottle was cooled for 30 minutes to achieve this temperature. Drink now. (5243 views) | | | Tasted by SportstHER on 11/12/2012 & rated 87 points: Decided to open this since we've hit the 1 year anniversary of Beaujolais Nouveau Festival! Its definitely mellowed since last year. In the glass: Super dark magenta, pink edge, short legs. On the nose: Much less bubblegum and candycane as compared to last year showing tart raspberry, tiny bit of banana, hint of spice. In the mouth: Medium mouth feel, tart raspberries on the tongue, good bit of dry tannic grip, light finish. If this is any indication, the 2011 vintage for Georges Dubeouf will be a great year! I was surprised that this is still as good as it is for a 3 week old bottling! Look forward to tasting the real thing on Beauj fest night. If you have it, drink it up it won't get better. (5151 views) | | | Tasted by Kelleroni on 7/26/2012 & rated 79 points: NOTHING to write home about (5914 views) | | | Tasted by twbivens on 7/21/2012 & rated 72 points: Overly strong front, with completely flat finish. It was a tad better the second night as the front mellowed a bit, but I would not recommend. (2203 views) | | | Tasted by wtianseter on 7/16/2012 & rated 82 points: First botttle I had back in November was not this good. Nice fruit and earthy flavor. Flavor was moderately full and nice esscence of gamay. Finish was thin and not to long lasting . Taste was balanced well with a BBQ chicken. Beaujolais Nouveau does improve with a little time in the bottle. (2039 views) | | | Tasted by STM82 on 6/18/2012 & rated 87 points: I honestly was expecting to really dislike this wine after seeing the reviews but hey, for 2 bucks it was hard to complain... Kind of banana nose with lots of fig type fruit. Like I said, really not bad for a couple bucks... (2251 views) | | | Tasted by Davidehsan on 6/13/2012: The worst wine ever. (2133 views) | | | Tasted by Cesayian on 5/27/2012 & rated 85 points: Light, drinkable, hints of strawberry (2135 views) | | | Tasted by riversedge on 5/21/2012 & rated 80 points: Nice beaujolais, typical. Light, fruity red. (1970 views) | | | Tasted by mdhalsey on 4/16/2012 & rated 85 points: Fruit and vegetable aroma with a hint of celery. Good fruit and melon on the palate. A bit of complexity. (2101 views) | | | Tasted by fruitofthevine on 4/7/2012 & rated 88 points: Full colored and Ripe Banana. Better year of Nouveau in recent memory. Ready to drink up. (2223 views) | | | Tasted by reddart on 4/7/2012: Maybe it was because I tasted after some full bodied wines, but it was quite insipid. NR. (2274 views) | | | Tasted by chigirl on 4/1/2012 & rated 84 points: A very nice nouveau! While a bit thin, it was fruity (banana, strawberries), and went quite well with a spicy stew. (2264 views) | | | Tasted by Lulu2 on 3/29/2012 & rated 80 points: I'm not sure why I bought it- cute label.. Tastes like it sat on a dock somewhere but oh we'll.. Happy Friday Eve!;) (2133 views) | | | Tasted by 2bears on 3/21/2012 & rated 88 points: On par with a good reach-around - unexpectantly pleasant. (2426 views) | | | Tasted by Dwiist on 3/15/2012 & rated 86 points: Decent, easy to drink. Fruity and light. Not bad for ordinary day of the week wine. (2098 views) | | | Tasted by SportstHER on 2/14/2012 & rated 86 points: Popped a bottle that I got at the Beaujolais Nouveau festival last fall (11/18/2011) Most of the BN I've had made me want to pinch my nose just to get it down, as its too metalic. This totally surprised me! In the glass: deep inky magenta. On the nose: strong hit of bananas and tart cherries. In the mouth: light mouth feel, light tannins, tart fruit finish. Very nice for a Beaujolais, will definitely drink the rest of these instead of giving them away. I think that Georges Duboeuf is going to have a great 2011! (2390 views) | | | Tasted by pizzasomm on 2/4/2012 & rated 85 points: nose: bubblegum, red cherry
taste: bright cherry flavors, almost candied but without much sweetness, light bodies, some tropical fruit flavors on the mid-palate, fun to drink for the price, regardless of how cheesy the label is (2494 views) | | | Tasted by JAprile on 1/18/2012 & rated 84 points: Light and fruity (2611 views) | | | Tasted by klanham on 12/25/2011 & rated 88 points: To me, this was very good for what you expect from a Beaujolais Nouveau. Lots of young fruit. Very enjoyable. (2200 views) | | | Tasted by wineOK on 12/25/2011 & rated 84 points: Went well with Christmas turkey. (2908 views) | | | Tasted by North316 on 12/21/2011 & rated 80 points: Color: Blood red, almost purple
Nose: Banana peel, ripe berries. Wife noted a floral bouquet (roses to be exact), I did not.
Taste: Same as nose. Nothing too complex, seemed very light on the tannins, not much going on here.
Finish: Little to no finish, not much character here. (2340 views) | | | Tasted by TONYKO192 on 12/17/2011 & rated 86 points: BRIGHT PURPLE COLOR WITH NO HUE. SMELLS OF BANANAS AND RED FRUIT CANDY WITH A TOUCH OF RASPBERRY. GOOD ACID WITH DOMINANT RED FRUIT. NOT COMPLEX AND NO REAL FINISH, BUT WELL MADE. (3176 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comBurgundy Les vins de Bourgogne (Bureau interprofessionnel des vins de Bourgogne) (and in English)
Burgundy - The province of eastern France, famous for its red wines produced from Pinot Noir and its whites produced from Chardonnay. (Small of amounts of Gamay and Aligoté are still grown, although these have to be labeled differently.) The most famous part of the region is known as the Cote d'Or (the Golden Slope). It is divided into the Cote de Beaune, south of the town of Beaune (famous principally for its whites), and the Cote de Nuits, North of Beaune (home of the most famous reds). In addition, the Cote Chalonnaise and the Maconnais are important wine growing regions, although historically a clear level (or more) below the Cote d'Or. Also included by some are the regions of Chablis and Auxerrois, farther north.
Burgundy Report | Les Grands Jours de Bourgogne - na stejné téma od Heleny Baker
# 2013 Vintage Notes:
* "2013 is a vintage that 20 years ago would have been a disaster." - Will Lyons
* "low yields and highly variable reds, much better whites." - Bill Nanson
* "Virtually all wines were chaptalised, with a bit of sugar added before fermentation to increase the final alcohol level." - Jancis Robinson
# 2014 Vintage Notes:
"We have not had such splendid harvest weather for many years. This will ensure high quality (fragrant, classy and succulent are words already being used) across the board, up and down the hierarchy and well as consistently from south to north geographically apart from those vineyards ravaged by the hail at the end of June." - Clive Coates
# 2015 Vintage Notes:
"Low yields and warm weather allowed for ample ripeness, small berries and an early harvest. Quality is looking extremely fine, with some people whispering comparisons with the outstanding 2005 vintage. Acid levels in individual wines may be crucial." - Jancis Robinson
# 2017 Vintage Notes:
"Chablis suffered greatly from frost in 2017, resulting in very reduced volumes. As ever, the irony seems to be that what remains is very good quality, as it is in the Côte d’Or. Cooler nights across the region have resulted in higher-than-usual acidity, with good conditions throughout the harvest season allowing for ripe, healthy fruit." - Jancis Robinson
# 2018 Vintage Notes:
"The most successful region for red Burgundy in 2018 was the Côte de Beaune. The weather was ideal in this area, with just enough sunlight and rain to produce perfectly balanced wines naturally." - Vinfolio
Beaujolais Vins du Beaujolais (L’Union des Vignerons du Beaujolais)
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Wine Scholar Guild Vintage Chart & Ratings
# 2009 Vintage Notes:
"There will be a lot of absolutely delicious Beaujolais to try in 2009, as it is indeed a very good, atypically ripe and opulent vintage for Beaujolais. As others here have mentioned, the Louis-Dressner and Kermit Lynch portfolios cover many of the very best estates (with an honorable mention for importer Weygandt-Metzler), and just choosing from their strip labels is a very good jumping off point. As a quick primer, the three best Beaujolais and Beaujolais-Villages producers that I regularly cross paths with are the aformentioned Jean-Paul Brun and his Domaine Terres Dorées, Pierre Chermette of Domaine du Vissoux and Domaine Dupeuble from the Kermit Lynch's portfolio. I also find the Beaujolais-Villages from Joseph Drouhin consistently excellent and very classic in style and like all of this firm's Beaujolais, a completely underrated source for very top drawer Crus and B-Villages.
Amongst the Cru Beaujolais, it is important to keep in mind(again as folks have mentioned already) that certain villages tend to produce much more structured wines, and this will be very evident in a powerful vintage like 2009. In general terms, the wines from Moulin-a-Vent, Morgon and Cote de Brouilly are going to demand a bit of bottle age to really start to drink well in 2009, and these may not be the best growers to focus on when tasting through the vintage to draw your own conclusions. But in these appellations, if you keep in mind that what you are tasting is likely going to need five years of bottle age to really blossom from these crus, you cannot go wrong with Kermit Lynch's "Gang of Five" producers- Thevenet, Lapierre, Foillard, Breton are four of the five- as well as Georges Descombes and Louis et Claude Desvignes from Louis-Dressner. I also like very much the Morgons made by Louis Jadot and Joseph Drouhin for the big houses, and Jean-Paul Brun also makes a very good example of Morgon.
In Moulin-a-Vent, Louis Jadot's Chateau des Jacques makes a very good range- though always structured when young- and Bernard Diochon is excellent year in and year out. Pierre Chermette also makes superb Moulin-a-Vent and the Drouhin version is consistently exceptional. In Cote de Brouilly, the two most exciting producers are Nicole Chanrion and Chateau Thivin (both represented by Kermit Lynch). The Chanrion is usually very accessible out of the blocks for this very stony terroir (it is an extinct volcano), while the Chateau Thivin bottlings demand time and are usually tight and structured when young. Better to try the delicious straight Brouilly from Chateau Thivin if you want to drink one of their wines out of the blocks, as that never demands patience and is lovely.
In the less structured Cru villages, wines I particularly like are the aformentioned Clos de la Roilette in Fleurie (they are the Chateau Yquem of the village- though their vines are right on the Moulin-a-Vent border and the wine used to be sold as Moulin-a-Vent before the AOC went into effect, so they are a bit more structured than most Fleuries), Cedric Chignard, Jean-Paul Brun and Pierre Chermette are all very, very good sources. Domaine Diochon in Moulin-a-Vent also makes a good Fleurie, as does Joseph Drouhin. In general these will be more floral, open and sappy bottles of Beaujolais out of the blocks and they will be delicious from the get-go.
In St. Amour, Domaine des Billards makes absolutely brilliant wines and is one of my favorite producers in all of Beaujolais. In Julienas, Michel Tete is the star producer, but I also like the Drouhin bottling from here very well indeed. There are many more outstanding bottlings to be found scattered thorughout the crus and I am sure that I am forgetting several worthy estates, but this at least will give you a good "to do" list to get started with the vintage. The only '09s I have tasted thus far are the Joseph Drouhin wines, which I tasted through in Beaune in March, and they are deep, sappy and beautifully soil-driven. If all the other top estates have made wines in this style, then this is indeed going to be a very special vintage for the region. But with the wines from Morgon and Moulin-a-Vent, you may do better trying a few bottles from either the 2006 or 2007 vintage if you can find them well-stored, as these are less structured vintages and both are beginning to really drink well from these villages." - John Gilman
# 2014 Vintage Notes:
"The 2014 vintage in Beaujolais is absolutely terrific and probably, along with 2011, the best vintage in the region since 2005. The region has had a bit of a rollercoaster ride in the last few years, with an absolutely phenomenal vintage in 2011 (particularly for those of us who like to age our Beaujolais for several years prior to serving), one of the most difficult growing seasons in recent memory in 2012, a good, solid classic vintage in 2013, and now, again, another truly outstanding vintage in 2014." - John Gilman
"2014 [...] vintage is a return to the mineral-cracked freshness and explosive low-alcohol red fruit the cru level wines of this region are famous for but have lacked since 2010/2011 (without the potentially hard/green/diffuse/underripe character found in many 2012/2013's)." - Jon Rimmerman
"the 2014s exhibit lively berry and floral character punctuated by zesty minerality. The wines are concentrated yet not heavy, and show good structure without coming off as outsized. Many producers I visited in June described the wines as a hybrid of the 2010s and 2011s, combining the structure of the earlier vintage and the fruit intensity of the latter. As such, the 2014s, as a group, are hugely appealing right now but I have no doubt that they will reward another three to five years of aging. Many of the brawniest 2014s have the material to see them through a decade or more of life but by that point they’ll have little resemblance to most peoples’ notion of Beaujolais, so I’d advise drinking almost all of the ‘14s before they hit their tenth birthday." - Josh Raynolds
# 2015 Vintage Notes:
"Vinification will not be straightforward and the 2015 vintage will be a reflection of the quality of the winemaker." - Jean Loron
"the wines have the potential to age and evolve beautifully" - Michael Apstein
# 2016 Vintage Notes:
"a harvest of soft, amply fruity wines, though without the depth and density of the outstanding 2015 harvest." - Wine Scholar Guild
# 2017 Vintage Notes:
"Trade body InterBeaujolais has said the 2018 harvest in the region will “go down in history as a legendary vintage” alongside the likes of 2017, 2015 and 2009." - Rupert Millar
#2018 Vintage Notes:
"The heatwave of July and August led growers to anticipate rich, high-alcohol wines akin to the excellent, but atypical, 2015s. However, probably due to the reserves of groundwater accumulated prior to June 20th, the 2018s are, as a rule, fresher, with slightly higher acidity and considerably lower alcohol than their counterparts from 2015. There is, nonetheless, an appealing fleshiness or rondeur to many 2018s, which suggests they won’t keep for as long as the more mineral 2017s – which are really hitting their stride now – but makes them highly seductive from the word go.
Another interesting theme, which we encountered in wines from various domaines across different crus, is a Cabernet Franc-like leafy character towards the back of the palate, which contributes an extra degree of freshness and buvabilité." Will Heslop Beaujolais Nouveau Beaujolais Nouveau AOC (Official Site) |
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