2014 Unknown Beaujolais-Villages Primeur "C'est La Vie!"

Community Tasting Notes (1) Avg Score: 80 points

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  12/13/2014 - Soteriologist wrote: 80 Points

  [This TN is part of my perpetual test series of cheap supermarket wines].
  
  "Good qpr" is probably the best you could say to that at 3,99 € per bottle.
  
  I had been wondering what Gamay tastes like for months, and so seeing this supermarket offer was irresistible - even though I am not even sure in this case if indeed it is Gamay.
  
  Talk about liquid raspberry/blackberry candy on both nose and palate, although less sugar sweet than I expected, and of course CO2 still present in the juice. I imagine that this is what a bunch of teenagers would enjoy at a pizza party, and so I did too while having a pizza, and it worked just fine ! But probably only once.
  
  I'll give Gamay one more chance on a higher level, probably with this stuff:
  2009 Henry Fessy Saint-Amour.

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