Le Beaujolais nouveau

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Le Beaujolais nouveau

Editor - France Magazine 14/10/2008, 17:02

Bonjour Forum-users,

Who's looking forward to November for some Beaujolais nouveau? Is there a big celebration in your community? Do you usually like the taste of it? What do you eat with it? Is it even more rewarding if you've taken part in the vendanges?

Let me know what you'll be doing, or what you might have done in the past.

Thanks,

Carolyn

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Re: Le Beaujolais nouveau

Jotty 15/10/2008, 6:28
In the Hérault la fête du vin nouveau is on Thursday 16th October until the 18th.
A month earlier than Beaujolais, and a wider selection of wines including (usually) some nice Sauvignon blanc etc...

Last year was particularly celebrated as it was 100 years since the 1907 revolt but there are always lots of celebrations.
This year Olargues will combine the Fête du marron with the fête du vin nouveau on the weekend of the 1st of November, and "une super castanyada y attend également les nombreux amateurs de châtaignes."
so I suppose you can say that chestnuts often go with these wines.

Re: Le Beaujolais nouveau

Pierre ZFP 15/10/2008, 9:16
My archery club is having a B-N evening. I carefully inquired about the wisdom of drinking and shooting as was assured that we shoot the first part of the evening and drink/eat cheese later !

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Re: Le Beaujolais nouveau

Will 15/10/2008, 9:45
Every year for several years now I have had an invitation from a large French organisation to taste the Beaujolais Nouveau with them. Nothing unusual in that - except that this event, always attended by the company's own top people, is held in London because the arrival of the BN is celebrated more there than in the outskirts of Paris, where they are based. I shall be going this year as I am due to be in England at the time.

Will

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Re: Le Beaujolais nouveau

chessfou 15/10/2008, 21:58
No, it is certainly not celebrated in these parts. Though last year, I am sorry to say, I noted a "Gaillac nouveau" (which comes from not very far from here).

Me, I shall do the same as every year and carefully avoid the muck but I do have quite a few bottles (roughly a case of each) of 2005 (superb year*) Brouilly, Fleurie, Morgon, Moulin à Vent, Régnié and Saint Amour, all from good producers and all of which are coming along very nicely.

* I suspect it's the best of the three(!) "millésime du siècle" to have appeared so far this century - (the others being 2000 & 2003).

Re: Le Beaujolais nouveau

Christine Animal 15/10/2008, 23:01

We just drink it. Big Smile [:D]

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Re: Le Beaujolais nouveau

woolybanana 15/10/2008, 23:31

We did have some a few years ago but it tasted like a mixture of dog dung and furniture polish. And we emptied it out of the window only to find it had killed Randy's prized loofa plant. Since then not a foul drop.

Just overhyped muck it is and will always be. I am slightly surprised that the OP does not know that the fad for Beaujolais Nouveau has been over for a number of years, even in London.

Re: Le Beaujolais nouveau

Cerise 16/10/2008, 8:14
The Gaillac nouveau is nouveau at all but Primeur. The Gaillac Primeur is always the 3rd Thursday in November and the events at local vineyards carry on into the weekend. I don't think the Gaillac vignerons even recognise the existence of Beaujolais Nouveau.

Re: Le Beaujolais nouveau

Jotty 16/10/2008, 10:53
You are quite right Cérise: our 'new' wines are really primeurs.
And the Beaujolais Nouveau is hardly recognised, but then there are so many excellent Languedoc wines that we can afford to ignore inferior products ... Stick out tongue [:P]

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