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Wine Facts | Updated September 17, 2004
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Beaujolais Nouveau is a special kind of light young wine.
The annual arrival of Beaujolais Nouveau is one of the most exciting events in the wine lover's calendar.
Beaujolais has been drunk as young as possible in Lyon since the vineyards were first planted. But first the Parisian caught onto the idea, in the 1950's, then the British joined them in the 1970's, then the Americans, then the Japanese¡¡
By the 1980's, Beaujolais Nouveau has been sold and oversold as the concept of the first wine of the year's harvest, released on the third Thursday in each November, gushing, purple-pink and hardly old enough to have forgotten the flavor of the grape upon the vine With the result that much of the prosperity of the region has faded as the producers try to find a new way forward for Beaujolais --- a wine that lives and dies by its joyous youthful fruit.
There was a time that only Beaujolais could do this. Now almost every country in the wine world has become adapt at producing its own version of bright, easy drink-me-quick reds.
For commercial reasons, Beaujolais has always been included as part of Burgundy even though its geology and climate are different. Its vineyards produces some 47 percent of Burgundy's total volume of wine. But the dominate grape here, and the only one used for Beaujolais, is Gamay, barred from all but the most basic wines in the rest of Burgundy because of raw, rough flavors of the it tends to produce on alkaline soils. But in Beaujolais, the soil is different, and here the Gamay can produce bright, juicy-ripe glugging wine difficult to beat for sheer uncomplicated pleasure. Nowadays, Beaujolais Nouveau has become a festival for the wine lovers all over the world. At the very moment of the releasing day, everybody is so excited about the Beaujolais, excepting what kind of the flavor will be, enjoying the happy times it brings, and the harvesting of the year as well. For almost all the Beaujolais, it should be consumed in less than 6 months. Chill the fruity and light stuff a little bit and appreciate the wine of the year.
Montrose is proud to present Joseph Drouhin Beaujolais Nouveau.
Robert Parker describes Drouhin wines as among the very best of modern style red and white Burgundies.
Drouhin is part of PRIMUM FAMILIAE VINI (Leading Wine Families). An association of eleven of the world's Leading Wine Families, each a recognised leader in its region.
Let us celebrate this Beaujolais Nouveau 2004 between friends and family !
Served at 14¡ã-15¡ã C (57¡ã-60¡ã F), it will be a good companion with pât¨¦s, sausages, goat cheese, and salad.
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