Beaujolais
Nouveau is released the third Thursday of each November. It is a young wine,
aged only for 6 weeks that is also meant to be consumed young. It’s fruity with
a light body and very food friendly, making it a delight to accompany varied holiday
menus. Meandering about one of my local wine shops, I found a display of Joseph
Drouhin Beaujolais Nouveau 2012 that had been put on sale, just in time for
Christmas.
The
Joseph Drouhin Domaine consists of 182.5 acres, making it one of the largest
estates in Burgundy. They have found organic and biodynamic viticulture to be
the methods that best allow them to cultivate their goal of expressing” the
exact character of each terrior”. They believe
in utilizing “natural answers to natural problems”; vine treatments are
herb-based, natural predators are used rather than chemical products, and plowing
is done by horse, just to name a few.
Dark ruby
in colour, aromas of cherry, strawberry and blueberry radiated from the glass.
Tangy black cherry and jammy blueberry flavours abounded in the medium body. A pleasant
acidity mingled with white pepper in the moderate finish. Concentrated and
fresh, this is a simple, fruity, inexpensive glass great for the table.
100%
Gamay
BurgundyFrance
Bottled by Joseph Drouhin
12% Alcohol
$8
Enjoy now
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