Beaujolais ever tried it?

Maccattack

I had a taste of the first wine of the season. Beaujolais.

I couldnt drink more than a sip. it was mook of the highest order. Why is this stuff so popular. The airfrieght industry comes to a stand still for this stuff. It gets priority on cargo flights!

Beruthiel

Maccattack wrote:

II couldnt drink more than a sip. it was mook of the highest order.

was it corked?
I find that the storage of wine by shops in this country to be abysmal.
you cannot expect wine to be drinkable if it's stored under glaring lights and standing up instead of sideways with the wine touching the cork, variances in temperature will also fuk it up

to answer your question, yes, I have had the pleasure of tasting some very fine Beaujoulais, in france... I think they keep the best for themselves

Shabadu

Jaysus- *Firstly* there is a difference between Beaujolais Nouveau- which is the new season wine that appears in November, and Beaujolais village, or just regular beaujolais, which is a standard wine with the same applicable regulations as other wines.

Not all Beaujolais nouveau is the same, you cannot taint them all because you had one bad experience. Gamay is a wonderful, light, fresh and appealing grape. I have had some superb beaujolais nouveau over the years.

Beruthiel- I doubt the wine was corked as it's only a few months old, it's just arrived in the country in the last few weeks.

Maccattack

no it wasnt corked.

and yes it was Nouveau. It was like drinking petrol. Instant headache material. Maybe it was a bad batch. I dont know, just saying...

Opus_One

Also, you didn't say what producer it was, or where you got it. As Beaujolais is only the region where the grapes must come from you get masses of this stuff made and shipped all over the world. Beaujolais Nouveau is made to be drunk within the year of vintage, and not intended to age. I suppose it's like comparing one German beer with another; you can get some top quality stuff, that you can drink all night or some paint-thinner "German Beer" in the likes of Lidl for 50c, which'll pretty much kill you! Don't write off Beaujolais so quickly, as you'd be missing out on some cracking wines. If you don't want to venture too far off the beaten track in looking for quality smaller producers try any of the Beaujolais wines from Georges Duboef - available in any off licence or supermarket. Although Duboef don't actually make any of the wines that they bottle, the are one of the largest wine merchants in France, who buy from local producers, and will have a high emphasis on quality across the range, producing good quality, safe wines...

bladetrinity

opus one can you afford opus one if so will you be my friend,just kiddin ,the duboef fleurie and villages are nice also.

steveland?

I'm drinking a bottle of Nouveau right now, lovely stuff

bladetrinity

some wines need lactose acid with them then even finer results:)

Opus_One

Sadly, bladetrinity, I've never had the pleasure of tasting Opus One. Though I hear that quality has really dropped in the last 5 years or so, selling for crazy prices on its reputation alone.

On the Fleurie... I had a couple of bottles of 2003 Fleurie from Louis Jadot which I thought were excellent, and good value for what you got at €18 in O'Briens. I think they have the 2004 now, but I'm not sure what that one is like.