According to French law, Beaujolais Nouveau is released at one minute past midnight on the third Thursday of November. This tradition is has ben ongoing for decades and celebrated worldwide with many welcoming the wine’s arrival. This festive and refreshing red wine is made from hand-harvested Gamay grapes and bottled six weeks after harvest.
Each year I hope to not miss the arrival of this wine as I have been told quantities are limited. When gone they are gone. But funny...I have found 2008 & 2009 bottles still available online. It must just mean that the stores do not reorder this wine.
Beaujolais Nouveau is intended for immediate drinking, and in general should not be kept for more than a year. This wine is made quickly so it does not release many tanins into the wine. It is amazing to realize that just weeks before this wine was a cluster of grapes in a growers vineyard.It is a light weight wine with floral notes which I think goes well with many and any foods. Perhaps that is why is is made so quickly and is kept light since we tend to stuff more that just the turkey on Thanksgiving here in America. From apetizers to deserts I think this wine will go well with the entire food course of the day. The label is eyecatching & festive so you will be sure to spot it in the store. Grab yourself a bottle or 2 on November 18.
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