Somewhere out there lurks a bunch of Grinches that have been trying for years to steal Beaujolais Nouveau and block the third Thursday in November from their calendars. They are called “serious wine people” and they try to warn others that this is “not the real Beaujolais” and is “not something to get excited over.” (I wonder if they get excited about zero-alcohol wine, which isn’t wine at all?) So, lighten up and enjoy a glass and a little hoopla! Georges is an old hand at this, and the 2023 vintage checks all two of the nouveau boxes – it is very fruity with almost yeasty fermentation flavors, and it has a crisp finish to temper all that fruitiness.
Georges Duboeuf, Beaujolais Nouveau (Burgundy, France) 2023
By Roger Morris