We’ve all had several hrs now to snag a btl of the new Beaujolais Noveau and put up the first TN on WB.
Yet nary a one to be seen. What a bunch of slackers we have around here. Have you all no pride? Don’t you all
give a rat’s a$$ about fine wine???
I’m off to SantaFe right now to harvest a btl of this precious/highly allocated wine and share w/ my tasting group tonight.
So TN will follow tomorrow morning…along w/ dozens of other’s TN’s I expect.
Tom
Im going to buy some today and will post notes.
Tom -
You are rushing too much. In your zeal to buy the November 21, 2013 vintage, you may miss out on the highly-acclaimed November 22, 2013 vintage, or better yet, my birthday vintage of November 26. I’m holding out for the goodies!
You asked for it:
2013 Duboeuf Nouveau:
Opaque medium magenta in color the fruit in this one is all about raspberries and bananas. Actually the banana suggestion goes away a bit, but there’s a suggestion of fruit here that’s not red; apricots? peach maybe? As fruity as Nouveau usually smells, this years’ wine is pretty crisp, firm and dry, even a little austere on the finish.
Grapey, insipid.
What was the wine?
Who cares!
Sounds like you’ve never tasted PUR’s nouveau. Pretty nice wine. I order a couple of bottles each vintage. As long as my taste buds come back to life by Sat (damn head cold), I’ll be trying it then.
I have had PUR Nouveau and Brun Nouveau. Both tasted like refined grape juice.
So shorter note: grapey.
No reason to bother IMO.
Dupeuble 13 Nouveau - Very minerally, stony nose. Fresh fruit aromas. Flavors of bright cherry and strawberry. Less velvet-y than the regular Dupeuble, but a lot more tension and energy.
Some tasting notes from Spectator if anyone cares.
Georges says it’s “tres gouleyant”!
That Spectator article says there are 125,000 cases of the regular Duboeuf bottling imported! I know most grocery stores and a great many wine shops will carry it, but is the demand for that many bottles there?
I can’t remember the last time I saw a bottle of Duboeuf Nouveau at someone’s house or on a restaurant list. Shows what I know.
I tasted Vissoux’s 2013 yesterday at Weygandt’s in D.C., opened a day previously. Pronounced fruit flavors and aromas - as you’d expect - but not blowsy or cloying, and very respectable tannic grip underlying. Pretty good; I bought a bottle to conduct further research with.
Tried this last night before the '94-'97 Insignia tasting:
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GeorgesDuboeuf BeaujolaisNoveau AC: Beaujolais (12%) 2013: Med.color; med.strong grapey/candied/simple Gamay/fruity slight banana oil
nose; dry very grapey/fruity/simple/candied soft flavor w/ bit of a tannic bite; short soft grapey/fruity/Gamay/candied simple finish w/ slight tannic bite;
actually seems more like real wine than some of the soda pop stuff I recall of Noveau; it is what it is and nothing more. $13.00 (WF)
Tom
$13!!! That’s a 60%+ price increase!!!
I thought maybe this was a WA/Seattle issue, but maybe it is more widespread.
The reason I haven’t tried any Nouveau in recent years is that it all seems to be priced above standardly discounted Beaujolais Village. So I just don’t bother. The prices I see seem to be $2-3 above those listed in the WS article linked above, btw. The Rochette is $14.99 and up around here.
This is actually quite good, as others have said. Fresh, decent acid, and a little grip. It has a bit of candy-fruity stuff but not obnoxious to me.
Had Terrres Dorees l’Ancien Nouveau tonight. Nice and voluptuous, with freshness and rich fruit. Less stoniness and energy than Dupeuble, but a fun contrast.
I just picked up 2013 Beaujolais Nouveau from:
- Marcel Lapierre
- Phillipe Pacelet
- Guy Breton
- Frederic Cossard
- Leroy (negotiant obviously)
Will break them open in a few days and report back!
Foillard this weekend in Beaune. Very deep seated black fruits. Tasty. Rich. Retained a nice freshness. Delicious as a bar wine with a plate of charcuterie.
I will +1 Tom’s comment that it tastes like real wine. Thee certainly is the “moût” fresh grape juice taste but it is dry and has a “completed” wine profile. I’ve enjoyed Foillard’s version year in and year out.