| | 2018 Beaujolais Nouveau Arrives Thursday!
These are two of the finest values for quality in the world. Theirs consistently finishes at the top of Nouveau rankings in the Wine Spectator, The New York Times and other major publications. And the 2018 vintage is turning out to be another winner for Beaujolais.
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| | 2018 Terres Dorees (Jean Paul Brun) Beaujolais Nouveau L’Ancien $168 case
Jean-Paul Brun is a rare Beaujolais bird, one of the few vignerons who, from his very first vintage in 1977, has eschewed any form of carbonic maceration in favor of purely traditional Burgundian vinification, even for his Nouveau! In this largely commercial category, the Terres Dorées version stands out in other ways too: estate fruit only; old vines; hand harvest; and native yeast fermentation. The result is a wine that is quaffable the way a Nouveau should be, and yet surprises with structure and spice as well. |
| | 2018 Domaine de la Madone Beaujolais Nouveau Le Perreon $168 case - Organically farmed pure granite
- Steep, high altitude vines 1500+ feet above sea level
- 50-100 year old vines
- Le Perreon should be a cru village!
Few estates craft such character-rich, expressive Gamay as Madone—their vineyards should be rated Beaujolais cru (or grand cru, if we had any say in it). There are many terroir parallels between the village of Le Perréon and cru Fleurie, a village known for its aromatic and wonderfully elegant Gamay. Brothers Olivier and Bruno Bererd tend the older vines, many which are more than 100 years in age. This is staggeringly delicious Nouveau from a master in Beaujolais.
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