Beaujolais Harvest

Decanter has another great video on their site talking about the Beaujolais Harvest:



Pictures from the harvest here.

More details about the harvest here.

Beaujolais Nouveau will be November 19th this year.

Wine: 2006 Chateau des Bachelard Beaujolais




Review: I know this will sound odd but the taste that jumped out at me with this wine was "new". I don't mean that in the normal pejorative sense. It is not that the wine was too young to drink, or hadn't had a chance to age, it just had a fresh taste to it, one that I haven't experienced previously.

This is a Beaujolais from Georges Duboeuf, the king of Beaujolais. Not to be confused with Beaujolais Noveau, Beaujolais wines are made from the Gamay grape.

The wine was deep purple with aromas of raspberry and black cherry. It was medium bodied with layers of flavor that spent a lot of time on my tongue. Overall, an excellent wine and a good value.

Price: $16

Grade: 90