Beaujolais Nouveau 2008
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Le vin, comment décrire le vin ? C'était très léger, pas du tout comme les autres vins rouges que j'ai dégustés. Avec un goût de banane et un arrière-goût un peu aigre, mon premier Beaujolais Nouveau ne m'a pas enchantée, mais je suis prête à lui laisser encore une chance.
French expression: Le nouveau est arrivé
English translation
Next year, I'm going to have to go to Burgundy in November, because I couldn't find a real Beaujolais Nouveau celebration here in Hyères. We ended up in a little night club with a bottle of wine (25 euros), a buffet (inedible), and a singer (too loud).
The wine, how to describe the wine? It was very light, nothing like other red wines I've tasted. With its banana flavor and slightly sour aftertaste, my first Beaujolais Nouveau didn't thrill me, but I'm willing to give it another shot.
French expression: Le nouveau est arrivé
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Side-by-side translation
| L'année prochaine, je vais devoir aller en Bourgogne en novembre, parce que je n'ai pas réussi à trouver une vraie fête de Beaujolais Nouveau ici à Hyères. Nous nous sommes finalement retrouvés dans une petite boîte de nuit avec une bouteille de vin (25 euros), un buffet (immangeable) et une chanteuse (trop forte). | Next year, I'm going to have to go to Burgundy in November, because I couldn't find a real Beaujolais Nouveau celebration here in Hyères. We ended up in a little night club with a bottle of wine (25 euros), a buffet (inedible), and a singer (too loud). | |
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Le vin, comment décrire le vin ? C'était très léger, pas du tout
comme les autres vins rouges que j'ai dégustés. Avec un goût de banane
et un arrière-goût un peu aigre, mon premier Beaujolais Nouveau ne m'a
pas enchantée, mais je suis prête à lui laisser encore une chance. |
The wine, how to describe the wine? It was very light, nothing like
other red wines I've tasted. With its banana flavor and slightly sour
aftertaste, my first Beaujolais Nouveau didn't thrill me, but I'm
willing to give it another shot. French expression: Le nouveau est arrivé |
Comments
Nous avons decide de ne pas toucher le nouveau a cause du climat cette annee, avec trop de pluie et un manque de soleil. When we visited Beaujolais in the summer the vignerons were not at all happy about this year’s harvest. Let’s hope they have a better season next year.
Laura, the whole Beaujolais Nouveau business is nothing more than an extremely successful marketing campaign. The wine is just plonk that hasn’t even been aged to remove its sharp edges, wrapped in a mammoth ad campaign. Although it has brought plenty of money into the business, it has also spoiled the reputation of Beaujolais among people who think that nasty stuff they taste each year represents the region.
Bonjour tout le monde! Au sujet du Beaujolais, c’est un vin que j’aime beaucoup. Il y a plusieurs années (jétais attablé devant un bistro) j’ai goûté un Beaujolais qui avait un arrière-goût de banana et frais. Il était tout simplement delicieux!
J’achéte toujours une bouteille de Beaujolais Nouveau en Novembre (à Trader Joe’s bien sûr) pour partager dans un petit rituel, pas plus. Parce que, généralement, ce vin ne goûte pas trop bon.
There you go!Just shows you how much we can
differ in our tastes Roger thought it was great.personally,I think most wines are awful.
But I did find one that I took a liking for
while on holiday in Cyprus,a medium sweet white called Blond Lady.Many years ago,before retiring,I worked for a firm that had quite a few partners and one of them used to send a
junior member of staff down to one of the
English ports where the ferry arrived from
France with the first of the season’s Beaujolais .Just so he could brag to his fellow partners as being the first to taste the new wine!On the subject of differing tastes,in my sea-going days I once met a guy
who thought mixing brasso with a strong orange drink tasted good,so there you go!
Je n’ai jamais encontre aucune cafe ou les mets sont immangeable. Vous aviez la chance malheureuse.
I don’t like it either, and it reminded me of a few other French drinks I don’t like – namely red Martini and pastis in general. Too sweet, but hey, it just shows there’s a wine for everyone.
btw Laura – you mention l’année prochaine, does this mean you’re already planning to go through the visa hoops and try and get another year in France? I hope so, for your sake and ours, your avid readers!
Salut Jos – Yes, that was always the plan. Renewing is a *lot* easier than the original application.
Laura K. Lawless
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