Quand j'ai dégusté le beaujolais nouveau pour la première fois l'année dernière, j'ai dit que je voulais aller en Bourgogne cette année pour vraiment profiter de cette fête. Même si le vin n'est pas terrible, toute cette folie annuelle fait partie de la culture française, et pour cette raison j'aimerais être au cœur de la célébration, au moins une fois. Malheureusement, ce ne sera pas cette année - nous sommes actuellement trop occupés à voyager.
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Beaujolais Nouveau 2009
When I tasted Beaujolais Nouveau for the first time last year, I said that I wanted to go to Burgundy this year to really take advantage of this celebration. Even though the wine isn't great, this annual craziness is part of French culture, and so I'd like to be at the heart of it, at least once. Unfortunately, it wasn't this year - we are too busy to travel right now.
Fortunately, we managed to find a nice way to participate in this event here in Hyères: the Beaujolais Nouveau was flowing at our wine seller's, who offered a little tasting of 8 bottles, half of which come from the unmissable Georges Dubœuf. We tried three reds, and bought three bottles of Domaine de la Levratière's Beaujolais-Villages - very light, fruity, and a lovely red-violet. Upon seeing the rosé Beaujolais Nouveau (which is not well known, even though it was introduced in 2006), we tried that too: it was barely drinkable.
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Beaujolais nouveau 2009 Quand j'ai dégusté le beaujolais nouveau pour la première fois l'année dernière, j'ai dit que je voulais aller en Bourgogne cette année pour vraiment profiter de cette fête. Même si le vin n'est pas terrible, toute cette folie annuelle fait partie de la culture française, et pour cette raison j'aimerais être au cœur de la célébration, au moins une fois. Malheureusement, ce ne sera pas cette année - nous sommes actuellement trop occupés à voyager. Heureusement, nous avons réussi à trouver une bonne façon de participer à cet évènement ici à Hyères : le beaujolais nouveau coulait (mot du jour) à flots chez notre marchand de vin, qui a proposé une petite dégustation de 8 bouteilles, dont la moitié vient de l'incontournable Georges Dubœuf. Nous avons essayé trois rouges, et acheté trois bouteilles du beaujolais-village du Domaine de la Levratière - très léger, fruité, d'une jolie couleur rouge violet. En voyant le beaujolais nouveau rosé (qui n'est pas du tout connu, même s'il a été introduit en 2006), nous l'avons goûté aussi : à peine buvable. Lire plus : Beaujolais nouveau |
Beaujolais Nouveau 2009 When I tasted Beaujolais Nouveau for the first time last year, I said that I wanted to go to Burgundy this year to really take advantage of this celebration. Even though the wine isn't great, this annual craziness is part of French culture, and so I'd like to be at the heart of it, at least once. Unfortunately, it wasn't this year - we are too busy to travel right now. Fortunately, we managed to find a nice way to participate in this event here in Hyères: the Beaujolais Nouveau was flowing at our wine seller's, who offered a little tasting of 8 bottles, half of which come from the unmissable Georges Dubœuf. We tried three reds, and bought three bottles of Domaine de la Levratière's Beaujolais-Villages - very light, fruity, and a lovely red-violet. Upon seeing the rosé Beaujolais Nouveau (which is not well known, even though it was introduced in 2006), we tried that too: it was barely drinkable. Read more: Beaujolais nouveau |
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I would have translated incontournable as ‘unavoidable.’
‘Unmissable’ is ambiguous between ‘must not be missed’ (good) and ‘can’t be missed’ (merely ubiquitous).
Unavoidable conveys the idea that Duboeuf’s bottles are everywhere, like it or not. They can’t be missed even if we would rather give them a miss.
Thanks for the article. I always buy a couple of bottles of Beaujolais Nouveau and they almost always George DeBoeuf.
I find them to be very enjoyable…but, hey, what do I know, compared with some of the “experts” who comment.
Merci,
Eve
I am new learner of French. I heard about Beaujolais Nouveau. Its a festival of wine. But what is BN? Is it a brand? or Its a kinds of wine which only serve and available 3rd thursday of noveber? Hope someonr give me some light on the topics. Thanks to Laura for present understanding. Merci beaucoup.
Haider
Actually Beaujolais Nouveau is very nice and they sell a fair amount of it in Ireland especially George Deboeuf. It is a nice light Red and goes with almost any Food including Paisson/Fish.
There is a Race or was I dont know if they still do it. But every Year when the New Beaujolais is Produced, a Group of Wine Importers and Restaurateurs Race to bring it to Ireland from France. One Year one Party was bringing in the Beaujolais on a light Plane and involved in the Race when they crashed unfortunately and were killed. It was just a Fun thing for them to do I dont think there was any Prizes,it was a way to Advertise the Wine. I have never Tasted Rosé Beaujolais Nouveau much less ever seen it.
Dublin ireland
Harley, I think you missed Laura’s point. My immediate interpretation was that M Duboeuf’s wines are too good to miss. “Unavoidable” gives a completely different meaning. Perhaps ” half of which come from the not to be missed Georges Duboeuf” would overcome any ambiguity.
Pendant que j’aie été en France, Il y a trois ans, J’ai rencontré M.et Mme Lagrange, Proprietaires Récoltants. Ils m’ont vendu 6 bouteilles de leur Beaujolais Villages vin (2005). FANTASTIQUE. Je souhaite que J’aie acheté 6 de boites.
bonne chance, Araydan.
Harley and Tom – interesting interpretations, but what I actually meant was something more like, “if you want to taste Beaujolais Nouveau, you have to include Georges Dubœuf.” He is the largest and best known producer of Beaujolais Nouveau, so if you want to know what BN is really like, you should taste at least one of his bottles along with a few others.
Laura K. Lawless
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Bonjour Laura!
Merci pour le nouveaux article. Cet un bon site pour le nouveaux étudient au français (ce moi!). J’aime beaucoup le vin! Les vins à mon favorite c’est riesling et Merlot. Je veux essayer beaujolais dans un autre temps.
Je ne sais rien de tout du vin. Mais j’ai cette idée que le beaujolais est plus en faveur en France mais que le bord en plus les states. Est-ce que c’est ça?
you have inspired me to start learning about wines how lucky you are to be able to speak french fluently i have started learning but cant affort to buy books so i get a bit of information at the library in cape town south africa thankyou so much
Sometimes traditions require the tasting and even purchase of some wines. I have a friend here in Connecticut who owns a winery and I force the smile on one variety as I do the BN. But I encourage everyone to try as many French wines as possible, you’ll find the type and chateau you can’t resist. As for me, simple red table wines from France are awesome!