Wine name: Beaujolais Nouveau.
Producer: Les vins Georges Dubœuf, 71570 Romanèche-Thorins.
Vintage: 2011.
Purchased from John Lewis food hall.
Appearance bright purple, not red at all! Quite dark with artificial purple on the edges. Thick and viscous on the glass with fresh spices aromatics. The attack is quite light and dry with soft flavours of red fruits. Evolution: A little sharper as it develops with notes of redcurrants with a finish which is strawberries in nose, redcurrants on the swallow. Sweetness: 0. Acidity: 3. Tannin: 3 with a texture which is smooth & silky. The length is very subtle but lingers quite a long time. As for balance, it's nicely balanced for a Beaujolais Nouveau. The wine has a synthetic closure and is 12.5% abv. Overall, this wine is actually really nice, and has improved my impression of B-N and one of the best in recently years – smooth, nicely drinkable with beautiful crisp redcurrant flavours. My score (which is NOT the same as Robert Parker's!) is 85 points.
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