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White and Rosé Beaujolais Wines
Most Beaujolais wine is red, but small amounts of
Beaujolais Blanc
and
Beaujolais Rosé
are also made in both Beaujolais and Beaujolais Villages appellations.
Beaujolais Blanc
is made not from Gamay, but instead from Chardonnay, which thrives in the nearby Mâconnais region. In Beaujolais, it produces refreshing floral fruity whites. Beaujolais Blanc is made all over the region, with the best results from grapes grown on limestone soils. The quantity produced is strictly limited, and very little is exported.
Beaujolais Rosé
is made from Gamay, as is red Beaujolais, and is a light fruity elegant wine with Gamay aromas, and a taste often reminiscent of red summer fruits. Red Beaujolais ferments for typically 5 days, during which time the wine acquires its deep purple colour from pigments in the grape skins; however the light pink colour of the Rosé wine is obtained by seperating skins and juice after only a day or so. Beaujolais Rosé is also made in only tiny quantities.
Beaujolais Villages
Rosé 2006
Vincent Lacondemine
Ref: 330096
Another great wine from Vincent Lacondemine is his charming light, fresh fruity rosé, with its beautiful pale cherry-red colour, vibrant aromas of strawberries and red berries, and a lively mouth-filling refreshing taste. Made in very small quantities, this is an excellent all-year round wine, but comes into its own in the summer - ideal for barbecues - drink chilled (about 11°) with grilled meats, salads, or seafood dishes such as fruits de mer. Also makes a fine aperitif. I cannot overstate just how lovely this wine is - there is none of the weight often associated with Rosé - this one is truly elegant and will not disappoint. Drink now and throughout 2008.
rose
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Beaujolais Villages
Rosé 2006
Domaine Matray
Ref: 330079
Another Beaujolais Villages rosé from the Gamay grape, this one from the excellent Domaine Matray in the north of the region, from a vineyard near Juliénas. It has an elegant nose, and a lively fruity taste. This is a great summer wine, very refreshing when served chilled to 8 to 10°. Great for the barbecue, also with charcuterie or just on its own as an apéritif.
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rose
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Beaujolais Villages Blanc 2006
"Marguerite"
Claude Geoffray, Château Thivin
Ref: 330095
A white wine made by Claude Geoffray (of Château Thivin) from 100% Chardonnay grapes grown on young vines in a vineyard around the village of St. Lager, just south of the Mont Brouilly. The production of this wine is very small, just some 5000 bottles a year. It has a pale golden yellow colour, with a smokey toasty nose. On the palate there is again toasty oak, with good fruit, some green apple/orchard flavours, honeyed notes, and a hint of citrus on the finish. Excellent length. Really good with seafood, oysters, etc.
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Beaujolais Villages Blanc 2006
Domaine Matray
Ref: 330076
This wine is made from the chardonnay grape, and has a golden yellow colour and is fruity on both nose and palate. Quite dry. It goes well with fish and seafood dishes, snails, and frogs legs. Perfect also for raclette and fondue. Also makes a good apéritif. Serve at 8-10°
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Beaujolais Villages Blanc 2006
Vincent Lacondemine
Beaujeau
Ref: 3332099
**(*) ££
This is one of those real finds - not only a wine which is perhaps one of a dozen or so in my entire list that falls quite clearly in the "something very special" category, but which is also one which surprises in the sense that it is not at all what you expect from it. White Beaujolais, made from the Chardonnay grape, is a very pleasant wine if well chosen. And knowing M. Lacondemine of old, I was expecting this, the first commercial vintage of his white Beaujolais, to be nothing short of excellent. Oh how wrong I was, thinking this wine would be "only excellent" - it is awesome - more in the style of a moderately oaked white Burgundy from more northerly climes - perhaps a good Côte Chalonnaise white, with it's pale golden color, it's nose of vanilla and toasty oak, acacia, and honey, and it's quite bold and punchy palate, with a core of orchard fruits, and a weighty texture. Good acidity, with well-judged oak and a hint of tannin adding weight to the long finish.
This wine is made in homeopathic quantities - M. Lacondemine only made 2 small barrels of it in 2006, and the 2007 won't be released till later in 2008. My initial allocation of 3 cases had to be scaled back to 2 - so I really don't have much of this - and I have to impose a limit of 6 bottles per customer. I've been promised more next time, as a little more will be made next time - but it will still be very small.
Drink now and throughout 2009.
rose
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