NOT DRINKING POISON

NOT DRINKING POISON

Tasting: Natural Beaujolais Nouveau 2021

Everything I managed to taste on the traditional Beaujolais Nouveau Death March across Paris.

Aaron Ayscough
Nov 19, 2021
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It is of cardinal importance, when tasting, to seek out a calm, undisturbed ambience. (Morgane Fleury behind her bar at Ma Cave Fleury.)

NATURAL BEAUJOLAIS NOUVEAU 2021

What the ratings mean:

  • No chapeaux: Not a bad wine. Often a quite good wine, given the circumstances. But not necessarily something to chase down.

  • 🎩: The kind of wine that makes you tip you…

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