2021 v 2022 in Beaujolais

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Oswaldo Costa

Oswaldo Costa
"The 2021 Vintage
This is an utterly brilliant vintage for Beaujolais and one of the best in recent memory. The fruit is ripe as everyone could pick when they wanted to. It's a classic vintage and it's fresh, crackling and very complex. It's actually less concentrated than the 2020's and has 2014/2016 freshness, succulence and cut. They will drink great early in their lives. There is great complexity and depth for sure by they will charm early. Ripe and rich but fresh, tangy, elegant, concentrated with super velvety tannins. The fruit is super thrilling as well as it is so ripe, juicy and fresh. A truly invigorating vintage."

"The 2022 Vintage
This is an utterly brilliant vintage for Beaujolais and one of the best in recent memory. The fruit is ripe as everyone could pick when they wanted to. It's a modern classic vintage and it's fresh, concentrated, crackling and very complex. It's actually more concentrated than the 2021’s' but has 2014/2016 freshness, succulence and cut. They will drink great early in their lives. There is great complexity and depth for sure by they will charm early. Ripe and rich but fresh, deep, elegant, concentrated with super velvety tannins. The fruit is super thrilling as well as it is so ripe, juicy and fresh. A truly invigorating vintage."
 
Clearly, the Marketing Department knows how to cut and paste.

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Perhaps this helps more (or not)?:

"Focusing upon three vintages, 2020, 2021 and 2022, you could summarize the trio as a warm growing season 'sandwich' with a cool and wet 'filling'. During my tasting, I sometimes felt as if the wines existed at two ends of the stylistic spectrum — an under-nourished 2021 immediately followed by a slightly over-ripe 2022. At that point, I hankered for some kind of middle ground. In other words, a Beaujolais begat from a 'normal' season."
 
originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
Clearly, the Marketing Department knows how to cut and paste.

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Perhaps this helps more (or not)?:

"Focusing upon three vintages, 2020, 2021 and 2022, you could summarize the trio as a warm growing season 'sandwich' with a cool and wet 'filling'. During my tasting, I sometimes felt as if the wines existed at two ends of the stylistic spectrum — an under-nourished 2021 immediately followed by a slightly over-ripe 2022. At that point, I hankered for some kind of middle ground. In other words, a Beaujolais begat from a 'normal' season."
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That's useful, as I have been finding the 21s indeed a trifle "undernourished," with delightfully low alcohol and high acidity, but not very much meat on the bones (likely a closed phase, since a magnum of 2021 Guy Breton Regnié was open four months ago).
 
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