09 Beaujolais Nouveau

originally posted by Rahsaan:
Does it matter?
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I'm talking about Chateauneufs.

Mark, 2007 had fewer days of hellish above 30C days than the prior vintages. But its average yearly temperature, 15C was quite high and it was slightly drier than usual previous vintages. I don't know if that counts as a long, cool growing season. I haven't seen figures for the acidity in the wines. Parker claims bright acid, but few others do.
 
originally posted by Jonathan Loesberg:
originally posted by Rahsaan:
Does it matter?
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I'm talking about Chateauneufs.

Mark, 2007 had fewer days of hellish above 30C days than the prior vintages. But its average yearly temperature, 15C was quite high and it was slightly drier than usual previous vintages. I don't know if that counts as a long, cool growing season. I haven't seen figures for the acidity in the wines. Parker claims bright acid, but few others do.
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And, as we've previously discussed, TBPG's vocabulary has to be parsed with care. These days, I translate "bright acid" as (barely) balanced acidity. "Shrill acidity" is what I look for now. [is there an emoticon for irony?]

Mark Lipton
 
originally posted by VLM:
Vissoux VV Nouveau
Was great. Had a few glasses with salad frise at the bar at Vin Rouge.

No reason to hate on this wine and as a leading indicator of 2009 vintage in Beaujolais, it should have folks excited.
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Just finished a bottle of the Primeur 09.

More sap driven and monolithic than the Brun. A touch CDRish which I've thought before about other vintages of this.

A super Nouveau. But at this point I still give the crown (by a good measure) to Msr. Brun. More of the rocks and fruit deal.
 
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