Josh talks about Beaujolais 2009

[Jeff Grossman]

Behind the IWC paywall, of course, but I think I'm copyrightically safe to repeat the blurb here:

Raynolds reports that 2009 yielded a greater number of outstanding wines than he has ever tasted from this region, but he has misgivings about all the hysteria over the vintage. There are many remarkably fleshy and fruity if sometimes freakishly large-scaled examples, but only the best bottlings, he reports, have the bright, tangy character that defines Beaujolais and makes these wines so scrumptious with food. And he’s convinced that, with relatively few exceptions, these wines will be at their most satisfying over the next five or six years.

Sounds like what is said following every recent hot vintage (1997, 2003...).

 

[Brad Kane]

originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
Josh talks about Beaujolais 2009Behind the IWC paywall, of course, but I think I'm copyrightically safe to repeat the blurb here: Raynolds reports that 2009 yielded a greater number of outstanding wines than he has ever tasted from this region, but he has misgivings about all the hysteria over the vintage. There are many remarkably fleshy and fruity if sometimes freakishly large-scaled examples, but only the best bottlings, he reports, have the bright, tangy character that defines Beaujolais and makes these wines so scrumptious with food. And he’s convinced that, with relatively few exceptions, these wines will be at their most satisfying over the next five or six years.

Sounds like what is said following every recent hot vintage (1997, 2003...).

I really wouldn't lump 2009 with '97, or '03 at all. They're not close stylistically because the '09's are so much better balanced and the fruit not as roasted, generally speaking.

 

[Jeff Grossman]

originally posted by Brad Kane:

originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
Sounds like what is said following every recent hot vintage (1997, 2003...).

I really wouldn't lump 2009 with '97, or '03 at all. They're not close stylistically because the '09's are so much better balanced and the fruit not as roasted.

I was a bit sloppy. I was not referring to 97/03 in Beaujolais specifically; just the general received wisdom that wine from hot years isn't balanced for the long haul.

A wisdom which seems not thoroughly true because I think I saw some recent postings that were nice reports on 97 Burgundy.

 

[Unknown]

I still enjoy an occasional 89 B.