Will the REAL Beaujolais Please Stand Up

Will the REAL Beaujolais Please Stand Up – Episode #252

June 8, 2007

Gary Vaynerchuk tastes some Beaujolais wine and these aren’t your Grand Pappies Beaujolais either.

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“I’ve only tried the Beaujolais noveau as i’m sure many have, consisten…” by richardvinifera
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Wines tasted in this episode:

2005 Chateau Thivin Cote De BrouillyCru Beaujolais
2005 Domaine Diochon Moulin A Vent Vielles VignesCru Beaujolais
2005 Clos De La Roilette FleurieCru Beaujolais

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June 9, 2007

mikeyrad
i love cru beaujolais!
June 9, 2007

ChefD
QOTD- Of course I cant stand it, the first time i had gamey was in 1983 around thanksgiving and it was good to me, of course all the wine snobs laughed at my palate and I havent gone back since, however Gary you changed my mind and I am going to seek them out and get the last laugh.
June 9, 2007

Wimberly Miree
One additional comment: The banana I get with youngish Beaujolais begins to fade with age, or gets covered up, with many other complex nuances, as most good reds will do. I never have been a big buyer of Beaujolais, but always have about a case lying around the cellar….all Cru.
June 9, 2007

Wimberly Miree
I found your “tea” comment interesting. I will look for this as an identifier when I next drink Beaujolais. In blind tastings, my most successful identifier of Beaujolais is a banana and strawberry aroma & flavor. 42 years ago when I first started drinking wine, Beaujolais was among the first wines I ever drank. Back then I drank them almost immediately, but about a decade later I started holding some (Cru Beaujolais) back for 5-10 years in good vintages. I found they get amazingly more Burgundian in their taste profile. On very rare occasions, I have had 15-20 year old Beaujolais, which had become virtually indistinguishable from a good Beaune.
June 9, 2007

drwMD
QOtD: Yes…
June 9, 2007

JimmyB
I am not scared of Beaujolais as I have not drank any to this date, but did buy a bottle a couple of weeks ago. Louis Jadot 2005. Pulled it out, set it on the table and will consume tonight with leftover bacon wrapped steak from the other night. Wish me luck.
June 9, 2007

PhilB
QOTD: Even though I DID have one or two bottles of really nice Beaujolais, I guess that I still get scared when someone brings Beaujolais over for dinner… But hey, episodes like this one are putting one more nail in the Beaujolais prejudice’s coffin, which is a very good thing!
June 9, 2007

vibemore
If I haven’t bought of Beaujolais in the past 8 years does that make me prejudiced against it? So yeah, I probably am. I will go to the principals office and pick up said bottle of Beaujolais.
June 9, 2007

Skol
Nope, not prejudiced on Beaujolais except for the Nouveau.

I was hoping you wouldn’t talk about them so I can keep buying them on the cheap
June 9, 2007

Jim in Atlanta
No issues with beaujolais. Like it a lot. Thanks for reminding me to pick some up.
June 9, 2007

Dan Jaworek
Prejucided against Gamay? No way. I buy at least one case of Beaujolais every year. Its the perfect casual wine to consume with my roasted chicken (slightly brined, browned perfectly, and served w/a thyme scented au jus) and a gratin of potato. Its great with pate too. But more important, there is no such thing as an inferior grape. Grapes are like cuts of meat. The belly is not inferior to the loin. Its just different and has different applications. Wines are the same way. Why drink a monster Cab with roast chicken? There’s beauty not only in the wines themselves but in the interplay between the food, wine, occasion, atmosphere, and the company its consumed with. People often speak of how a simple wine consumed on vaction in France in a bistro tasted so much better than it did when they tried it here. But you can create your own precious moments with wine, food, and company if you open yourself to the simple charms that each variety has to offer and celebrate it for what it is. Once you do that you begin to enjoy cotes du rhone with simple beef stew, Chinon with a filet mignon, vouvray with scallops, sancerre with oysters, and rose with ratatoulle. Just ask yourself “what is its nature, what does this wine do?”

Dan J
June 9, 2007

Bettina
Cru B’s are great, and Kermit does a good job of importing so we’re lucky we live near enuf Kermit’s store.

yes, am not a fan of pinkish swillish George Debuf N B’s.

Great show, hope Greece is treating you well.
June 9, 2007

Dusty
qotd: definately prejudice against beaujolais. only ones i’ve had are the deboufs and equally priced ones. the grand cru’s of beaujolais (the ones you tasted, for example) i’ve never heard of nor tried. once again gary v, always breaking down the wine stereotypes for me. thanks
June 9, 2007

SoCal
QOTD: Yes I always thought of it like chablis….. but since you broke me out of that stigma…why should this be any different? For the education G!
June 9, 2007

lifestooshort
QOTD: Definitely prejudiced toward Beaujolais, because before I started getting serious about wine, my only point of reference was nouveau beau. (every September, the local wine store would sell it). I hated that stuff, and never gave it another thought. Actually, Eric Asimov did an interesting blog piece on it not long ago. Definitely willing to give this a shot–cheers.
June 9, 2007

IanY
Hmm, I have to confess to being a bit prejudiced against the Beaujolais… after watching this though I think it’s time I tried some better stuff! Great episode!
June 9, 2007

NathanN
Great show with some great wines!

QOTD: Only Beaujolais i’ve ever had were the Jadot a couple of time. Can’t wait to try some Cru. Thanks for expanding my wine world.
June 9, 2007

maggiej
QOTD: I have to admit that before I had tasted good wine in general, I really liked george’s beaujolais village. You know, in the grocery store with the flowers on the bottle. Now that I have tasted much more of what is out there, I still like the cru beaujolais, especially Morgon. Will have to try these others.
June 9, 2007

Elliot Essman
I love the Beaujolais Crus and hate the bubblegum type Beaujolais (and fortunately know the difference). I’m three wines into tasting all the 10 Crus. I’ve enjoyed the Joseph Drouhin Moulin-Ã -Vent 2005, the Georges Dubouef RÃ©gniÃ© 2005, and the ChÃ¢teau Thivin Brouilly 2005.

Having a great time with these, and, yes, the value is there.
June 9, 2007

J Crazy
First of all, what happened to the good old days of like episode 10 when there was only 3 comments? Now it takes a half hour to load the comment page, hehehe!

QOTD: You guys want to know about Beaujolais? Well, we also would like to know a little bit over here in Japan. You say Beaujolais and everyone thinks good old George (what’s with dicks named george?!?). The Nouveau comes out here before anywhere, even France and we get the “made for 7-11″ junk. If you’re intrepid you can find the good juice but ON THE WHOLE I feel sorry for Gamay. Poor grape. Being said that, the potential Bojolay has as a way value wine is exciting and I hope more producers and importers get hip to it.
June 9, 2007

Robert F
QOTD: No prejudice here. I’ve never tried Beaujolais Nouveau, or even regular Beaujolais. Just villages and Cru, so I’ve never experienced the crappy crap. Vive le Cepage Gamay!

By the way, if beaujolais doesn’t suck, what about the gamay based wines in the loire, like from the touraine?
June 9, 2007

FTboomer
QOTD: Yep, cause George sux!
June 9, 2007

Robin
It was impossible to watch this last night no matter what I tried. This AM, no problems with streaming. Must be the traffic.
I was prejudiced against Beaujolais, but am willing to start over with it. I will seek them out.
June 9, 2007

Suzanne
Another great episode! QOTD: I’ve never tried a Beaujolais (is that weird??), so I have no preconceived ideas about it. I need to go buy a couple and try them out.
June 9, 2007

TD
Great to see the oft-overlooked Beaujolais crus getting some attention. Summer’s coming and it’s time to drink a few slightly chilled bottles of Morgan, and Julienas

Don’t forget the Cote de Puy, lovely things there!