If you have wandered into your local wineshop in the last week, it is probably stocked floor to ceiling with the Georges Duboeuf Beaujolias Noveau. This is absolutely fun stuff – the grapes were on the vine just a few weeks ago. If you want more background read an earlier post on the subject. Anyway, I bet most of you though this was all there was to Beaujolais, but you would be wrong.
Beaujolais is a French wine and as you may recall the French name their wine after were the grapes were grown. The grape in Beaujolais is actually Gamay – a thin skinned red grape with low tannins. There are 10 separate growing regions within Beaujolais. Each produces a distinct wine ranging from quite light to heavy and age worthy. Fleurie is one of these areas and produces a wine right in the middle of this range.
The 2006 Flower Label Fleurie has a sturdy structure with some tightly wound tannins, but not unpleasant. It does have good acidity which helps it pair well with food. It has a strong fruit forward start and a medium finish. Dark cherries and a bit of earth are the predominant flavors. The overall effect is quite smooth.
Altogether the 2006 Georges Duboeuf Fleurie is not a bad introduction to Beaujolais beyond Noveau.
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