Four Tastes of Beaujolais
by Tom Wolf
They’re here. Two of the most joyous reds you’ll taste all year have arrived, just in time for celebrating not only the end of harvest in Beaujolais—and wine regions everywhere—but also the holidays and feasts right around the corner. Domaine Dupeuble’s Nouveau has all the charm and fragrance we’ve come to love over many years of importing it. La Sœur Cadette’s bottling (very limited quantities!), meanwhile, is newer to our shores but is equally delicious, with its fleshy fruit, juicy texture, and liveliness.
If you want to experience just how seamlessly these Nouveaux fit into the broader range of Domaine Dupeuble and La Sœur Cadette’s wines, open them alongside the Beaujolais or Juliénas below. You’ll be able to sense the house style of both domaines and taste a more robust counterpart to their utterly hedonistic Nouveaux!
Wines In The Collection
Domaine Dupeuble France | Beaujolais
Limited Quantities! ~ The 2022 bottling is deep purple, with glimmers of violet, and fragrantly perfumed with dark, brambly fruits and intoxicating notes of cassis.
La Sœur Cadette France | Beaujolais
Limited Quantities! ~ Valentin Montanet also makes the most hedonistic of all wines–Beaujolais Nouveau. His rendition is light on its feet, floral, and juicy.
Domaine Dupeuble France | Beaujolais
This Beaujolais offers the drinkability of the most effusive Morgons with the frankness of a chiseled Moulin-à-Vent.
La Soeur Cadette France | Burgundy
With loads of fresh Gamay fruit, it flows over the palate with a juicy buoyancy that simply makes it hard to resist.
France | Beaujolais
Limited Quantities! ~ The 2022 bottling is deep purple, with glimmers of violet, and fragrantly perfumed with dark, brambly fruits and intoxicating notes of cassis.
France | Beaujolais
Limited Quantities! ~ Valentin Montanet also makes the most hedonistic of all wines–Beaujolais Nouveau. His rendition is light on its feet, floral, and juicy.
France | Beaujolais
This Beaujolais offers the drinkability of the most effusive Morgons with the frankness of a chiseled Moulin-à-Vent.
France | Burgundy
With loads of fresh Gamay fruit, it flows over the palate with a juicy buoyancy that simply makes it hard to resist.
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