by Richard Harvey
(See List of Sale Wines below)
Hey, Hey- don’t get me wrong... I have an immense fondness, nay, outright love for Beaujolais! I am a freakin’ John the B level evangelist for this region’s wine! But I have a very strong belief that the only way Beaujolais Nouveau tastes good is on a long, drunken stroll through the streets, bistros and bouchons of Lyon on a chilly November night.
Air-freighted to Calgary for the third Thursday of November, one pays the exorbitant shipping costs on a bottle of Beaujolais Nouveau (a very simple wine), its price tag inflated by it’s means of transport - far beyond the quality of the juice in the bottle. Jet fuel is not what I want to pay for when enjoying my Beaujolais!
C’mon! Just plan a trip to Lyon around the time of the Nouveau, and go on a bistro-crawl and sample this frisky newborn wine mere kilometres from its place of birth! It is, after all, a celebration of the recent harvest sur place. I don’t like air-freighted asparagus any more than sky-borne wine. I can dress like I’m going to the Carnival in Venice or Rio right here in Calgary, but… something is missing; context!!
So to end my diatribe, we’re proposing a No, No Nouveau sale here at Metrovino, where ALL of our Beaujolais wines (from the lovely 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 vintages - just no 2019!) are discounted by 15%. By the bottle, by the case- all Beaujolais!!
And we have some of the greats here: Guy Breton, Georges Descombes, Domaine de Fa, Chateau de Beauregard, Château Thivin, Christophe Pacalet…
There’s no loss of the hedonistic personality of Beaujolais in these more serious and qualitative wines - it’s just that there’s more to this pleasure than wham-bam, fun fruitiness…you will still be aroused by the wine but you also want to have a conversation with it.
Beaujolais Sale Wines with 15% Discount
(Th. Nov 21 to Su. Nov 24):
2016 Richard Rottiers Brouilly
shelf $37, discounted $31.45
2016 Richard Rottiers Moulin à Vent "Foudres"
shelf $35, discounted $29.75
2017 Richard Rottiers Beaujolais-Villages "Les Sambinières"
shelf $29, discounted $24.65
2014 Château de Beauregard Moulin à Vent "La Salomine"
shelf $40, discounted $34
2014 Château de Beauregard Beaujolais-Villages "Les Belouzes"
shelf $23, discounted $19.55
2015/2017 Château de Beauregard Juliénas "Beauvernay"
shelf $35, discounted $29.75
2016 Château de Beauregard Fleurie "Colonies de Rochegrès" MAGNUM
shelf $77, discounted $65.45
2016 Château de Beauregard Moulin à Vent "La Salomine" MAGNUM
shelf $87, discounted $73.95
2016 Hirsch Juliénas
shelf $21, discounted $17.85
2015 Hirsch Chénas "Les Brureaux"
shelf $35, discounted $29.75
2017 Domaine de Fa Fleurie "Roche Guillon"
shelf $45, discounted $38.25
2017 Domaine de Fa Beaujolais "En Besset"
shelf $35, discounted $29.75
2015 G. Descombes Morgon Vieilles Vignes
shelf $45, discounted $38.25
2016 G. Descombes Régnié Vieilles Vignes
shelf $44, discounted $37.40
2017 G. Descombes Morgon
shelf $35, discounted $29.75
2016 Guy Breton Morgon Vieilles Vignes
shelf $46, discounted $39.10
2017 Guy Breton Régnié
shelf $40, discounted $34
2018 Guy Breton Beaujolais-Villages "Cuvée Marylou"
shelf $33, discounted $28.05
2017 Harvey Davidson Chiroubles "St. Roch"
shelf $37, discounted $31.45
2018 Christophe Pacalet Chiroubles
shelf $35, discounted $29.75
2018 Christophe Pacalet Beaujolais-Villages
shelf $28, discounted $23.80
2018 Château Thivin Côte de Brouilly "Les Sept Vignes"
shelf $36, discounted $30.60
2017 Château Thivin Brouilly "Reverdon"
shelf $33, discounted $28.05
2017 Château Thivin Beaujolais-Villages "Manoir du Pavé"
shelf $27, discounted $22.95
2017 Château Thivin Beaujolais-Villages "Vignes d'Ecussol"
shelf $29, discounted $24.65
2017 Jean-Marc Burgaud Morgon "Les Charmes"
shelf $29, discounted $24.65
2016 Jean-Marc Burgaud Beaujolais-Villages "Les Vignes de Thulon"
shelf $25, discounted $21.25
2017 Jean-Marc Burgaud Beaujolais-Villages "Les Vignes de Lantignié"
shelf $25, discounted $21.25
2016 Domaine LaFarge Vial Fleurie "La Joie du Palais"
shelf $67, discounted $56.95
2016 Louis Boillot Moulin á Vent "Les Rouchaux"
shelf $45, discounted $38.25
