Beaujolais Nouveau

[Thraz]

I have to have one bottle of this every year - just because. And then, when I have it I realize I will only have one bottle of it. This year is no different, although the 2006 is not bad. I should point out I am not a fan of BN (if it was not clear by now), I have it once a year because I was raised that way.

Domaine Moillard, Beaujolais-Villages Nouveau 2006, $11. Purple, very light in body, no length, very nouveau. Nice as an aperitif with hors d'oeuvres, as usual I would not recommend it for a proper meal. By nouveau standards it is actually not bad. I don't know that this bottling is representative of the entire vintage, or even of this year's Beaujolais nouveau for that matter, but I will venture a bet: this is not a bad BN so I am now hoping for a reasonably good 2006 vintage for the regions that really count to me (Rhone and Loire). The BN benchmark has usually worked for me in that sense.