Nouveau
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2024
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Traditional French charcuterie boards, roasted chicken with herbs, or grilled pork sausages.
✨ Technical Specifications
Georges Duboeuf's Beaujolais Nouveau is the ultimate symbol of the harvest celebration, a wine that single-handedly sparked a global phenomenon. Crafted entirely from the Gamay grape grown in the granite-laced soils of the Beaujolais region in France, this vibrant red wine is produced using carbonic maceration. This specialized winemaking technique ferments whole grapes in a carbon dioxide-rich environment, extracting bright fruit flavors and vivid color while keeping tannins exceptionally low. Historically, Beaujolais Nouveau was a simple local wine celebrating the end of the harvest, but in the late 20th century, Georges Duboeuf famously championed the 'race' to deliver the first bottles to Paris and eventually the world, spawning the famous slogan 'Le Beaujolais Nouveau est arrivé!' It is a joyful, fruit-forward wine bursting with aromas of fresh red berries, banana, and bubblegum.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1964 by Georges Duboeuf—the visionary merchant famously dubbed the 'King of Beaujolais'—Les Vins Georges Duboeuf transformed the global reputation of Gamay. Headquartered in Romanèche-Thorins, the family négociant house collaborates with hundreds of winegrowers spanning southern Burgundy and Beaujolais. The portfolio captures the diverse terroirs across the ten regional Crus, where Gamay thrives on distinctive pink granite, manganese-rich schist, and decomposed clay slopes under a semi-continental climate with Mediterranean influences. Viticultural philosophy emphasizes sustainable management and lutte raisonnée across partner domains, alongside expanding certified organic initiatives. Utilizing traditional semi-carbonic and whole-cluster fermentations in temperature-controlled tanks, the vinification strategy preserves vivacious red fruit purity, florality, and supple tannin structure. Managed today by Franck Duboeuf and his son Adrien, the maison produces benchmark single-estate and cru bottlings, notably Château de Saint-Amour, Domaine du Moulin-à-Vent, Domaine de la Vigne Romaine, and the prestigious Fleurie cuvées.
🍇 Grapes
100% Gamay