Beaujolais Nouveau 2026 – the most consistent and accessible vintage since at least 2017
“Beaujolais Nouveau is not really an appellation; it’s a moment that you pass and enjoy with friends…”
More tasting reports on Beaujolais Nouveau
The statistics are not yet official, but – like everywhere else – the Beaujolais region was hot and dry in 2026.
The resultant crop, versus the recent average production, was at least 35% lower.
For these primeurs, we should also note that given the very early harvest, the elevage is almost a month longer than traditional for a Nouveau.
With these Beaujolais Primeurs – or Nouveau to most people – we have a glimpse of what 2026 might bring in another 6-12 months.
Since the first vintage I did this tasting (2017?), this is the largest selection of wines that have been presented, but it still represents less than 20% of the producers who commercialise a ‘Nouveau’ – estimated to be about 700 domaines. Though many of those make only ‘micro’ cuvées of 1,000-2,000 bottles…
My* Beaujolais Nouveau Statistics Dashboard
*Helped by Claude(!!) who integrated all the stats available in my previous reports and assembled them with some new ones from the 2025 campaign, provided this year by InterBeaujolais.
You will have to click on the above to visualise the worrying trend seen lower down the page, but sales are down nearly 50% in 10 years… But I’m hwere top talk about wines not the sales of wines, so:
Good hunting!
All of the wines were tasted and selected blind. It was only after the tasting that I got a copy of the spreadsheet with the names to match to the numbered bottles:
Here are 30 wines that are worth your time:
Excellent Wines – Beaujolais Nouveau
From 73 examples, I found ten excellent wines – see below – but no ‘great’ wines. To be fair, this selection was quite variable, as you will see from the notes:
Famille Couzon, 1ère Cuvée
Julien Mathon, Toutencanon
Cave du Château de Chénas
Jean-Marc Aujoux
De Champ Fleury, Joyeux Beaujolais
Ruet, Les Trois Poulettes
Oedoria, Cuvée du Zèbre
Romuald Petit
Jean Loron, Vieilles Vignes
Mommessin
Excellent & Great Wines – Beaujolais Villages Nouveau
What a great step up in quality – both concentration, texture and drinkability – probably the best, most accessible ‘villages’ that I’ve tasted at launch: 17 from 75 were excellent, and three were great wines, but that small-ish number belies how many were very tasty and drinkable !!
Excellent:
Cave du Château des Loges, Les Trois Madones
De Rochemure
Manoir du Carra, Dame Nature
Château de Poncié, Gamaia
Lavernette de Boissieu, Le Jeune
Dominique Piron
Des Nugues
Béroujon, Sans Sulfite
De Thulon
Burnichon
Trenel
Tano Péchard
Georges Duboeuf
Le Fagolet – Famille Girard, Pur Jus de Granit
La Combe au Loup – Méziat
Du Penlois, Tu M’fais tourner la tête
Cave de Juliénas-Chaintré, Cœur Nature
Great:
De Colette, Natur’elle de Colette
Gaget, Vinum Memoria
André Colonge, Colonge Landry
Click on ‘Read More…’ below to see the full notes for the 153 wines in the order that they were (blind) tasted on Thursday 05th November 2026:
Beaujolais Nouveau Rosé
Time to start working! All these notes presented in the order that the wines were tasted:
2026 Vignerons des Pierres Dorées, Beaujolais Rosé Nouveau Terra Iconia
A pretty pale pink. A little saline and herb. Hmm, a little generosity and then a tasty finish.
2026 Agamy, Beaujolais Rosé Nouveau Terroirs des Pierres Dorées
Also a pale pink. More scale in the mouth – also with a small generosity – this finish more vibrant, concentrated and tasty again.
2026 Vins Aujoux, Beaujolais Rosé Nouveau Les Guinguettes Aujoux
Almost colourless! Fresh – more direct, slightly herbed again. The flavours more mineral and direct – you could say that this lacks generosity but it’s tasty and nicely incisive.
2026 Oedoria, Beaujolais Rosé Nouveau Cuvée du Zèbre
Pale pink. The nose has width, a little salinity to add to the high-toned style. Wider, fluid, tasty flavour – the impression of concentration too, also in the finish. The best so far!
2026 Georges Duboeuf, Beaujolais Rosé Nouveau
Very pale. Wide, pretty high tones. Mouth-filling – subtly austere vs the others – but in a good way.
2026 Le Père la Grolle, Beaujolais Rosé Nouveau
An extra width of aroma. More direct, mineral, narrow in style. Quite good…
Beaujolais Nouveau
A few are 12.5%, but most are 13.5-14%…
2026 Jean-Yves Sonnery, Beaujolais Nouveau
Forward, bright, complex. Soft, with depth of flavour – that’s actually a super start – excellent!
2026 Vignerons de Bel Air, Beaujolais Nouveau
Bon-bon anglaise. Concentrated, almost a little stewed. Lots of concentrated, quite tasty finishing flavour – it’s good.
2026 Christophe Subrin, Beaujolais Nouveau
Extra deep colour. Wide and deep aromatics. Plenty of wine – with good depth of flavour, slowly fading. Very good.
2026 De la Simonde, Beaujolais Nouveau Essen’Ciel
More direct, saline aromatics. I like how this feels in the mouth – wide, fluid and concentrated. Not the most delicious so far but close – but I’d keep it a year!
2026 Villon, Beaujolais Nouveau
A softer width of aroma. In the mouth too there’s a softness and slowly fading tasty finishing flavour – it’s a good one!
2026 Club des Sommeliers, Beaujolais Nouveau
Deeper colour again. The most aromatic wine so far. Supple and wide – slowly fading flavour – excellent!
2026 Du Charverron, Beaujolais Nouveau
Vibrant, deep dark fruit aromatic. Really mouth-filling – tons of concentration. Concentrated but fine flavour – long too. Excellent wine.
2026 Famille Chasselay, Beaujolais Nouveau La Marduette
Deeply coloured. Strong, high-toned aromas. Large in the mouth – subtly but not unattractive volatiles.
2026 Château Moulin Favre, Beaujolais Nouveau
So dark coloured! Deep, modestly high toned. Really large in the mouth – the fruit is good – almost myrtille. Long too – Another excellent choice.
2026 De Roche Catin, Beaujolais Nouveau
A little sulfitic. Softer but with plenty of concentration. Red fruits, slowly fading. Quite good…
2026 Des Marrans, Beaujolais Nouveau
More modest colour. Pretty aromas of red fruits – transparent. Energetic and fresh – a very different style of wine. Lighter but full of tasty flavour energy.
2026 Famille Chasselay, Beaujolais Nouveau Classique
Deeper again – a concentrated flavour, melting, framed with a subtle tannin and a good dimension of finishing flavour.
2026 Chevalier Métrat, Beaujolais Nouveau
A reticent nose. Some softness of texture but supple and finishing with some energy, small bitters at the end.
2026 Mommessin, Beaujolais Nouveau Sans soufre ajouté
Pretty dark fruit energy. Supple, wide, so full of fruit – that’s an excellent wine, maybe more…
2026 Bourbon, Beaujolais Nouveau Charme d’Automne
Airy but sweet nose. Large in the mouth, cool delivery of flavour – it shrinks after the extra of the previous wine – but lovely texture and very fine finishing…
2026 Famille Couzon, Beaujolais Nouveau 1ère CuvéeTop wine
More vertical with lovely fruit aromatics. More roast fruit flavours – but nice. Fine finishing – actually very delicious. Not a wine to be overlooked! Excellent.
2026 Vins de Pizay, Beaujolais Nouveau La Réserve du Maître de Chai
Deep, vibrant aromas. The texture is good. The flavour also. Like wide the finish – all good!!
2026 SARL AIMDVINS, Beaujolais Nouveau Les Souraints Sourire de Nouveau
Hmm – not the most attractive red fruit nose. Cushioned and quite perfumed aromas – very different.
2026 Dominique Piron, Beaujolais Nouveau
Vibrant and higher toned. Really wide – but also vibrant flavours – they are good here…
2026 Steeve Charvet, Beaujolais Nouveau
Less coloured than most. Equally modest aromatics. Fruity red fruits – the last flavours okay.
2026 De la Croix de l’Ange, Beaujolais Nouveau Plaisirs des Pierres Dorées
Back to a deep colour. Deeply aromatic too. Mouth-filling, a modest frame of textural softness. Lasts well.
2026 Célia et David Large, Beaujolais Nouveau Massai
Some amylic impression. A little in the mouth too, softer very red fruit.
2026 Julien Mathon, Beaujolais Nouveau ToutencanonTop wine
More direct, a small, attractive perfume. Wide, supple and delicious. Long finish – that’s excellent.
2026 Agamy, Beaujolais Nouveau Terroirs des Pierres Dorées
Deep colour again. Direct, detail and pretty aromatics. Super texture, just subtly soft at the edges. Wide, delicious flavour. Maybe the best so far…
2026 Cave du Château de Chénas, Beaujolais NouveauTop wine
Another nose of boiled sweets, here with some salinity. Supple, lovely depth of texture and a delicious finishing flavour with good energy – also excellent!
2026 Sarah Perrusset, Beaujolais Nouveau
Direct, redder fruit. A little more scale – probably CO2 too. The finish is fine with some modestly drying tannin – so keep a year! But this is very good!
2026 Pierre Van Oost, Beaujolais Nouveau Introduction
Wax-topped but not so deep coloured! A pretty, transparent red fruit nose. Large in the mouth. The finish complex and a little savoury…
2026 SARL Joubert, Beaujolais Nouveau
Back to a deep colour. Complex, dark fruit and even a little spice – not so large in scale. Mouth-filling with energy to the flavour – vibrant finishing too – Very good.
2026 Michel Guignier – Les Améthystes, Beaujolais Nouveau
Some savoury depth to this nose. Good scale and texture – dark fruit flavours. Finish quite well.
2026 André Colonge, Beaujolais Nouveau Gatsby Gamay
Deep colour. Boiled sweets aromas. Large in the mouth – there is style here and lots of flavour energy with plenty of salinity too. Long finishing. One of the best again.
2026 Famille Girin, Beaujolais Nouveau
Saturated dark colour. Dark, meaty aromatics. Juicy, sweet fruit – that’s much more interesting than the nose suggested – very tasty finishing.
2026 De la Couvette, Beaujolais Nouveau
Higher toned, wide aromatics. Hmm, scale of flavour – width too. Melting flavours and quite pretty and complex red fruit finishing…
2026 Château de Pizay, Beaujolais Nouveau
Deep colour. A shy nose. Cool fresh flavour energy. Wide and growing in intensity – less sweet but a very good wine…
2026 Anthony Charvet, Beaujolais Nouveau Beaujo Beau
Deep dark fruit. In the mouth too – ripe but attractive dark fruit. Finishing with some salinity too – that’s very good!
2026 Jean-Marc Aujoux, Beaujolais NouveauTop wine
Lighter aromas of dark fruit. Cool, quite direct. And a very tasty finish – it makes me want to take another sip – even after 40 wines! It’s excellent.
2026 Forétal, Beaujolais Nouveau
More direct aromas, nicely energetic. Cool flavours, with plenty of concentration. More tannin in the tasty finish.
2026 Jean-Pierre Rivière, Beaujolais Nouveau
Bordeaux bottle. Deep colour. Saline aromas. Mouth-filling, mouth-watering darker fruit. A tasty wine!
2026 Château de l’Éclair, Beaujolais Nouveau
Deeply coloured. Saline less attractive aroma. Direct, with good energetic flavour though.
2026 ourbon, Beaujolais Nouveau En Marche
A nice detail of dark fruit aromas. Mouth-filling with flavour energy. Wide, almost a mineral support here. That’s good.
2026 Jean-Marc Lafont, Beaujolais Nouveau Ephémère
Deeply coloured again. High toned nose with some salinity. Lots of scale and flavour energy. The flavours adhere to the palate – tons of depth – keep it a year, it will be super…
2026 Emmanuel Fellot, Beaujolais Nouveau Vieilles Vignes
High toned nose – saline again. Large, with a cushion to the concentrated flavour. Almost chewy finishing concentration.
2026 Le Crêt de Bine, Beaujolais Nouveau La Binette
More modest depth of colour. Also some higher and quite saline tones. Wide, nicely mobile, subtly velvet texture. The last notes with attractive perfume… Very good!
2026 EARL Joncy, Beaujolais Nouveau Cuvée des Copains comme cochons
Modestly coloured for 2026. Wide, quite attractive red fruit. Extra energy and a subtly silky texture. A very different style and maybe excellent only because of that – but yum!
2026 De Champ Fleury, Beaujolais Nouveau Joyeux BeaujolaisTop wine
The first with cliché BJ aromatics. Large in the mouth, silky, with a width of attractive finishing flavour – long too. Certainly excellent.
2026 Anthony Perol, Beaujolais Nouveau Abracadaboum
More modest depth of aroma. Energy and salinity. Hmm – this is nice over the palate – less overt concentration but a good energy – it’s good!
2026 Georges Duboeuf, Beaujolais Nouveau
Back to a deep colour. More vertical – extra deep but still attractive aromatics. A little bubble-gum accent to tasty fruit. That’s very good.
2026 Cave de Juliénas-Chaintré, Beaujolais Nouveau Cœur Rubis
A more airy width of aroma – the depth much tighter. Actually the flavour is deep and concentrated – the middle and finish are very tasty. That’s borderline excellent!
2026 Ruet, Beaujolais Nouveau Les Trois PoulettesTop wine
Airy top notes again. Cool, fluid – a departure! The flavours of modest intensity but delicious and complex. Excellent!
2026 Pierre-Marie Chermette, Beaujolais Nouveau Griottes
Direct, some salinity again. Large, panoramic flavour. Finishing well – that’s lovely…
2026 Des Voutes Dorées, Beaujolais Nouveau
Energetic, not just saline but there’s attractive fruit aromas too. In the mouth it’s incisive with good detail. Long finishing – give it 6 months but it’s excellent…
2026 Antoine Viland, Beaujolais Nouveau
A deeper, cushion dark fruit aroma. Scale, and lots of concentration. A subtle bubble-gum accent in the finish. That’s very good…
2026 Paul-André Brossette et Fils, Beaujolais Nouveau Empreinte Cuvée Spéciale
Forward but predominantly saline nose. Cool, mobile flavours with good detail. Tasty finishing with a little extra tannin.
2026 Le Crêt de Bine, Beaujolais Nouveau Première Cuvée
Modest depth of colour. Direct, herbed but intense. A modest, and tannic austerity – but the finish is fine.
2026 Anthony Perol, Beaujolais Nouveau Le P’tit Nouveau
A deep fruit here, almost creamy cushioned. The same in the mouth – a wine apart after 60 wines. But very tasty!
2026 Joel Lacoque, Beaujolais Nouveau
Red fruited salinity for a nose. Good width, texture and energy. The finish with some extra tannin…
2026 Gaget, Beaujolais Nouveau Wanted Gamay
A more savoury aromatic freshness. Really wide, some tannin framing the flavours. Some last energy with plenty of bitters…
2026 Aurélie et Fabien Romany, Beaujolais Nouveau
Airy, less width – red fruit. A little more supple, certainly wide flavours. Some slightly austere but tasty finishing complexity – it’s long too – super with food!
2026 Pierre-Marie Chermette, Beaujolais Nouveau Origine
Deep, subtly smoky dark fruit nose. Mouth-filling, also framed with tannin – but almost no grain. The finish slowly grows with a good perfume – Very good.
2026 Oedoria, Beaujolais Nouveau Cuvée du ZèbreTop wine
Hmm – that’s got a vibrant energy and plenty of fruit – good. The flavour is fresh and energetic, lovely flavour and nicely textured too – that’s clearly excellent!
2026 Romuald Petit, Beaujolais NouveauTop wine
A smaller but still attractively dark-fruited nose. Properly concentrated – dark fruit and holding so strong in the finish. Excellent!
2026 Jean Loron, Beaujolais Nouveau Vieilles VignesTop wine
Super-deep colour. Airy, fresh but with impressive depth. A sweeping width of flavour. Concentrated – it will swamp your food but it’s delicious. Excellent.
2026 Paul-André Brossette et Fils, Beaujolais Nouveau Empreinte
More sulfur/salinity. But this is fresh, direct and energetic in the mouth. Finishing quite well – indeed quite long too…
2026 Trenel, Beaujolais Nouveau
A deep nose, some vibrant spice in the depth. Cool – lots of mouth-filling style – dark fruit, even a little graphite. Very good.
2026 Vins Aujoux, Beaujolais Nouveau Fabrice Sommier
Airy, quite direct. Wide, vibrant, nice texture. Long too – also very good.
2026 Château de Corcelles, Beaujolais Nouveau
A tighter nose. Another wine with width and cool flavours – more fluid. The last flavours are very lovely – super wine.
2026 Vignerons des Pierres Dorées, Beaujolais Nouveau La Rose Pourpre
Almost black colour! Dark but discrete fruit aromas. Wide, supple, subtly drying tannin framing fine flavour. That’s super and you can drink it over the next 2 years…
2026 Vignerons des Pierres Dorées, Beaujolais Nouveau Terra Iconia
Another deeply coloured wine. Also discrete but with an extra visibility to the perfume. Scale, cool flavour, modestly tannin, without grain. That’s a lovely finish. Super wine again.
2026 Oedoria, Beaujolais Nouveau Cœur d’Automne
A more open depth of dark fruit energy. Scale, energy and a modest extra austerity. Lip smacking good finishing flavour – long too.
2026 Cambon, Beaujolais Nouveau
Hmm – not a large nose but one with an attractive width. In the mouth – there is some good detail and a slowly melting darker but not black fruit. Tasty finishing!
2026 Moillard, Beaujolais Nouveau
Narrow but discrete aromatics. Wide, really wide and full of dark fruit energy – good detail too. A slowly melting finishing flavour – that’s tasty. A lovely wine.
2026 Hugo et Laurent Thévenet – Le Petit Pérou, Beaujolais Nouveau
A modest aroma once more. Mouth-filling – still some retained gas in this one. A slowly fading, largely undemonstrative finish – but tasty…
2026 Vignobles Perras, Beaujolais Nouveau
Some spicy/saline width but not so open. Fine width, vibrant flavour with some finishing bitters – it’s good!
2026 Mommessin, Beaujolais NouveauTop wine
Deep colour. More detail of dark fruit – that’s nice. Cool – the flavours have scale too. The last flavours have something extra too – that’s super – indeed excellent.
Beaujolais Villages
An obvious step up for the ‘villages’ – larger scale and concentration – the tannin is generally well-managed and almost grainless – some are a little drier though. But! These are the most accessible BJV (Primeurs) that I’ve ever tasted – all will still be great in 6-12 months but the majority can also be enjoyed now – I’ve never seen that before!
2026 L’Oiseau de Passage, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau Eclosion
A deep, dark aroma. Wide, with a fine, silky texture – vibrant flavour and not too much tannin – fine complexity – already in the top 10% of what went before!
2026 Cave du Château des Loges, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau Les Trois MadonesTop wine
A small nose but of sparkly complexity. Large again – with some classy depth of tannin framing the flavour. Slowly melting dark flavour – ultra classy – excellent wine.
2026 De Haute Molière, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau L’Etourdi
Vibrant and complex, these are attractive fruit aromas. In the mouth super scale though the fruit seems a little more roasted in style. A lovely finishing flavour that leaches through an extra tannin – very good.
2026 Kévin Dalais, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau
Another fine aromatic – only a little tighter. Large in the mouth – freshness to go with the scale – a little more drying so drink over the next couple of years.
2026 Jean-Yves Sonnery, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau
A pretty width of redder fruit – less overtly energetic. Cool and actually fine in the mouth. Slowly fading flavour. Super…
2026 De Rochemure, Beaujolais Villages NouveauTop wine
Narrower but deeper aromas – attractively inviting. An extra depth to this flavour – fruit and texture. So much flavour and also finishing with scale – again, drink over 2 years – it’s excellent.
2026 De Romarand, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau Beaujolais Lantignié
Lots of colour – of course! Deep, perhaps the fruit a little stewed. Large – really mouth-filling. Flavour that clings to the palate – but I’d be waiting 6+ months for this to ‘affine’.
2026 Château du Bluizard, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau
Deep nose – slightly creamy and needing a bit of air. Good scale in the mouth, again. The flavour more attractive than the last wine – some tannin but quite accessible and a super finish too. Yum!
2026 Manoir du Carra, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau Dame NatureTop wine
A pretty energy – though less aromatic impact. Extra wide – extra good flavour. The last flavours a little more stony and intense – that’s excellent!
2026 Des Combiers – Laurent Savoye, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau
A nose that’s wide but a little more diffuse. Cool, relatively fluid flavour despite obvious concentration. The finish has good scale, fine flavour, just a more modest energy – but it’s very tasty.
2026 Des Fournelles, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau
Airy but fresh fruit energy. In the mouth a similar energy – open freshness and a good clarity here too. A young wine – drink over 2 years – but it’s very tasty.
2026 Cave des Vignerons de Bel Air, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau Natural
Narrower but attractive fruit – dark and clarity here. Really wide, cushioned complexity too – extra salinity – like the Beaujolais – and long. Super.
2026 Domaine Lagneau, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau
Less impact from this fruit but there’s good detail in these aromas. Cushioned, concentrated, and with some sparkly finishing complexity – super…
2026 Château de Poncié, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau GamaiaTop wine
Airy, diffuse aromas. But there’s impact to this concentration – and plenty of energy too. The finish is delicious – I haven’t written that very often! Excellent.
A complex nose – perfumed of roses like a whole-bunch Pinot. Large in the mouth, supple, concentrated and delicious (again!) even a suggestion of chocolate in the finishing flavours – my first bravo!!
2026 Famille Mélinon, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau
That’s a pretty and complex nose too – no rose. Scale, nice texture and another very tasty finish – that’s super.
2026 Jean-François Pégaz, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau
High-toned, slightly spiky, almost volatile red fruit. Juicy and long – narrow flavours – it’s okay…
2026 Manoir du Carra, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau Vieilles Vignes
Deep, but with some freshness to the dark fruit. A velour to this texture and a juicy middle section to these flavours. Modestly tannic finishing. (the tannins are present but much less drying than in other vintages of BJVN). It’s super…
2026 Lavernette de Boissieu, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau Le JeuneTop wine
An extra width of red fruit but airy rather than focused. Ooh – but depth of flavour in this impressive concentration. This is very impressive – and relatively approachable already. Excellent!
2026 Du Clos du Fief, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau
High tones, a little savoury. Supple, wide quite fluid flavour. The fruit starts to grow as you head towards the finish. That’s very good.
2026 Dominique Piron, Beaujolais Villages NouveauTop wine
A modest nose – faintly saline but with some subtle fruit in support. That’s attractively cushioned and concentrated in the mouth – comforting and delicious flavours. Quite long too. Yes – excellent & accessible!
2026 Agamy, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau Collines de Quincié
Deeply coloured. A pretty, but dark nose. Cushioned again, and with some growing intensity to the flavour and plenty of finishing tannin. Keep it 6-12 months – it’s super.
2026 De la Plaigne, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau
Deeply coloured. Dark fruit but fluid, cool flavours – saline framed. The flavour has good finishing energy – very good!
2026 Vincent Canard, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau Le P’tit Gamay
A reductive width of fruit. In the mouth too – but the shape, texture and small cushion are all quite sophisticated – do Riedel make a special carafe for Nouveau?
2026 Alexis de Benoist, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau
Ooh – vibrant – more graphite than any of the previous wines. Cool and full of energy – silky in style. Of course the tannin comes more to the front and silky is no longer in my mind. Keep this at least 6 months before drinking.
2026 Jambon, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau
Deep colour. Deep and vibrant aromas. Large in the mouth with lots of dark flavour energy – framed with tannin – but there are much worse – wait six months but this is super!
2026 Château Bonnet, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau Chat’Au Bonnet
More direct and detailed. This is fun and flavour-packed in the mouth – dark, accessible fruit. Long. Super wine.
2026 Moillard, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau
A smaller but complex nose – some spice here. Large in the mouth, subtly reductive here. But a discrete, tasty finish. Yum!
2026 Anthony Charvet, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau
Less colour here. Airy, quite pretty aromatics. Wide over the palate with a small cushion. Slowly fading, stony fruit. That’s a good one…
More open, with fine depth of aroma. In the mouth, full of flavour energy, finely cushioned and very complex finishing. The tannin is ‘controlled’ and not a problem today. Why not – also bravo!
2026 Château de Corcelles, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau Vieilles Vignes
Hmm – a more powdery nose over dark fruit. Silky, supple wine – almost a little finishing licorice. Only at the end the tannin more visible. A good wine.
2026 Béroujon, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau
A wider, more detailed and energetic nose. Large in the mouth – well-packaged by the velvet texture. Long, quite linear finishing with some developing bitters towards the end – that’s super!
2026 Des Nugues, Beaujolais Villages NouveauTop wine
Deeper, darker fruit – more vertical – good detail here. A suggestion of reduction at the base of this flavour – the finish is actually one of best – complex, wide and delicious – a great finish. Excellent.
2026 De la Milleranche, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau
Darkly coloured. More direct with pretty and detailed top notes. Really wide, the texture is good too. Growing in intensity – that’s a very good more linear but intense finish with a small accent of beer like a low sulfur wine. Super…
2026 Domaine Béroujon, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau Sans SulfiteTop wine
More detail and high toned BJ-style energy. Mouth-filling, with a mm of cushioned, not too drying, tannin. Finishing very well – that’s excellent.
2026 Des Nugues, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau Sans Soufre
Some breadth of aroma – but rather indistinct. Lovely texture and concentration – a very balanced combination. The finish is a good one – just a nose short of excellent…
2026 Laura Lardy, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau
Modest colour. Bright red fruit. Mouth-filling, with an accent of cushioning. Finishing red fruited again, here with some bitters.
2026 Des Deux Fontaines, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau
Also modestly coloured. Indistinct darker red fruit. Supple, again a good texture – more tannin but well-managed. A good last finishing flavour too.
2026 Jean Loron, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau Sélection de la Terrière
Fresh, wide – tighter in the deep – still a darker fruit impression. Fluid, concentrated – and with a fine flavour energy in the finish – that’s super.
2026 Pierre et Evelyne Bergeron, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau
Deep again, but also aromas that are, again a little diffuse. Large in the mouth with cool, sweeping flavours. That’s another super wine…
2026 De Thulon, Beaujolais Villages NouveauTop wine
A good, darker fruit energy. Mouth-filling and with super texture again. Layers of tasty finishing flavour. Excellent.
2026 Burnichon, Beaujolais Villages NouveauTop wine
Dark colour. Dark and nicely detailed fruit. Supple, mobile, complex flavour – delicious again and long lasting – excellent again.
2026 Trenel, Beaujolais Villages NouveauTop wine
More airy dark fruit here. Another wine of scale but here it’s more about fluidity than absolute concentration – but there’s plenty of that too! The finish has a width but still some intensity – holding well too. Better in 6 months when it may be excellent.
2026 Chevalier Métrat, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau
More direct, some depth, little width – but here is detail. The archetype of mouth-filling, (slightly more) furry tannin, and then a width of good flavour in the finish. More accessible than the last today – super.
2026 Emmanuel Fellot, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau Vieilles Vignes
Airy – lots of high tones of red fruits – much less sweet. In the mouth, cool fruit and energy. Complex but less tasty than most – a fruit wine though…
2026 Jean-Marc Lafont, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau Vigne de 100 ans
Heavy bottle equals deep colour – check! A narrower, part saline nose. Large in the mouth, actually with super depth of flavour.
2026 Tano Péchard, Beaujolais Villages NouveauTop wine
Dark colour. Deeper, slightly saline aromatics. Cool fruit again – wide, with a small tannic cushion. Finishing very well – that’s another excellent wine…
2026 EARL Joncy, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau Fanchon Vieilles Vignes
A narrower, reductive nose. There’s good fresh energy here – redder fruit – and a fine depth of finishing flavour – but decant!
2026 Nicolas Boudeau, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau
High-toned, complex and detailed fruit. Wide, red fruit, salinity and growing dryness of tannin – it’s okay…
2026 Julien Bertrand, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau Super Canon
Much lighter colour wine. But that’s quite a pretty, red berry fruit. Silky – broad, supple wine with pretty flavours. A lovely finish too – it’s super…
2026 Du Salerin, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau En attendant le printemps
Back to a deeply coloured wine. Some energy, and clarity, still some salinity. Large in the mouth, the impression of a small bubble of gas followed by grainless but drying tannin. Less accessible than most today but nice finishing detail – wait 6 months?
2026 Aurélie Durnerin, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau
Lots of colour. Deep, dark fruit – lacking some extra dimensions of flavour. Dark in the mouth – another of cool fruit. The last notes are quite lovely. Wait 12 months – it may be super!
2026 Frédéric Berne, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau
Modest colour. A modest scale of aroma too – more red fruit in style, slightly perfumed. Fluid, with a small generosity and pretty last note of red fruit.
2026 J.Thorin, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau
Fresh, narrow – tighter aromas. Another with a small spritz of CO2 but the flavours in the finish are pretty and not supported by drying tannins…
2026 Pierre-André Dumas, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau
A little wider but also a more discrete nose. Mobile – less scale but with a fine texture. Pretty red fruit in a long finish – that’s lovely…
2026 De Croix Folie – Crozet, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau
A more open, panorama of aroma – more saline in this case. Extra intensity but still cool fruit that’s wrapped with an almost grainless, faintly drying tannin. Good, tasty length – but I’d be keeping it 6 months before drinking.
A width of dark, rather pretty fruit. In the mouth too – this has wide-screen flavours of juicy dark fruit – I’ve been waiting a while, but here’s another great BJV!
2026 Matray et Filles, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau
Airy but not very open nose. Another (typical BJV) of mouth-filling scale. The flavours are of redder fruit than most. Very good!
2026 Georges Duboeuf, Beaujolais Villages NouveauTop wine
Deep – more open and detailed than the last wine. Mouth-filling with a super, quite mobile flavour – many dimensions – really super! Wide, slowly fading, excellent wine!
2026 Ruet, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau Les Trois Poulettes
Narrower and higher toned. Cool, fluid, modestly drying tannin. A finish that you can chew though. Long finishing – it just keeps getting better and better – that’s a super wine in the end…
2026 Bernard Jomain, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau
Modest colour. High-toned, red fruit. Large in the mouth – the tannin slightly less ripe but not grained. The flavour in the finish modest.
2026 Yannick de Vermont, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau Sans Sulfites
Deep colour. Deep, a depth of dark fruit aroma here. Really wide, mouth-filling, concentrated wine. Slowly mouth-watering at the end of a less-demonstrative finish. Very good only in the finish, the rest was excellent…
2026 Le Fagolet – Famille Girard, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau Pur Jus de GranitTop wine
Deep colour again. There is depth to this nose but it’s the quite elegant higher perfume that makes the most impression. Supple, again a concentrated wine with a good frame of tannin and much more flavour development in the finish. That’s excellent.
2026 La Combe au Loup – Méziat, Beaujolais Villages NouveauTop wine
More airy but very pretty fruit and perfume. More fluid style of flavour delivery – mouth-watering, almost juicy. That’s actually a delicious finish – that rare word again – it’s excellent!
2026 Longère, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau
Less open nose but with some nice detail in the depth. Good scale again – another that’s almost juicy – more red fruit here. Tasty finishing – super wine…
2026 Chardigny, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau
Red fruit with some reductive impression. Plenty of CO2 and the flavour more red fruit in style.
2026 Richard Rottiers, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau
A deep, quite inky dark-red fruit nose – the first. Scale, less ripe structure. Slowly fading flavours – quite good…
2026 Sébastien Besson, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau
More direct, fresh red fruit. Wider, slightly darker red fruit. I like this slowly fading red fruit flavour though…
2026 Julien Aucagne, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau
A more Beaujolais-style nose – but with quite a dark fruit. Lots of scale to the shape and flavours of this wine. Vibrant in the finish but partially less ripe than many…
2026 Cave du Château des Loges, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau Réserve du Maître de Chais
A more airy nose, some dark fruit in support. A cushion of tannin once more, but only modestly drying – and no grain. The finish is very tasty and quite long-lasting too. Super…
2026 Cave du Château de Chénas, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau
Narrow, and a little reductive. Wide over the palate though – the tannin evident and drying. The last flavours are delicious though – keep it 6-12 months…
2026 De Cornillon, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau
Narrow but with a depth of more brooding, dark fruit. Another completely mouth-filling wine – great finishing. I should say excellent but it needs at least 6 months to calm…
2026 Du Penlois, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau Tu M’fais tourner la têteTop wine
Some breadth and some good detail in these aromas. Ooh – wide and one of the wines with the best textures – it’s practically silky without lacking structure. The finish is rather easy red fruit, so ‘only’ excellent…
2026 Cave de Juliénas-Chaintré, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau Cœur NatureTop wine
Dark, with flashes of complexity – good detail. Large in the mouth – really fluid, with a mm of cushion. More overt structure and good complexity – but keep it a while – perhaps 6 months will be enough – also excellent.
2021 JC Ramonet, Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Morgeot
Practically verbatim from the press release – but you might still be interested in the new(?) ‘Quatrième Glorieuses’ 🙂
