WTN: 2005 Michel Guignier Morgon Cuvé à L'ancienne

I bought this in Hollywood when I was there on business recently for $17.50 at a little wine store called Venokado on Fountain Ave. very near where some friends of mine live, and packed it in my suitcase for the trip home, since it's so hard to get good Beaujolais here. Lots of Gamay strawberry on the nose right away even at a cool 50˚cellar temperature, and a bright clear rosy red color to the eye. Spicy sweet strawberry fruit on the palate followed by a wash of mouth watering acidic pleasure. You Gamay lovers should give this one a try. Pretty lovely. 13% abv.

I'm curious, Bob; why is it difficult to get (good) Beaujolais in Louisville? I thought the availability of interesting bottles there was pretty high.

I wish I knew Steve. In general I think Louisville has quite a good selection of wines to choose from, and a good number of wine stores each with something just a little different, but my experience is that anything other than the largest producers of Beaujolais are hard to find here. Whole Foods does the best job of finding more obscure things, but it's hit or miss even with them. My guess is that it just doesn't sell all that well here for some reason. Any ideas Robin? At least it gives me a good quest when I'm out of town.

I should have mentioned Steve, that I went looking for some of your Gamay Noir at WF the other day and they were out. Send more!

I'll be opening a Morgon (from a large producer) later this week and will post my tasting note. I decided I was in the mood to have a Beaujolais Cru after several dull wines.

I should have mentioned Steve, that I went looking for some of your Gamay Noir at WF the other day and they were out. Send more!

I strongly urge you to call Vintner Select in Louisville, and tell them you need them to get some! I need all the help I can get!

I'd be happy to, and I'll mention my need for ESJ to all the wine stores I purchase from. I've special ordered some of them from Robin's neighborhood store before, and WF carries your Bone Jolly Rosé, Gamay Noir, and Redneck 101 fairly consistently. The Rosé seems to be the most readily available, the rest of the line-up seems to be special order only for the most part.