Fleurie Château de Beauregard 2005
Monday, May 19th, 2008I spent a week in the Beaujolais region during the vendange of 2005. Don’t be stupid, I wasn’t picking grapes, merely relaxing, doing a little walking, some good eating and plenty of wine drinking. My favourite spot was Fleurie with two great little bistro restaurants and one, more famous, mushroomy one with a star from some rubber company (too expensive and too indoors for me so I didn’t bother).
Personally I loved Café de la Bascule, where properly chilled local wines were poured over lazy autumn sunsets, accompanied by fine, but rustic, French food and just a pinch of French arrogance to season.
At the time, the marvellous 2003 vintage was running out fast. People were fighting like Biafrons at an impromptu pizza party to get the last bottles, and being a big fat bloke, I managed to grab a few from local suppliers.
It turns out that 2005 was a pretty nifty year too, and I recently realised I had not tried much. So off to the Wine Society website to see what was left.
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