Beaujolais Nouveau

‘Beaujolais Nouveau Day’ is held on the third Thursday of November every year. As it is a treasured French tradition, at Four Frogs we will of course, be honouring it. Apart from offering the red wine, we are also celebrating with a matching galette that was created with the notes of this year’s Beaujolais Nouveau in mind.

Beaujolais Nouveau is made from Gamay grapes from the Beaujolais region. It is the law in France that these grapes must be hand-harvested for the wine (we know, we take our wine seriously!) The special wine is fermented for just a few weeks until it goes on sale at 12.01 am on the third Thursday of November.

The odd feature of the Beaujolais Nouveau compared to other wines is that it does not benefit from ageing and tastes most delicious soon after production.

The tasting notes of this year’s Beaujolais Nouveau are expectedly fruit-forward with cherry, blueberry and raspberry jam being the top notes with more subtle hints of anise and tobacco.

Beaujolais Nouveau at Four Frogs creperie

Available from 21st November to 5th December

Bottle $40 | Glass $10

Beaujolais Nouveau special galette

The assertive flavour profile of the goat cheese, olive tapenade and sun dried tomatoes balance well the sweet and strong berry and stone fruit notes of the Beaujolais Nouveau. Salty prosciutto rounds out the flavour profile to create a more complex experience.

Beaujolais Nouveau Matching galette: Olive tapenade, goat cheese, spinach, sun dried tomatoes and prosciutto $18