Le Beaujolais Nouveau est arrive
To celebrate 2011’s famous French wine’s arrival and take pleasure in
some French delicacies, there is only one place to be on November 17:
the Governors Restaurant at Mount Lavinia Hotel. It’s a night of
Beaujolais Passion, with French culinary extraordinaire and indeed
re-creating the French ceremony in the heart of Colombo.
MLH, will once again join hands with Alliance Franciase de Kotte in
partnership with the Embassy of France to celebrate the release of the
Beaujolais Nouveau 2011.
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Chef Niolas Clavier |
The evening will present authentic French cuisine and the joyful
taste of Beaujolais Nouveau.
On the third Thursday of each November, from small villages and towns
over a million cases of Beaujolais Nouveau wines begin their journey
through a sleeping France to Paris for immediate shipment to all parts
of the world just past midnight.
Banners proclaim the good news, “Le Beaujolais est arrive!” The
Beaujolais has arrived and one of the most frolicsome and animated wine
festivals of the world, commence!
Beaujolais nouveau is a red wine made from Gamay grapes produced in
the Beaujolais region of France. It is the most popular vin de primeur,
fermented for just a few weeks then officially released for sale on the
third Thursday of November. Beaujolais is the “fun” wine on Mount
Lavinia Hotel’s wine drinker’s lists. “This year the wines are both
luxuriant and fruity, really refined and beautifully rich and deep in
colour; neither red, nor black fruit but both together. 2011 is a
vintage with a wide palette of aromas and flavours. The wines are rich
and powerful without losing any of their freshness.
Their great, rounded mouth feel makes them delectable,” Anura
Dewapura states. Yet good Beaujolais is still complex enough to hold
interest. Best of all, there is a quaint requirement by French Law that
all Beaujolais grapes are picked by hand. “Guests will not only be able
to taste the Beaujolais Nouveau 2011, they will also sample great food,
dance, have fun, and enjoy what Mount Lavinia Hotel loves to boast,
wine, food and ambiance,” Anura added. |
