Beaujolais 2015 – a worthy successor to 2014

Despite the challenges of 2016, it is not all bad news in Beaujolais, certainly not for those looking for elegant, distinctive, well-priced wines that are great with food and have the capacity to gain complexity with age. See, for example, Beaujolais – worth ageing!; it was after the tasting described in that article that I started to give longer drinking windows for some beaujolais (though if you prefer primary fruit flavours, then drink them young). The quality of the 2015 and 2014 vintages, different as they may be, was clear from this London tasting, especially when you consider...