Beaujolais is a French Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée

Beaujolais is a French Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) wine generally made of the Gamay grape which has a thin skin and is low in tannins. Like most AOC wines they are not labeled varietally. Whites from the region, which make up only 1% of its production, are made mostly with Chardonnay grapes though Aligoté is also permitted. Beaujolais tends to be a very light-bodied red wine, with relatively high amounts of acidity. In some vintages, Beaujolais produces more wine than the Burgundy wine regions of Chablis, Côte d'Or, Côte Chalonnaise and Mâconnais put together.

The wine takes its name from the historical Beaujolais province and wine producing region. It is located north of Lyon, and covers parts of the north of the Rhône département (Rhône-Alpes) and parts of the south of the Saône-et-Loire département (Burgundy). While administratively considered part of the Burgundy wine region, the climate is closer to the Rhône and the wine is unique enough to be considered separately from Burgundy and Rhône. The region is known internationally for its long tradition of winemaking, uniquely emphasized the use of carbonic maceration, and more recently for the popular Beaujolais nouveau.

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Abarbanel Beaujolais Villages 2007

Mevushal: No
Alc/Vol: 12%
Size: 750 ml
Region: France
Type: Beaujolais
Color: Red
Varietal: Gamay
Supervision: OU

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General Information

In the world of Beaujolais there are three levels of quality -- the bottom level are wines that simply carry the designation "Beaujolais." The next level up are those wines labeled "Beaujolais Villages." The top level is Domaine/Estate Bottled Beaujolais Villages -- denoting that the wine is not only Chateau grown and bottled but is also from a superior vineyard at a high elevation. The 2007 Abarbanel Estate Bottled Beaujolais Villages has intriguing notes of blackberries, raspberries and tobacco along with banana on the finish. This is a fun quaffing wine that can be chilled for an hour prior to drinking, and is America’s most honored kosher Beaujolais Villages. Drink now. Pair this with sweet and sour chicken, BBQ chicken, and hamburgers.

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Abarbanel wines are produced by the Abarbanel Family- the world's oldest Jewish family, tracing it's heritage to ancient Israel and most notably to Don Isaac Abarbanel, the renowned Torah commentator and last and greatest leader of Spanish Jewry before the expulsion in 1492.