Serried ranks of Beaujolais 2014

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As you can see from this photo, it’s a good job no one has to share my kitchen. I don’t usually taste quite so many wines in one sitting when I’m at home but this extensive range of about 35 wines from all 12 red Beaujolais appellations sent to me by Duboeuf’s UK importer Berkmann made a good follow-up to the generic Beaujolais tasting in London last month. They are mostly from the 2014 vintage but where there was another vintage of the same wine, I tasted these for comparison. 

Harvest was earlier in 2014 (8 September to the end...