The cart before the horse: Nouveau Pairing

So, I'm cheating. Sorta.

I'm prepared- that sounds a little more respectable.

I brought home Persille du Beaujolais- a blue matured by Herve Mons. Sure- I could have waited until Friday to have a morsel along with this year's Beaujolais Nouveau but, there is nothing stopping me from having it today and I'm so happy that I did.

I could qualify it by saying, "It is a blue for beginners," but I won't stop there. It is mild, yes but more like a cherub. Sans the salty and spike of flora this one swoons of grass and fruit. I'm drinking it with a lazy day syrah from the central coast which is fine but, I do indeed think it will champion what is usually drink for ceremony. The curd is tender and the veining sparse. Ebbs and flows of perfume across your palate.

Beaujolais is for beginnings. It was my entry into wine. I was smitten and now in retrospect embarrassed for how long I reached for it. It got me through many research papers, casual critiques turned sour and home sick phone conversations. It wasn't distinguished but, I didn't know it. It was premature but, so was I. I will revel in that rather than revile it.

Now, I drink it in ceremony. Its fun...and now I have a cheese that can better the ceremony of Friday and better today, this ordinary Wednesday.

It can be purchased on sale for $19.99/lb at Whole Foods Market.