What Is Vin Primeur?

A nouveau, or vin primeur, is a wine which may be sold in the same year in which it was harvested. The most widely exported nouveau wine is French wine Beaujolais nouveau which is released on the third Thursday of November, often only a few weeks after the grapes were harvested.

What is an en primeur wine?

Commonly referred to as 'wine futures', en primeur essentially refers to the process of buying wine whilst still in barrel, with bottling and physical delivery 2-3 years after the vintage release.

Is Nouveau wine sweet?

This wine is best within two to three months after being bottled. Beaujolais Nouveau is sweet and simple. It's considered the "Shirley Temple" of wine. Beaujolais can be high in alcohol because of chaptalization, which is the addition of sugar to bring body and warmth to the grapes.