Today is National Beaujolais Day! We were sent a bottle of the Georges Duboeuf Beaujolais Nouveau 2014. In celebration of National Beaujolais Day we decided to open the bottle and give it a taste.

While we are generally not huge fans of Beaujolais, it does make for a simple sipper and pairs well with simple foods. We enjoyed our Beaujolais by itself. It has a cherry red/purple color in the glass. As the tasting notes suggested, we got lots of strawberries on the nose and on the palate. It’s a causal sipper that would actually pair well with light meals like a hamburger or even pepperoni pizza.

The 2014 Beaujolais Nouveau is on sale now for a suggested retail price of $10.99. You can’t beat that when looking for a light sipper to enjoy with some light fair. Will you be enjoying a favorite Beaujolais today? Tell us what you’ll be having in the comments!