The flower-labeled Duboeuf 2007 Brouilly offers ripe yet tart aromas and flavors of blueberry, plum, and peach. What this wine lacks in complexity it makes up for in sheer exuberance and lip-smacking juiciness of fruit. The 2007 vintage seems often to be pulling against the effusively fruity characteristics for which Beaujolais is best known, but here the latter easily win the tug of war. Consistent in style and amazingly low in price (but then, this is – sadly –a region in crisis), the myriad Beaujolais bottlings of George Duboeuf represent perennial best values in the American marketplace. That includes wines from a range of domaines with which Duboeuf father and son have long-standing relationships, and which generally cost very little more than do the “Selections Georges Duboeuf” that bear his signature flower labels.Importer: William Deutsch & Son Ltd., White Plains, NY; tel. (914) 251-9463

With its ultra-fresh red berry fruits, this is a light, juicy wine that shows the softness of Brouilly. The tannins are as sweet as the bright fruit flavors.——R.V.(11/1/2009)—— 85