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Beaujolais Nouveau comes in smaller quantity, but higher quality, with heatwave

A customer tastes a glass of Beaujolais Nouveau wine in a Paris restaurant on November 17, 2022. © François Mori, AP

Every year, the Beaujolais Nouveau is released for sale in France on the third Thursday of November. A record-breaking heatwave in the Beaujeu region this year has reduced the quantity of the wine output, but some say the quality is better – fruity, round and "fine in the mouth".

The Beaujolais Nouveau is back on the tables in Beaujeu, home to the Beaujolais on Thursday.

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