When Beaujolais gets serious

There are several tried and trusted ways to mess with the minds of those less experienced in wine.

Treating a supposed Chardonnay hater to a flinty, bone dry Chablis is an old favourite. The revelation that sauternes is a better match for soft cheeses than a hefty red  might be another. My favourite is the bombshell that not all Beaujolais is young, frui…