-- after having that Thevenet Regnie, I think cru Beaujolais might be one of my favorite wines. fruity, but not sweet or dry and with interesting background flavors. this was highly recommended at my local wine shop and I was *really* excited to try it. opened it for Thanksgiving and...it was good. I think my expectations were a little high (the aroma was disappointing). very good instead of "blow me away" ridiculous.
-- never had Beaujolais Nouveau, so why not try a bottle of the natural version. solid enough; tasted like what it is (a just harvested Beaujolais). didn't get much of the infamous bubblegum or banana flavor of bojo nouveau.
also. I just released that most European wine has a 25% tariff in the US right now. TF!? I'm biased towards French wine -- the first "whoa, that's interesting" wine I had was a bottle of $12 Famille Perrin over a decade ago -- but I'm definitely looking at those California bottles closer now.