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{{short description|French wine}}
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{{distinguish|en primeur}}
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A '''''nouveau''''' ({{IPAc-en|lang|pron|n|u:|ˈ|v|oʊ}} {{IPA|fr|nuvo}}), or ''vin (de) primeur'', is a [[wine]] which may be sold in the [[vintage|same year]] in which it was [[harvested (wine)|harvested]].
The most widely exported ''nouveau'' wine is [[French wine]] [[Beaujolais nouveau|Beaujolais ''nouveau'']] which is released on the third Thursday of November, often only a few weeks after the grapes were harvested.
''Nouveau'' wines are often [[body (wine)|light bodied]] and paler in color due to the very short (or nonexistent) [[maceration (wine)|maceration]] period followed by a similarly short [[fermentation (wine)|fermentation]]. The wines will most likely not be exposed to any [[oak (wine)|oak]] or extended aging prior to being released to the market. ''Nouveau'' wines are characteristically fruity and may have some [[residual sugar]]. They are at their peak drinkability within the first year. As of 2005, there were 55 AOCs in France permitted to make ''nouveau'' wines.<ref name="Sotheby pg 56">T. Stevenson ''"The Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia"'' pg 56 Dorling Kindersley 2005 {{ISBN|0-7566-1324-8}}</ref>
''Vins de primeur'' should not be confused with the practice of buying and selling wines ''[[en primeur]]''.
In [[Italy]],  ''nouveau'' wine is called "''[[Vino Novello]]''".
==See also==
* [[List of vins de primeur]]
* [[Federweisser]]
* [[Vino Novello]]
* [[Vinho Verde]]
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