Do you chill Beaujolais Crus before serving?

[RichardFlack]

No more than any other red. No wine should be served at living room temp.

I agree completely.

I think the old wine books that started the ‘room temperature’ thing were English, written in a time when the English climate was not always ameliorated by central heating. In the winter my dad would put red wine near the fire to warm up (I grew up in England).

This. Not just lack of central heating but older buildings (eg ones with cellars) often draughty. This started to change in the sixties.

By the same token, many whites often served too cold (eg ‘fridge temperature).

[Brian_G_r_a_f_s_t_r_o_m]

No more than any other red. No wine should be served at living room temp.

This.

During warmer months, I frequently place my decanter on a shipping foam ice block — that seems to keep the wine at the perfect service temperature. Occasionally, the wine will get a bit too cold — nothing a couple minutes in the glass won’t fix — so I’ll then just take the decanter off the chill paks.