
Gamay Wine
Learn about Gamay — taste profile, popular regions and more …
Delightfully playful, yet at its best capable of impressive gravitas, Gamay is responsible for juicy, berry-packed wines from Beaujolais and parts of the Loire. The variety is also widely planted in Savoie, Valle d'Aosta and Switzerland. Gamay has recently found success on a small but growing scale in Oregon.
Gamay Tasting Notes
Gamay makes a dry, red wine that is light in body. In its simplest form as Beaujolais Nouveau, a wine released just a couple of months after harvest, Gamay wine is fresh and full of cranberry and cherry candy flavors. The Villages and Crus Beaujolais wines, given more time on the vine and in the winery, are capable of improving with age and offer blackberry or ripe cherry flavors with enticing aromas of baking spice, violets and wet earth.
Perfect Food Pairings for Gamay Wine
Gamay wine is delicious on its own; the simpler bottling can even benefit from a light chill before serving. It is the quintessential picnic red and goes well with simple charcuterie, Asian food, roasted duck or Thanksgiving turkey with cranberry sauce.
Sommelier Secrets for Gamay
Within Beaujolais, there are ten different Crus, or highly ranked grape-growing communes. Each one has its own distinct personality—Fleurie is delicate and floral, Côte de Brouilly is concentrated and elegant and Morgon is serious, structured, and age-worthy, capable of rivaling some red Burgundies.
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Chateau des Bachelards Fleurie Le Clos 2018Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Chateau de la Chaize Brouilly 2019Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Louis Jadot Beaujolais Villages 2021Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Domaine Fagolet Morgon Le Janin 2020Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Domaine Richard Rottiers Beaujolais-Villages La Sambinerie 2020Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Morgon Jean-Ernest Descombes 2019Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Pavillon de Chavannes Cote de Brouilly Cuvee des Ambassades 2020Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Domaine Chapel Fleurie Charbonnieres 2019Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Beaujolais Villages 2020Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Stephane Aviron Beaujolais Villages 2019Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Joseph Drouhin Hospices De Belleville Fleurie 2016Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Moulin-a-Vent 2019Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Charly Thevenet Regnie Grain and Granit 2020Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Chateau des Bachelards Moulin-a-Vent 2018Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Chateau des Bachelards Fleurie 2018Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Alex Foillard Cote de Brouilly 2019Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Domaine Blain Cotes de Brouilly Les Jumeaux 2016Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Fleurie 2019Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Morgon 2019Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Domaine des Marrans Fleurie 2019Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Albert Bichot Chateau de Varennes Beaujolais-Villages 2018Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Chateau de Pizay Morgon 2020Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Domaine Dupeuble Beaujolais 2020Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Domaine Richard Rottiers Beaujolais-Villages La Sambinerie 2019Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Domaine Blain Cotes de Brouilly Pierre Bleue 2016Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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