
Gamay
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.
Tasting Notes for Gamay
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 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
Gamay 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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Charly Thevenet Regnie Grain and Granit 2016Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Stephane Aviron Cote de Brouilly Vieilles Vignes 2016Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Domaine des Marrans Beaujolais Villages 2016Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Domaine des Marrans Morgon Corcelette 2016Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Domaine des Marrans Fleurie 2016Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Stephane Aviron Saint-Amour Cru du Beaujolais Vieilles Vignes 2016Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Stephane Aviron Fleurie Domaine de la Madriere 2016Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Stephane Aviron Morgon Cote du Py Vieilles Vignes 2016Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Chateau de Pierreux Brouilly 2016Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Jean-Paul Brun Domaine des Terres Dorees Cote-de-Brouilly 2016Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Domaine des Billards Saint-Amour 2016Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Joseph Drouhin Hospices De Belleville Morgon 2016Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Stephane Aviron Moulin-a-Vent Vieilles Vignes 2016Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Jean-Paul Brun Domaine des Terres Dorees Beaujolais L'Ancien Vieilles Vignes 2016Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Jean-Paul Brun Domaine des Terres Dorees Moulin-A-Vent 2016Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Henri Bourgeois Chateaumeillant Solissime 2016Gamay from Loire, France
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Domaine de la Paonnerie Simplement Gamay 2016Gamay from Loire, France
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Lo-Fi Wines Gamay Noir 2016Gamay from Santa Barbara, Central Coast, California
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Brick House Gamay Noir 2016Gamay from Willamette Valley, Oregon
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Pax Sonoma Coast Gamay 2016Gamay from Sonoma Coast, Sonoma County, California
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Stephane Aviron Chenas Vieilles Vignes 2016Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Marcel Lapierre Vin de France Raisins Gaulois 2016Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Jean-Paul Brun Domaine des Terres Dorees Moulin-A-Vent La Rochelle 2016Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Stephane Aviron Julienas Vieilles Vignes 2016Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Domaine Dupre Macon Rouge 2016Gamay from Maconnais, Burgundy, France