
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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Guy Breton Chiroubles 2017Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Jean-Marc Burgaud Regnie Vallieres 2017Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Chateau des Jacques Morgon Cote du Py 2017Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Pierre-Marie Chermette Fleurie Les Garants 2017Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Domaine de la Madone Beaujolais-Villages Le Perreon 2017Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Pavillon de Chavannes Cote de Brouilly Cuvee des Ambassades 2017Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Stephane Aviron Moulin-a-Vent Vieilles Vignes 2017Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Paul Janin et Fils Moulin-a-Vent Vignes du Tremblay 2017Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Stephane Aviron Morgon Cote du Py Vieilles Vignes 2017Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Martin Woods Gamay 2017Gamay from Eola-Amity Hills, Willamette Valley, Oregon
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Stephane Aviron Fleurie Domaine de la Madriere 2017Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Guy Breton Beaujolais-Villages Cuvee Marylou 2017Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Jean-Marc Burgaud Morgon Cote du Py 2017Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Jean-Paul Brun Domaine des Terres Dorees Beaujolais L'Ancien Vieilles Vignes 2017Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Domaine des Marrans Morgon Corcelette 2017Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Chateau des Jacques Moulin-a-Vent 2017Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Jean-Marc Burgaud Morgon Grands Cras 2017Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Jean-Paul Brun Domaine des Terres Dorees Morgon Cote du Py Javernieres 2017Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Guy Breton Regnie 2017Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Stephane Aviron Cote de Brouilly Vieilles Vignes 2017Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Jean-Paul et Charly Thevenet Morgon Vieilles Vignes 2017Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Jean-Paul Brun Domaine des Terres Dorees Cote-de-Brouilly 2017Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Domaine Calot Morgon Vieilles Vignes Cuvee Unique 2017Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Chateau Thivin Cote de Brouilly 2017Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Chateau Thivin Brouilly Reverdon 2017Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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