
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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Duboeuf Cote de Brouilly Premier Prix 1998Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Beaujolais Villages (half-bottle) 1998Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Louis Jadot Beaujolais Villages (375ML Half-bottle) 1998Gamay from Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Beaujolais 1998Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Brouilly 1998Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Regnie 1998Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Morgon 1998Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf 1997 Fleurie 1998Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Louis Jadot Beaujolais Villages 1998Gamay from Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Milenage 1998Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Beaujolais Villages 1998Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Regnie Premier Prix 1998Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Bouchard Pere & Fils Beaujolais le Chamville 1998Gamay from Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Beaujolais Villages (1.5L) 1998Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Louis Latour Beaujolais Villages 1998Gamay from Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Moulin-a-Vent 1998Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Fleurie 1998Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Gundlach Bundschu Gamay Beaujolais 1998Gamay from Sonoma County, California
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Pindar Gamay Beaujolais 1998Gamay from New York, Other U.S.
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M. Picard Beaujolais-Villages 1998Gamay from Burgundy, France
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Joseph Drouhin Julienas (Beaujolais) 1998Gamay from Burgundy, France
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Domaine Calot Morgon Vieilles Vignes Cru Beaujolais 1998Gamay from Burgundy, France
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Jaffelin Beaujolais Villages 1998Gamay from Burgundy, France
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Jaffelin Brouilly 1998Gamay from Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Beaujolais Cote de Brouilly 1998Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France