
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 Moulin-a-Vent 2000Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Fleurie 2000Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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M. Picard Beaujolais-Villages 2000Gamay from Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Chiroubles 2000Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Louis Jadot Beaujolais Villages (375ML Half-bottle) 2000Gamay from Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Beaujolais Villages 2000Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Joseph Drouhin Morgon (Beaujolais) 2000Gamay from Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Milenage Rose 2000Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Pindar Gamay Beaujolais 2000Gamay from New York, Other U.S.
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Barton & Guestier Beaujolais St. Louis 2000Gamay from Burgundy, France
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Joseph Drouhin Beaujolais Villages 2000Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Julienas 2000Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Barton & Guestier Beaujolais Villages 2000Gamay from Burgundy, France
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Joseph Drouhin Moulin-a-Vent 2000Gamay from Burgundy, France
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Louis Latour Beaujolais Villages 2000Gamay from Burgundy, France
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Louis Jadot Beaujolais Villages 2000Gamay from Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Brouilly 2000Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Joseph Drouhin Brouilly 2000Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Fleurie Domaine des Quatre Vents 2000Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Mommessin Beaujolais Villages 2000Gamay from Burgundy, France
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Louis Jadot Brouilly 2000Gamay from Burgundy, France
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Louis Jadot Fleurie Ch. de Poncie 2000Gamay from Burgundy, France
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Louis Jadot Morgon Ch. de Bellevue 2000Gamay from Burgundy, France
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Bouchard Pere & Fils Beaujolais le Chamville 2000Gamay from Burgundy, France
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Laboure Roi Beaujolais Villages 2000Gamay from Burgundy, France