
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 Beaujolais Villages (half-bottle) 2002Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Pindar Gamay Beaujolais 2002Gamay from New York, Other U.S.
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Duboeuf Beaujolais Nouveau 2002Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Beaujolais 2002Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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M. Picard Beaujolais-Villages 2002Gamay from Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Fleurie 2002Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Beaujolais Villages 2002Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Beaujolais Villages Nouveau 2002Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Barton & Guestier Beaujolais Villages 2002Gamay from Burgundy, France
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Louis Jadot Morgon 2002Gamay from Burgundy, France
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Chateau de la Chaize Brouilly 2002Gamay from Burgundy, France
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Barton & Guestier Beaujolais St. Louis 2002Gamay from Burgundy, France
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Joseph Drouhin Brouilly 2002Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Moulin-a-Vent 2002Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Joseph Drouhin Beaujolais Villages 2002Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Domaine Lapierre Chenas Cuvee Vieilles Vignes 2002Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Mommessin Beaujolais Villages Vieilles Vignes 2002Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Morgon Prestige 2002Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Domaine Berrod Fleurie Les Roches du Vivier 2002Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Chiroubles Domaine Desmures 2002Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Moulin-a-Vent Prestige 2002Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Beaujolais Chenas 2002Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Beaujolais Cote de Brouilly 2002Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Chateau des Jacques Moulin-a-Vent 2002Gamay from Burgundy, France
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