
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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Joseph Drouhin Moulin-a-Vent 2006Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Chateau Thivin Cote de Brouilly 2006Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Laboure Roi Beaujolais Villages St. Armand 2006Gamay from Burgundy, France
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Joseph Drouhin Brouilly 2006Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Moulin-a-Vent 2006Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Julienas Chateau des Capitans 2006Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Fleurie Domaine des Quatre Vents 2006Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Chateau de la Chaize Brouilly 2006Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Brouilly Chateau de Nervers 2006Gamay from Burgundy, France
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Laboure Roi Beaujolais Villages 2006Gamay from Burgundy, France
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Clos de la Roilette Fleurie 2006Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Joseph Drouhin Beaujolais Villages 2006Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Julienas 2006Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Julienas La Trinquee 2006Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Morgon Jean-Ernest Descombes 2006Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Chateau des Jacques Moulin-a-Vent Clos de Rochegres 2006Gamay from Burgundy, France
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Jean-Paul Brun Domaine des Terres Dorees Beaujolais L'Ancien Vieilles Vignes 2006Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Chateau des Jacques Moulin-a-Vent 2006Gamay from Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Moulin-a-Vent Domaine des Rosiers 2006Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Domaine Lapierre Chenas Cuvee Vieilles Vignes 2006Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Domaine Tante Alice Cote de Brouilly 2006Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Domaine Louis Tete Beaujolais-Villages 2006Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Christophe Pacalet Chiroubles 2006Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Chiroubles Domaine Desmures 2006Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Domaine de Gry-Sablon Julienas 2006Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France