
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 Julienas Chateau des Capitans 2007Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Domaine Jules Desjourneys Fleurie 2007Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Joseph Drouhin Moulin-a-Vent 2007Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Marcel Lapierre Morgon 2007Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Domaine Collin Bourisset Dom. des Hospices Civils de Lyon Village 2007Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Moulin-a-Vent 2007Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Morgon Jean-Ernest Descombes 2007Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Laboure Roi Beaujolais Villages St. Armand 2007Gamay from Burgundy, France
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Henry Fessy Moulin-a-Vent 2007Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Moulin-a-Vent Domaine des Rosiers 2007Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Nicole Chanrion Cote de Brouilly 2007Gamay from Burgundy, France
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Joseph Drouhin Brouilly 2007Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Chateau de Pierreux Brouilly 2007Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Jean-Paul Brun Domaine des Terres Dorees Beaujolais L'Ancien Vieilles Vignes 2007Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Joseph Drouhin Beaujolais Villages 2007Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Louis Jadot Beaujolais Villages 2007Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Fleurie Domaine des Quatre Vents 2007Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Domaine Michel Chignard Les Moriers Domainex Fleurie 2007Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Domaine Georges Descombes Morgon 2007Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Morgon 2007Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Saint-Amour Cuvee Saint Valentin 2007Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Brouilly Domaine des Nazins 2007Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Domaine de Gry-Sablon Julienas 2007Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Christophe Pacalet Chiroubles 2007Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Chateau du Chatelard Moulin-a-Vent Cuvee Terre de Lumiere 2007Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France