
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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Domaine Jules Desjourneys L'Interdit 2008Gamay from Vin de France, France
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Laboure Roi Beaujolais Villages St. Armand 2008Gamay from Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Morgon Jean-Ernest Descombes 2008Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Julienas Chateau des Capitans 2008Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Moulin-a-Vent 2008Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Brouilly 2008Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Beaujolais Villages 2008Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Louis Jadot Beaujolais Villages 2008Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Morgon 2008Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Fleurie Domaine des Quatre Vents 2008Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Jean-Paul Brun Domaine des Terres Dorees Beaujolais L'Ancien Vieilles Vignes 2008Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Chiroubles 2008Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Julienas La Trinquee 2008Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Clos de la Roilette Fleurie 2008Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Joseph Drouhin Brouilly 2008Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Edmunds St. John Gamay Noir Porphyry Barsotti Ranch 2008Gamay from El Dorado, Sierra Foothills, California
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Duboeuf Moulin-a-Vent Domaine des Rosiers 2008Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Morgon Domaine des Versauds 2008Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Marcel Lapierre Le Cambon 2008Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Domaine Laurent Martray Brouilly Corentin 2008Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Domaine Octavie Touraine Gamay 2008Gamay from Touraine, Loire, France
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Domaine Jules Desjourneys Moulin a Vent 2008Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Terroirs et Talents Moulin-a-Vent Cuvee de la Lure 2008Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Didier Desvignes Morgon Les Charmes 2008Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Henry Fessy Morgon 2008Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France