
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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Bouchard Aine & Fils Beaujolais Villages 2014Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Chateau de la Chaize Vieilles Vignes 2014Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Domaine Calot Morgon Vieilles Vignes Cuvee Unique 2014Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Domaine Les Gryphees Moulin a Vent 2014Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Henry Fessy Chateau des Labourons Fleurie 2014Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Maison L'Envoye Moulin-a-Vent 2014Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Chateau des Jacques Moulin-a-Vent 2014Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Chateau de Pierreux Brouilly La Reserve du Chateau 2014Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Jean-Paul Brun Domaine des Terres Dorees Fleurie 2014Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Chateau du Moulin a Vent Croix des Verillats 2014Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Dominique Piron Moulin a Vent Vieilles Vignes 2014Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Chateau de Poncie Le Pre Roi Fleurie 2014Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Morgon Domaine de Javerniere 2014Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Albert Bichot Chateau de Jarnioux Beaujolais 2014Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Domaine Laurent Martray Combiaty Brouilly Vieilles Vignes 2014Gamay from Burgundy, France
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Domaine des Marrans Beaujolais Villages 2014Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Domaine Diochon Moulin-a-Vent Cuvee Vieilles Vignes 2014Gamay from Burgundy, France
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Sheldrake Point Gamay Noir 2014Gamay from New York, Other U.S.
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Domaine Michel Chignard Julienas Beauvernay 2014Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Moulin-a-Vent Domaine des Rosiers 2014Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Louis Jadot Beaujolais Villages (375ML Half-bottle) 2014Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Domaine Michel Chignard Les Moriers Fleurie 2014Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Philippe Tessier Cheverny Rouge Nota Bene 2014Gamay from Loire, France
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Chateau des Jacques Morgon 2014Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Raymond Bouland Morgon Vieilles Vignes 2014Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France