
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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Laurent Perrachon et Fils Julienas Les Mouilles 2016Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Albert Bichot Fleurie La Madone 2018Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Chateau de Poncie Le Pre Roi Fleurie 2016Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Chateau du Moulin a Vent Champ de Cour 2017Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Chateau des Jacques Moulin-a-Vent Clos de Rochegres 2016Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Jean Loron Chateau de Fleurie 2018Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Albert Bichot Moulin-a-Vent Domaine de Rochegres 2017Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Chateau des Jacques Morgon Cote du Py 2016Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Laurent Perrachon et Fils Moulin-a-Vent Terres Roses 2018Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Chateau Thivin Brouilly Reverdon 2018Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Moulin-a-Vent Domaine des Rosiers 2015Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Dominique Piron Morgon La Chanaise 2015Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Domaine des Marrans Fleurie 2015Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Albert Bichot Chateau de Jarnioux Beaujolais 2018Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Domaine des Marrans Fleurie 2016Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Te Mata Estate Vineyards Gamay Noir 2018Gamay from Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
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Chateau du Moulin a Vent Moulin-a-Vent 2012Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Chateau du Moulin a Vent Champ de Cour 2011Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Moulin-a-Vent Domaine des Rosiers 2016Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Moulin-a-Vent Domaine de la Vigne Romaine 2015Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Henry Fessy Moulin-a-Vent 2010Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Domaine Michel Tete Saint Amour Les Capitans 2016Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Chateau du Moulin a Vent Croix des Verillats 2011Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Morgon Jean-Ernest Descombes 2016Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Dominique Piron Morgon La Chanaise 2016Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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