
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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Dominique Piron Morgon La Chanaise 2015Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Domaine des Marrans Beaujolais Villages 2015Gamay 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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Domaine Michel Chignard Les Moriers Fleurie 2015Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Chateau des Jacques Morgon 2015Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Domaine des Marrans Fleurie 2015Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Moulin-a-Vent Domaine des Rosiers 2015Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Chateau du Moulin a Vent Moulin-a-Vent 2015Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Jean-Paul Brun Domaine des Terres Dorees Beaujolais L'Ancien Vieilles Vignes 2015Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Morgon Jean-Ernest Descombes 2015Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Chateau des Jacques Moulin-a-Vent Clos de Rochegres 2015Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Chateau du Moulin a Vent La Rochelle 2015Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Chateau des Jacques Morgon Cote du Py 2015Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Stephane Aviron Fleurie Domaine de la Madriere 2015Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Domaine Michel Chignard Julienas Beauvernay 2015Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Stephane Aviron Moulin-a-Vent Vieilles Vignes 2015Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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