
Gamay Wine
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.
Gamay Tasting Notes
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 wine 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 Wine
Gamay wine 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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Louis Jadot Beaujolais Villages 2021Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Chateau des Bachelards Fleurie Le Clos 2018Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Jean-Paul Brun Domaine des Terres Dorees Beaujolais L'Ancien Vieilles Vignes 2020Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Joseph Drouhin Hospices De Belleville Fleurie 2016Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Beaujolais Villages 2020Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Domaine Calot Morgon Vieilles Vignes 2018Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Chateau de Pizay Morgon 2020Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Domaine Chapel Fleurie Charbonnieres 2019Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Fleurie 2019Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Albert Bichot Chateau de Varennes Beaujolais-Villages 2018Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Pavillon de Chavannes Cote de Brouilly Cuvee des Ambassades 2020Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Domaine des Billards Saint-Amour 2020Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Joseph Drouhin Beaujolais Villages 2020Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Domaine Richard Rottiers Beaujolais-Villages La Sambinerie 2019Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Domaine Chapel Chiroubles 2020Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Domaine Chapel Chiroubles 2019Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Domaine Blain Cotes de Brouilly Pierre Bleue 2016Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Evening Land Seven Springs Gamay Noir 2019Gamay from Eola-Amity Hills, Willamette Valley, Oregon
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Jean-Paul Brun Domaine des Terres Dorees Morgon Cote du Py Javernieres 2020Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Morgon 2019Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Domaine Blain Cotes de Brouilly Les Jumeaux 2016Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Joseph Drouhin Hospices De Belleville Brouilly 2018Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Domaine Blain Brouilly 2019Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Duboeuf Moulin-a-Vent 2019Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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Chateau du Moulin a Vent Champ de Cour 2016Gamay from Beaujolais, Burgundy, France
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