Gamay is a thin-skinned purple colored grape variety and is used to make red wines. It is grown in Beaujolais and in the Loire Valley around Tours and is highly acidic.
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2021 Domaine de Colette Morgon
Jacky and Evelyne have been using a modern label of their top Morgon cuvée from a parcel called Charme, but we prefer their classic label, so we have them bottle the wine with something more traditional. This wine comes from a single plot of 80 year-old vines planted on south facing schist slopes. The grapes, after a strict selection, are vinified by carbonic maceration then aged in cement tanks before being bottled. Apart from the remarkable minerality imparted by the schist soils here, this is a bounty of ripe red fruit. This perfect balance not only makes it a great food wine (think coq au vin, game meats and mature cheeses) but makes it interesting to cellar a few bottles and see where it goes.$21.906 -
2022 Lucy (Pisoni) Santa Lucia Highlands Gamay Noir
Winery Notes- The newest member of the Lucy family, the 2022 Gamay Noir is an exciting representation of this lesser-known French variety. Sporting a youthful ruby hue, this wine bursts from the glass with raspberry, Bing cherry, fresh violets, and unmistakable spice notes from the whole cluster fermentation. Flavors of cranberry, red currant, and dried herbs make this irresistibly approachable and keep it true to its old-world roots. With a soft and elegant structure, as well as spirited acidity, this Gamay Noir is undoubtedly a welcome addition to the family.Rating(s)$29.904 -
2021 Stéphane Aviron Moulin-à-Vent Vieilles Vignes
Stéphane Aviron has adopted an almost radical return to tradition in Beaujolais: sustainable viticulture, extremely old vines and classic Burgundian techniques. His cru Beaujolais drink like fine Burgundy. Historically considered “poor man’s Burgundy,” a modern movement toward fruity, simple, quaffing wines boosted sales but eroded the region’s traditional quality. Stéphane Aviron has reversed the trend. By focusing on the Beaujolais village crus, the best sites for unique, expressive wines, and finding old parcels of vines, Aviron creates very expressive, age-worthy wines relying on traditional and new methods, including organic and biodynamic vineyard management. All wines are labeled “Vieilles Vignes,” old vines, because the vines are at least 40 years old. Stéphane Aviron’s wines are authentic in every way.$25.909 -
2022 Domaine de Colette Fleurie
Rating:★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★Domaine de Colette is located in the small village of Lantignié, regarded as the top village in the cru of Regnié, and less than 1 kilometer from the border of Morgon. It is owned and run by the humble Jacky Gauthier (with his wife Evelyne), whose family has been making wine for several generations. It was his father René who officially created Domaine de Colette in 1953. Gauthier began studying enology in the late 1970’s at the tender age of 17, planning to work with his parents’ on their then 8 hectares of vineyards. Meanwhile, in 1980 he got an offer from an uncle to help him work his vineyard, which he gladly accepted, and in 1984 was able to buy that vineyard and make wine from both family vineyards. His father passed away a decade later and he created one domaine encompassing all the family vineyards. Fleurie is a northerly cru located next to Moulin-à-Vent. Soils are granitic and alluvial, and Colette’s vines have an average age of 50 years. Their grapes are harvested manually, and undergo carbonic maceration before being pressed. The wine is then aged in cement vats for 6 months before bottling. Like many wines from this delightful cru, Colette’s version delivers floral (of course fleur means flower in French) notes of violet, iris and rose, along with fruity aromas/flavors of red fruit, blackcurrant and peach. Delicious with pigeon, country pate, leg of lamb or fresh goats cheese.$19.9013 -
2020 Château La De Boutière Juliénas Cuvée Vieilles Vignes
Winery Notes- Grape: 100% Gamay Pruning: Gobelet Surface area: 1 ha Age of the vines : 100 years Sustainable farming with organic farming certified spraying products$29.905 -
2021 Domaine des Mouilles Fleurie
Winery Notes- Soil : Granitic / Really sandy / Poor Soil Plots : The biggest location on «Charbonnières» / South-Est facing with a deep slope (more than 25%) / A small plot on the foot of the appellation called «Les Marrans». Hand harvesting / Whole bunches / Sorting table at the vineyard Wine-making process : Destemmed at 25 to 50 % / Fermentation for 12 to 14 days / Daily Pump-over or punch-down (only few ones) Ageing : 9-12 months in big casks - foudres.$19.905 -
2020 Domaine de Colette Moulin-à-Vent
Domaine de Colette is located in the small village of Lantignié, regarded as the top village in the cru of Regnié, and less than 1 kilometer from the border of Morgon. It is owned and run by the humble Jacky Gauthier (with his wife Evelyne), whose family has been making wine for several generations. It was his father René who officially created Domaine de Colette in 1953. Gauthier began studying enology in the late 1970’s at the tender age of 17, planning to work with his parents’ on their then 8 hectares of vineyards. Meanwhile, in 1980 he got an offer from an uncle to help him work his vineyard, which he gladly accepted, and in 1984 was able to buy that vineyard and make wine from both family vineyards. His father passed away a decade later and he created one domaine encompassing all the family vineyards. If Fleurie’s “feminine” aspect has caused it to be known as the “queen” of the Beaujolais crus, Moulin-à-Vent could be seen as the “king”. Its powerful minerality almost overrides the bright Gamay fruit the rest of the region is known for. Colette’s version comes from a south-southeast oriented old-vine vineyard (average age: 70 years old) sitting on manganese-rich granite soils. After a manual harvest and rigorous sorting, 70% of the grapes are destemmed and undergo carbonic maceration before being pressed and aged in cement tanks for 9 months. Ruby-red, this wine has fascinating aromas of iris and rose, as well as spices and ripe red fruits. The same flavors continue on the palate, supported by a great minerality and silky tannins. Perhaps because of this profile, this is our most popular restaurant wine from the Colette lineup, and indeed it can be poured alongside strip steak, game meats and mature cheeses.Rating(s)$21.903