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Gamay
A French variety planted predominately in Beaujolais where it is the grape behind everything from light and often acidic Beaujolais Nouveau through to the more serious and well-structured wines from the 10 cru villages. It takes its name from a hamlet just outside Chassagne-Montrachet and was at one stage widely planted on the Côte d`Or. However it was gradually phased out due to its poor yield and supposed poor quality of its wines.
The majority of Gamay wines in Beaujolais are labelled as Beaujolais or Beaujolais-Villages and are deliciously juicy, easy drinking, gulpable wines. Of more interest are the Cru wines from the 10 villages in the north of the region where the soil is predominantly granitic schist and where the vines are planted on gently undulating slopes. These can be well-structured, intensely perfumed wines, redolent of ripe black fruits and, while delicious young, will reward medium term cellaring.
Gamay is also grown in the Touraine region of the Loire where it produces soft, well-balanced, gluggable wines for drinking young.
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Fine purple in colour, the nose is backward but pure and classic; delicious mouthful of fruit, both red and black notes. The wine is a bundle of mineral energy on the palate with huge density of fruit and there is a fine structure to keep the wine fresh for several years to come, yet it is already delicious.
Most of Alain’s vineyard is 60 years old though some vines still in use today were already in place when his grandfather arrived in 1910. The wines are matured in a mix of stainless steel, cement tanks and large wooden foudres.
Jasper Morris MW, Wine Buyer
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