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Black violet color. Aromas of blackberry jam, mulberry preserves, black tea, dark chocolate, orange blossom, and...
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Red
750ml
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Black violet color. Aromas of blackberry jam, mulberry preserves, black tea, dark chocolate, orange blossom, and...
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Red
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If there is a red grape more expressive in its youth than Valdiguié, we've yet to meet it. It's so many vibrant,...
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TASTING NOTES Bota Box Malbec is easy drinking, with a big, jammy fruit profile. Ripe blueberry and blackberry notes...
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750ml
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Planting a forest one bottle at a time. Browne Family Vineyards is honored to partner with One Tree Planted....
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This bright, deep red has a varietal aroma of rose petal and ripe strawberries joined by flavors of Maraschino...
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Red
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• Certified Organic. • 100% Gamay Noir. • Sta. Rita Hills AVA. • Own rooted Clone 284 (Block 10 Donnachadh Vyd).
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We ferment our Gamay in the traditional method of Beaujolais vignerons by leaving the grapes on their stems and...
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Crafted in the style of Beaujolais wines. This light-bodied red wine from Monterey is perfect when served chilled and...
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Red
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100% Gamay from Rancho Coda - an exciting new vineyard planted on Franciscan soils at 1,000 ft elevation in the...
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Red
750ml
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Gamay, made the old-fashioned way - whole cluster, foot-stomped, open top fermented. The wine has a deep color, and...
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• 100% Gamay. • From .6 hectares in two separate plots of 15-year-old vines – one at 600 meters above sea level...
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750ml
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Lots of plum, blackberry, subtle vanilla, and mocha notes on the nose. Shows tons of dark berry, dark chocolate, and...
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Loads of ink and tar on the nose with incense and spices. Inky. Full-bodied and firm with velvety tannins that spread...
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A deep but transparent purple, the 2022 Gamay Noir Rancho Coda is detailed with wonderful mineral tones of crushed...
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Red
750ml
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• Practicing Organic. • 100% Gamay. • Sourced from three vineyards across Yamhill-Carlton and Eola-Amity Hills...
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750ml
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• Practicing Organic. • 100% Gamay. • Stolpman Block 6 (Ballard Canyon), Presquile Vineyard (Santa Maria Valley...
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Gamay Malbec Italy United States

The French wines of Beaujolais are widely regarded as some of the finest table wines in the world. This is due in part to the qualities of the Gamay grape, from which they are made. Gamay produces beautifully, juicy, rounded and gulpable red wines, usually drank young and full of their natural fruit character. However, it would be a mistake to say that Gamay is limited to easy-drinking, soft wines - it’s a highly flexible and versatile grape, capable of producing aged wines of serious complexity and structure, full of expression and fascinating characteristics.


The majority of Gamay wines from France are labeled under Beaujolais Villages or Beaujolais, and these are the standard table wines we’re used to seeing in French restaurants, at bistros, and at our local wine store. Usually great value for money, these are the light, slightly acidic examples of what the grape can do. Far more interesting are those Gamay wines from the 10 cru villages, just north of Beaujolais, where generations of expertise and a unique soil type made up of granitic schist result in far more unique, complicated wines. The best examples of Gamay feature intense aromatics, all black fruit and forest fare, and are worth cellaring for a few years.

The purple Malbec variety grapes which now grow all over the Old and New Worlds had their origins in France, where they are one of the few grape varieties allowed to be used in the highly esteemed blended wines of Bordeaux. However, it is perhaps the New World Malbec wines which have attracted the most attention in recent years, as they thrive in hot southern climates in ways they cannot in their native country, where the damp conditions leave them highly vulnerable to rot. Malbec grapes are renowned for their high tannin content, resulting in full-bodied red wines packed with ripe, plummy flavors and held in their characteristically dark, garnet colored liquid. In many countries, Malbec is still used primarily as a varietal for blending, as it adds a great level of richness and density to other, lighter and thinner varietals. However, single variety Malbec wines have been greatly on the rise in recent years, with some fantastic results and big, juicy flavors marking them out as a great wine for matching with a wide range of foods.

There are few countries in the world with a viticultural history as long or as illustrious as that claimed by Italy. Grapes were first being grown and cultivated on Italian soil several thousand years ago by the Greeks and the Pheonicians, who named Italy 'Oenotria' – the land of wines – so impressed were they with the climate and the suitability of the soil for wine production. Of course, it was the rise of the Roman Empire which had the most lasting influence on wine production in Italy, and their influence can still be felt today, as much of the riches of the empire came about through their enthusiasm for producing wines and exporting it to neighbouring countries. Since those times, a vast amount of Italian land has remained primarily for vine cultivation, and thousands of wineries can be found throughout the entire length and breadth of this beautiful country, drenched in Mediterranean sunshine and benefiting from the excellent fertile soils found there. Italy remains very much a 'land of wines', and one could not imagine this country, its landscape and culture, without it.

Of all the New World wine countries, perhaps the one which has demonstrated the most flair for producing high quality wines - using a combination of traditional and forward-thinking contemporary methods - has been the United States of America. For the past couple of centuries, the United States has set about transforming much of its suitable land into vast vineyards, capable of supporting a wide variety of world-class grape varietals which thrive on both the Atlantic and the Pacific coastlines. Of course, we immediately think of sun-drenched California in regards to American wines, with its enormous vineyards responsible for the New World's finest examples of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot based wines, but many other states have taken to viticulture in a big way, with impressive results. Oregon, Washington State and New York have all developed sophisticated and technologically advanced wine cultures of their own, and the output of U.S wineries is increasing each year as more and more people are converted to their produce.