Gamay Noir
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Château de la Terrière 2006 Gamay Noir (Brouilly)
- $21
The largest of the Beaujolais crus makes relatively soft wine, and this is no exception. It has open fruit flavors dominated by red berries and tinged with acidity. The background is soft tannins and the foreground is all fruit.
— R.V.
(9/1/2008)
WillaKenzie Estate 2007 Gamay Noir
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- $25
A delightful bottle, this fruit-packed Gamay has more stuffing and sweetness than most of the Oregon Pinots from 2007. Plums, cherries and black currants ramble through the mouth, running into some fairly stiff, chewy tannins. This is a sturdy, immediately drinkable, thoroughly enjoyable quaffer.
— P.G.
(6/1/2010)
Signal Hill 2000 Gamay Noir (Stellenbosch)
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- $10
Aromas of sweet plum, cocoa and brown sugar are contrasted by a whiff of dried sausage. This note of dry, cured meat carries to the palate where the plum and cocoa dominate. The body weighs more on acidity, making the fruit a bit lemony on the finish.
— K.F.
(9/1/2003)
Château de la Terrière 2006 Gamay Noir (Beaujolais-Villages)
- $16
There are raspberry flavors, certainly, but raspberry with attitude, as this wine, with its firm tannins and open fruit, attests. The acidity and the dry edge point this wine firmly toward food.
— R.V.
(9/1/2008)
Château de Fuissé 2001 Charmes Gamay Noir (Morgon)
- $16
This wine features an enticing, exotic berry character that picks up hints of raspberry jam on the structured finish. Yet it also seems a bit bulky in the mouth, oversized for the restrained fruit. Drink now, as this imbalance is only likely to worsen with age.
— J.C.
(11/15/2003)
Methven Family Vineyards 2011 Gamay Noir (Eola-Amity Hills)
- $19
Fragrant, with a grapy appeal, this pure Gamay Noir comes on like a fresh Beaujolais. The cherry candy flavor is fruity and fun, but the wine thins out rapidly onto a quick finish.
— P.G.
(12/1/2012)
Chehalem 2010 Ridgecrest Vineyards Gamay Noir (Ribbon Ridge)
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- $24
Quite tart and perhaps just a bit underripe, this red checks in at barely 12% alcohol. It has a bit of a Band-Aid scent that competes with the light berry flavors.
— P.G.
(3/1/2013)
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