Gamay noir is the primary black grape of France's Beaujolais region, where the wines are typically fermented, spared from aging, and consumed young to appreciate their fresh, fruity qualities, with more tang than tannin.
GAMAY NOIR:
The Gamay Noir grape is a clone of Pinot Noir. The version thought to be responsible for the Beaujolais wines of France is the Gamay Noir a Jus Blanc, as distinct from other Gamay teinturiers - (i.
GAMAY NOIR
Type of red vine, early, a little acid and pleasant. One finds it in Beaujolais wine, Auvergne and in the Loire Valley.
GARDE
"Vin de garde" . Indicate a wine showing a good aptitude for ageing.
GAZÉIFIÉ (GASIFIED) ...
GAMAY NOIR À JUS BLANC: The Gamay Noir variety is now considered to be yet another clonal version from the Pinot cépage.
Offer Gamay Noir wine with a hot bowl of tomato basil soup. Although Gamay Noir has more tannin than Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Gris, it is still somewhat light due to the bluish-purple color of the grapes.
Also known as, Gamay Noir a Jus Blanc, Petit Gamai, Bourguignon Noir.
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Bourgogne, France
Minor red, usually belnded into oblivion.
Beaujolais is Gamay country, or to be more specific Gamay Noir, to distinguish this variety from the Gamay teinturiers - grapes with red flesh as well as red skins - such as Gamay de Bouze.
Beaujolais makes its famous, fruity reds exclusively from one of the many Gamays available, the Gamay Noir à Jus Blanc.
Beaujolais' grape is the Gamay Noir à Jus Blanc, or commonly known as Gamay. By law, Beaujolais can only be picked by hand, no machines. Part of the reason can be attributed to the carbonic maceration process that is used to produce Beaujolais wines.
The vines introduced by the Emperor Probis in 280AD to the Lyon region of Eastern France and which probably originated in Dalmatia seem to be the origin of the modern Gamay Noir à Jus Blanc, ...
Gamay, French red wine grape whose full name is Gamay Noir a'Jus Blanc. Gamay excells in Beaujolais where it accounts for 98 percent of all vines planted.
S.A. The Gamay Noir, Gamay Beaujolais and Napa Gamay. At one time or another each one was thought to be the true Pinot Noir variety of Burgundy before it was determined that many cepage clones existed.
Gamay is a purple-colored grape variety used to make red wines, most notably grown in Beaujolais. Its full name is Gamay Noir à Jus Blanc, and it probably originated as a mutation of Pinot Noir.
GAMAY: At least three different vitis vinifera grape species are permitted to use the term "Gamay" as their lable-specified variety in the U.S.. The Gamay Noir, Gamay Beaujolais and Napa Gamay.
Red grape variety: French (Beaujolais). Synonyms include Gamay Noir.
garagiste...
Micro, boutique winery (very small).
The true Gamay grape is black, is officially called " Gamay Noir à Jus Blanc and is the grape that gives life to the famous Beaujolais Nouveau. Has relatively high acidity and winey aroma and fresh, with hints of red fruits.
 See also: Grape, Gamay, Wine, Blanc, Red
  
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