Through September, Glengarry continues its Big Red Review. Exploring red wines from a over the world, loads of varietals, origins and styles.
Including red wines made by the free-spirited gamay grape variety. A bright and exuberant variety that’s joyful and carefree spirit brings a sense of celebration and delight to every glass.
Wines made from gamay are bright red fruited. This wonderful variety is the one behind the wines from the Beaujolais region in France. Gamay comes in many guises from the fruity carbonic maceration styles of some Beaujolais to the Crus of Beaujolais where the variety is treated with the same wine making as the rest of Burgundy, making structured age-worthy wines.
Regardless of the style, the tannins are round, supple and broad. There’s not too much acidity here, everything in moderation.
Beaujolais’s fruity nature lends itself well to being served a little chilled. The lower temperatures making the fruit even more vibrant and generous. Chilled gamay is just the thing as we ease out of winter and spring into the warmer months ahead. A great tip is to keep your gamay in the fridge and take it out a half hour to an hour before you serve it. That’ll ensure that it is served at the perfect temperature (with a slight chill). Alternatively, an ice bucket filled with ice and a little water for a few minutes does the trick.
We have a wonderful range of gamay in store including a brilliant collection of well-priced Beaujolais. Chateau de Chenas a cooperative from the Beaujolais region. Meaning that local producers bring their grapes together, the wines are crafted by the cooperative, marketed and sold that way too. Cooperatives are the backbone of the French wine industry and for many are more than a way of live. They are a tradition, a livelihood and in this (and many) cases a great source of high-quality wine.
Locally produced gamay is on the rise – a favourite of ours is the Dicey gamay. The Dicey family are perhaps best known for Mat Dicey’s involvement with Mount Difficulty, yet it’s all the work ‘behind the scenes’ in planting many of Central Otago’s vineyards that has left a rather enduring legacy. Let’s just say these guys know what they are doing and the proof is in the bottle. Pop on in store or online during September to pick up a bottle of free-spirited gamay.
Check out the tastings tab online and we look forward to seeing you at an event soon. (Liz Wheadon)
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