Latest in the Gamay series: it’s a relatively inexpensive but delicious Beaujolais Villages from Burgaud, a producer I really like. He tends to make quite dense, burly expressions of Gamay, and they can age very well.
Jean-Marc Burgaud Les Vignes de Thulon Beaujolais Villages 2016 France
12.5% alcohol. This is from the Château de Thulon in Lantignié, which is one of the top villages with its granitic hillside vineyards, and is probably close to cru status. 50 year old vines. Nicely structured with a gravelly, grainy, spicy underpinning to the sweet raspberry and cherry fruit. It has a slightly abrupt finish, with firm tannins clamping in on the fruit, but there’s also a nice fleshiness and density here. Finishes fresh with a hint of blackcurrant, this is serious cru-level Beaujolais at a good price. 91/100
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- Gamay 1 – RPM Gamay Noir California
- Gamay 2 – Domaine Metrat Chiroubles ‘La Scandaleuse’
- Gamay 3 – Orofino, Similkameen Valley, British Columbia
- Gamay 4 – Julien Sunier Fleurie
- Gamay 5- Radford Dale Thirst Gamay, South Africa
- Gamay 6 – Louis Claude Desvignes Morgon Javernières ‘Les Impénitents’
- Gamay 7 – Hauts de Chasselay, Coteaux du Lyonnais
- Gamay 8 – Serol Les Originelles, Cote Roannaise
- Gamay 9 – Te Mata Gamay Noir, Hawkes Bay
- Gamay 10 – Puy de Dome, Auvergne
- Gamay 11 – Beauregard Fleurie
- Gamay 12 – Antoine Sunier Morgon 2014 and Regnie 2014
- Gamay 13 – Thibault Liger-Belair Les Roucheaux 2011
- Gamay 14 – Bow and Arrow 2014 Oregon
- Gamay 15 – Domaine de Fa Beaujolais en Besset 2014
- Gamay 16, Pearl Morissette Cuvée Mon Unique Gamay 2013
- Gamay 17, BK Wines et Le Grappin Les Deux Fous Gamay
- Gamay 18, G Spot Vin de…France, Beaujolais Villages
- Gamay 19, du Grappin Fleurie 2014
- Gamay 20, Lapierre Morgon 2014 ‘N’
- Gamay 21, Bass Phillip Gamay 2014 Gipplsand
- Gamay 22, Château de Durette Morgon ‘Hommage’ 2014
- Gamay 23, Joie Farm Gamay 2014 Okanagan, Canada
- Gamay 24, Samantha Gamay 2014 Okanagan, Canada
- Gamay 25, Julien Sunier Fleurie 2015
- Gamay 26, Jean-Paul Thevenet Morgon 2015
- Gamay 27, Lapierre Morgon 2009
- Gamay 28, Domaine Verdier-Logel Poycelan 2016
- Gamay 29, B Kosuge Wines Gamay Noir 2015 Carneros
- Gamay 30, Herve Souhaut La Souteronne 2015
- Gamay 31, Easthope Family Winegrowers Gamay Noir 2015 Hawkes’ Bay
- Gamay 32, François-Rousset-Martin J’en Suis Gaga 2015 Jura
- Gamay 33, Metrat Fleurie La Roilette Cuvée Vieilles Vignes 2015
- Gamay 34, Edmunds St John Bone-Jolly 2015
- Gamay 35, Chateau de Grandmont Beaujolais Nouveau 2017
- Gamay 36, Mount Edward Miurkirk Vineyard Gamay 2017 Central Otago
- Gamay 37, Haywire Gamay 2016 Okanagan, Canada
- Gamay 38, Maison Dominique Piron Fleurie
- Gamay 39, Jean-Marc Burgaud Les Vignes de Thulon 2014
