2009 Gamay Wine

The fun-loving, bistro grape, gamay has explosive grapy purple fruit with a flowery bouquet. Typically light and fresh, with low tannins, gamay is very quaffable. Found in French Beaujolais; California’s "gamay beaujolais" grape is now thought to be pinot noir; "Napa gamay" may be the real thing, but there's some doubt as well. Beaujolais Nouveau has become popular through the years but has left people with the incorrect impression that Beaujolais can't produce fine wines.