Gamay
Gamay
Seven Directions 2024 Rosé Cuvée
Canadian Rosé
$38.99
Pear, citrus, apple, lemon drop and steeped tea meet a faint touch of raspberry. The pale cantaloupe-coloured rosé is lively and intense while remaining delicate. Pinot Noir, Gamay, Pinot Gris and Gewürztraminer are fermented in stainless steel with extensive lees stirring. Vibrant freshness and a slightly off-dry balance lead to creamy mineral character and pronounced salinity.
Sébastien Morin 2020 Arcane
French Red
$39.99
Deep fruit and fine tannins shape the profile. Gamay comes from old vines on sandy granitic soils near the cellar in Saint-Étienne-des-Oullières. Seventy percent of the fruit is destemmed and layered with whole bunches for fermentation. The vineyard is farmed organically without certification. Fermentation is spontaneous, and the wine is bottled unfined and unfiltered, with no additives.
Rigour & Whimsy 2018 Gamay Noir
Canadian Red
$39.99
Whole-cluster Gamay Noir ferments for three weeks, with punch-downs increasing through the fermentation. After pressing, the wine spends eight months in neutral puncheon and barrique. Hibiscus, Spartan apple, ripe blackberry, roasted peanut and pink peppercorn form the profile. Fruit comes from a single vineyard in West Kelowna. The release carries 10 percent alcohol, with pH 3.35 and total acidity of 7.25 grams per litre.
Bella Wines 2022 Mariani Vineyard Clone 787 Gamay Noir Ancestrale Rosé
Canadian Sparkling
$40.99
Pale peach in colour, this bone-dry pétillant naturel has a racy profile with tangerine, wild strawberry, white peach and crunchy green apple. Gamay Noir comes from the organically farmed Mariani Vineyard on the Naramata Bench. The wine carries nine percent alcohol and was produced in a seventy-five-case lot. It is made by the ancestral method.
Rigour & Whimsy 2025 Gong Show
Canadian Red
$41.99
Gamay Noir accounts for seventy percent of the field blend, with thirty percent Chenin Blanc. The organically farmed fruit comes from Apeiron Vineyard in the Okanagan Valley and was harvested on September twenty-seventh. Maturation lasted three months in neutral French barrique, and bottling took place on February ninth. Alcohol is 11.4 percent, acidity 5.9 grams per litre and added sulphites sixteen milligrams per litre.
Ursa Major 2025 Back from the Brink Nouveau
Canadian Red
$41.99
Thirty-plus-year-old Pinot Noir from Windy Ridge Vineyard in Kaleden is combined with Gamay Noir from Naramata Bench. Whole clusters co-ferment in a closed stainless-steel tank and receive daily foot treading for one week. The process is semi-carbonic. Free-run juice is then racked to tank to finish fermentation. The red is hand-bottled by gravity without fining or filtration, with ten parts per million of sulphur added.
Noëlla Morantin 2018 Mon Cher
French Red
$41.99
Gamay from the Loire Valley forms this natural red wine. The grower’s parcels were already farmed organically when she began working them. After training in viticulture and oenology, she worked alongside natural-wine producers in the Loire and Burgundy before making her first vintage. She later became the owner of the vineyards and retained one hectare planted to Gamay.
Domaine Artema 2023 Gamay Village
Canadian Red
$41.99
Pale ruby colour accompanies smoky tones, green herbs, baked cherry and dried lavender. The palate is lean, with tart acidity, a modest finish and a touch of astringency. The ferment includes eighty-five percent destemmed fruit and fifteen percent whole clusters, and it takes place in stainless steel. Maturation lasts six months, with eighty-one percent in neutral French oak and nineteen percent in stainless steel.
Bella Wines 2022 Village Gamay Noir Sparkling Rosé
Canadian Sparkling
$41.99
Wild strawberries, Rainier cherries and fine spice shape a brisk, bone-dry profile. The wine is made from Gamay and carries 10.4% alcohol. Traditional-method production creates the sparkling rosé style. Fruit comes from Naramata Village in the Okanagan Valley. The small sparkling house works with Chardonnay and Gamay, focusing its wines on fruit and the differences among vineyard sites.
Ursa Major 2025 Rosé
Canadian Rosé
$42.99
Organically farmed Cabernet Franc and Pinot Noir come from Kaleden above Skaha Lake, while the Gamay grows at Mariani Vineyard in Naramata. Each grape fermented separately with ambient yeast in stainless steel after its own preparation: Cabernet Franc was hand-destemmed and soaked for 48 hours, Gamay was whole-cluster pressed, and Pinot Noir was direct pressed. The wine was blended, hand-bottled, unfined and unfiltered. Raspberry, watermelon, blood orange, rosemary, strawberry, basil, peppercorn and rose petal appear in the profile.
Peltier-Ravineau 2025 Balle dans le Pied Rouge
French Red
$42.99
Gamay and Côt make this Vin de France red from the Loire Valley. After two years focused on farming, the growers began bottling their own wines from their project in Valaire. Their domaine covers five hectares, while some cuvées also use purchased fruit. Cellar vessels include fibreglass, old barrels and truncated wooden tanks, and pressing is handled with a vintage Vaslin press.
Ursa Major 2025 This Cowboy Ain’t Leavin’ Gamay Rosé
Canadian Rosé
$42.99
Gamay from nine-year-old vines grows in sandy loam and glacial gravel just outside Naramata. The southwest-facing slope was farmed by hand. Whole clusters were pressed directly into stainless steel for fermentation, then moved to neutral barrel with a 25 ppm sulphur addition. Eight months on gross lees preceded bottling without fining or filtration. Alcohol is 11.8%.
Laurent Saillard 2020 La Paire
French Red
$43.99
Fruit comes from Julien Moreau’s Domaine de Cambalu vineyards beside the Cher, a Loire tributary east of Tours, where vines grow on clay-limestone soils. Gamay and Grolleau are co-fermented for this red wine, which has eleven-point-five percent alcohol. The cuvée joined the range for this release and was made from grapes grown by another vigneron.
Clos du Tue-Boeuf 2025 Vin Rosé
French Rosé
$44.99
Seventy percent Gamay and thirty percent Côt make up this Loire rosé. The fruit comes from organically farmed vineyards in Touraine, and the wine carries the Vin de France designation. Wild strawberry, redcurrant, citrus and a floral note are joined by a lively palate, crisp acidity and a salivating finish. Indigenous yeasts conduct fermentation, preserving the fresh fruit character. Alcohol is twelve percent.
Else 2025 Gamay Pét-Nat
Canadian Sparkling
$44.99
Fruit from Secrest Mountain Vineyard in Oliver, British Columbia, was picked on September fifth. The Gamay was destemmed and fermented by wild yeasts, with two hours on skins. Bottling occurred at 1.8 Brix, and disgorgement took place on June first. The finished sparkling wine contains eleven percent alcohol. A winter freeze had left the project without fruit the previous year.
Domaine Marcel Lapierre 2014 Morgon
French Red
$44.99
Cherry and liquorice appear with a subtle violet note in this red wine. The palate is full-bodied and balanced, with a clean opening. Gamay comes from dry, poor granitic sand. Grapes are harvested by hand and undergo traditional semi-carbonic maceration for ten to twenty-one days without added sulfur dioxide or cultured yeast, followed by nine months in 216-litre vessels.
L-ST Projects 2025 Gamay
Canadian Red
$46.99
Red candies and wild blueberries appear in a tangy, refreshing profile with a velvety, soft texture. The Gamay fruit comes from Secrest Vineyard in Oliver and is grown without synthetic or systemic treatments. The wine spends two weeks on skins and six months in neutral barrel, with no significant bottle ageing before release. Alcohol is 11.9 percent, and production totals fifty cases.
Kewin Descombes 2022 Cuvée Kéké Beaujolais
French Red
$46.99
Fresh red fruit appears with cherry, raspberry, peony and pink pepper. The wine is light-bodied and dry, with lively acidity, soft tannins and a delicate texture. Gamay provides the full composition, and the wine is made without oak. Blackcurrant, strawberry, rhubarb and white pepper add further detail, while slate-like freshness accompanies the juicy fruit. Alcohol is twelve and a half percent.
Clos du Tue-Boeuf 2020 Tutti Frutti Rosé
French Rosé
$47.99
An experimental field blend brings together Gamay, Pineau d’Aunis, Chenin, Menu Pineau and Meslier. The grapes come from a 0.3-hectare parcel on flint clay and are purchased from organic growers. The vines are ninety years old, and the reported yield is twenty-five hectolitres per hectare. Fermentation and ageing last eight months in a Burgundy barrel.
Patrick Bouju 2019 Môl
French Red
$48.99
Syrah, Carignan, Merlot, Cinsault, Muscat and Gamay make up this red blend. Organic fruit comes from Auvergne and Languedoc. Fermentation begins spontaneously in fibreglass, with the Syrah partly destemmed and the remaining grapes kept as whole clusters under naturally formed carbon dioxide. Maceration lasts ten days. Ageing lasts nine months in tank, and the wine is bottled without fining, filtration or additions.
Le Grappin 2023 Beaujolais-Villages
French Red
$48.99
Whole clusters from fifty-year-old, gobelet-trained Gamay vines are fermented semi-carbonically in concrete for several weeks. The wine is then pressed into an oak vat for nine months of ageing before being racked and bottled without fining, filtration or added sulphur. Granite and schist underlie the Les Raisses site in Lancié, next to Fleurie. Retained carbon dioxide gives the finished wine a slight prickle, and alcohol is twelve percent.
Bow & Arrow 2020 Rhinestones
American Red
$49.99
Juicy dark cherry and black raspberry appear with dried thyme, spice and soft earth. The blend contains sixty percent Pinot Noir and forty percent Gamay from Johan Vineyard. Maturation takes place in a mixture of concrete and old barriques. The wine is classified as Organic and Natural. Its conception was inspired by Cheverny, bringing the two grape varieties together in a pure, refreshing red.
Domaine de la Sarazinière 2020 Les Devants Mâcon-Bussières Gamay
French Red
$51.99
White pepper, dark spice, kirsch and dried herbs appear with smooth, integrated tannins and a long savoury finish. Gamay comes from a south-facing lieu-dit in Bussières on deep alkaline clay-limestone soils. The vines were planted between the 1930s and 1950s and are seventy to ninety years old. Fully destemmed fruit receives a long, cool maceration lasting nearly one month. Maturation lasts ten to twelve months in neutral oak barrels.
Ochota Barrels 2018 Texture Like Sun
Australian Red
$51.99
Forest fruit, spice and liquorice are present. The profile is supple, with fine tannins and a fruity finish. The blend includes Pinot Noir, Grenache, Gamay, Mourvèdre, Pinot Meunier, Gewürztraminer, Fragola, Riesling and Chardonnay. Fruit from certified-organic vines grows on clay over limestone. The grapes are destemmed and undergo a five-day cold soak. Some varieties are co-fermented, while others ferment separately. After basket pressing, the wine rests in stainless steel before blending and bottling. It is vegan.
Louis Jadot Château des Jacques 2014 Moulin-à-Vent
French Red
$52.99
Floral notes and deeper red fruit sit with modest vanilla and salinity. Wood and pepper are also present. The wine is vibrant and full-bodied, with fine-grained tannins, acidity that emerges late, a mineral background, grip and length. Gamay is drawn from eight Moulin-à-Vent terroirs, including Rochegrès, Carquelin, Champ de Cour, Thorins, Vérillats, La Roche, La Rochelle and Aux Caves.
Domaine Rougeot 2022 La Piquette Bourgogne Passetoutgrains
French Red
$52.99
Pinot Noir and Gamay ferment naturally in a large open cask. Maturation lasts about nine months, and the wine is bottled without fining or filtration. Ripe red and black fruit sit with thyme, tea, rose and wet earth. The palate is fresh and fruity, with body and fine tannins. The wine is red, carries the Bourgogne Passetoutgrain designation and contains twelve percent alcohol.
Domaine Perrault-Jadaud 2020 Et Si Vin de France Gamay
French Red
$52.99
Gamay Noir grows on sandy loam at Francueil in Touraine and is farmed organically. The fruit is harvested by hand and begins carbonic fermentation as whole clusters with indigenous yeasts. Maturation lasts six to eight months in neutral 400-litre barrels, and sulphur use at bottling is minimal. The wine is red and carries the Vin de France designation.
Domaine Mosse 2021 Bisou Vin de France
French Red
$53.99
Raspberry colour accompanies blackberry, cardamom and fresh fig. The wine is light and fruity, with a direct attack and a tangy finish. Grolleau Noir, Grolleau Gris, Gamay, Cabernet Franc and Chenin are vinified separately with four-to-ten-day semi-carbonic macerations. Ageing lasts eight months in foudre. Indigenous yeasts are used, and the wine is bottled unfiltered with twenty-four milligrams per litre of total sulphur.
La Soeur Cadette 2024 Juliénas
French Red
$54.99
Perfumed plum, juicy raspberry, cassis, red fruit and spice accompany mineral texture and fine tannins. Gamay comes from two sites with blue granite and sandy soils, where the vines average around eighty years. Whole clusters ferment in concrete before eight to ten months in older barrels. Native yeast is used. A scrubby herbal note appears on the finish, and alcohol is twelve and a half percent.
Domaine Julien Sunier 2022 Régnié
French Red
$54.99
Vine peach and a smooth texture accompany velvety tannins in this Régnié. Gamay Noir comes from certified-organic south-facing parcels between 280 and 400 metres, with vines averaging sixty years on sandy pink granite. Whole bunches undergo carbonic fermentation with native yeast in concrete. After slow pressing, the wine matures for nine months in equal parts foudre and barrel.