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Buyers Guide to Vintages February 21st Release
The Emerging Hemisphere by David Lawrason with notes from Sara d’Amato, Michael Godel and Megha Jandhyala Vintages features the Southern Hemisphere in this release. To broach such an expansive subject with a handful of wines — albeit well-chosen — somehow signals the lack of regard that the much larger Northern Hemisphere-dominated wine world holds for […] More
If I Could Buy Only One – February 7th Vintages Release
We asked our writers,“If you could buy only one wine from the February 7th release, which one would it be and why?” Poboleda Bon Mas 2020, Priorat, Spain$27.95, Profile Wine Group (Du Chasse) Megha Jandhyala – At less than $30, the Poboleda Bon Mas is a delicious introduction to both the region and the well-known winery […] More
Buyers Guide to Vintages February 7 Release
Priming for Valentine’s Day, and New Calls for an Open Wine Market in Canada By David Lawrason, with notes from Michael Godel, Sara d’Amato and Megha Jandhyala This mid-sized, mid-February release features Vintages selections for Valentine’s Day, as it has for over 30 years. It is a rather Harlequin collection, including wines that are pink […] More
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Gamay is a purple-coloured grape variety used mostly to make red wines, most notably grown in Beaujolais and in the Loire Valley around Tours. It is sometimes used to make rosés as well as sparkling wines such as Cerdon de Bugey. Gamay-based wines are typically light bodied and fruity. Wines meant for immediate consumption are typically made using carbonic maceration, where the grapes are fermented in whole bunches under a blanket of CO2, before being pressed, a method that emphasizes a bright fruitiness (and sometimes gives less desirable notes reminiscent of bananas). Wines meant to be drunk after some modest aging tend to have more body and are produced by semi-carbonic fermentation, where fermentation starts in whole bunches, before the grapes are gradually punched down, in a winemaking style closer to the burgundian approach. The latter are produced mostly in the designated Crus areas of northern Beaujolais (Morgon, Fleurie, Moulin-à-Vent, etc.) where the wines typically have the flavour of strawberries, cherries and spices.
