Malivoire Gamay 2016, Niagara Peninsula
Gamay
Ontario, Canada
$19.95 (591313)
Critic Reviews (7)
Average final score from judges at the 2017 National Wine Awards of Canada. Tasted blind June 2017.
Here's a juicy, fullish, succulent gamay with a fine measure of typical red berry fruit, if riper than the mean for...
Ontario makes some very good well priced gamay and this is a good example. It is a balanced flavourful light to...
A fresh, vibrant and pure gamay. Offering notably regional typicity - not too light, not too ripe. Lively, expressive...
This is a light bodied nicely juicy, fresh gamay with fairly lifted aromas of red roses, strawberry-cherry jam and...
In every ostensible way the rule of gamay goings are perpetuated on and on from Malivoire’s entry level effort in...
Good-quality Ontario gamay, fruity, light but with a lot of tone in the mouth, liveliness and even a little carbon...
Community Reviews (4)
Review is private
This has long been a benchmark for Ontario gamay, and a staple at our abode. Consistently good year after year, but I like the extra bit of richness that it delivers in the warmer vintages, and this is one such. Food-friendly, savoury, and delicious.
After fermentation in steel tanks, 30% of the wine is aged in neutral oak (90% French/10% American) for 6 months. Cherry, raspberry jam, cinnamon, cola, wet leaves, damp forest floor. The finish isn't long but there's some tongue tingling pepper. Well balanced acid and alcohol (12%) makes for a pleasant wine.