La Souteronne Vin de Pays de l'Ardèche Gamay

Extra tutti frutti in this vintage. Not the most interesting but plenty lively and fun

It’s a gamay kinda Fourth. Hope everybody has a lovely bottle of summer open this year.

📍Leo’s Wine Bar (Asheville, NC)

Non appellated Gamay from the Loire.

Pungent nose has a bit of barnyard and bigly tangy berry fruit. Some high-toned crumbly rock too. Lively and vigorous in the mouth, with the tangy element and crisp acids dominant. Nice with a garlicky grilled chicken warm pasta salad.

Fleshy, a denser and slightly muscular wine, you can taste the warmth of 2017, it lacks a little definition. A curious expression as always with this Gamay bottling. Muddled wild red fruit, cured meat, black pepper, wilted violets, smashed herbs. VA pokes out a touch. Elevated CO2 adds some prickle, with air it was hardly noticeable. Curious what 6-12mo in bottle will do. Day 2: some air has really helped out. More in line with the style of Souhaut’s gamay. More clarity and definition, perfumed has arrived. Still warm and joli, I quite like its open-knit structure.

I like a bit of brett but this had WAY too much. It covered up all the other flavors.

Gamay with a Rhone sense of place

Christmas 2019 ⛄🎄🦌
🎅Cheers to the Delectable Community🤶

One of the very limited Gamay wines from the Rhône region, 1500ml bottles for the Holiday show the love, and 60-80 year old vines!

So much jerky