Willamette Valley Gamay Noir

Juicy, sleek, so sweet yet so engaging. Silky and developed. Wow. Blackberry.

This smells like Thivin. Wow. Dark fruits. Blackberry. Tangy nose. Minty and earthy. Wow, Concentrated. So juicy and ebullient. Long and super pure. Wow. Incredible purity. The energy here is so good. Stunning. Best Gamay from Evan yet.

Tons of tangy blackberry, ripe black cherry and such purity. Reminds me of Thivin. So much mineral and loam. Bright and earthy. Super detailed and great clarity. Mimics Cote de Brouilly. Awesome texture and sappiness. Such vibrancy and tangy blackberry and deep, vivid black cherry fruit. Terrific freshness and energy and Rudi cloud fruit sap on the long finish. Dynamite. So complex and classy. Really great tension and the minerality shines through. So much crunch. Nose opens more and more. Amazing balance.

Beautiful nose of cherry fruit. Floral with sweet spices. Really lifted and bright nose. Killer. Awesome earth tones and huge breadth and scope. Keeps opening and opening. Enveloping aromas. Gorgeous palate with terrific energy and finesse. Sleek cherry fruit and wispy tannins and minerality that builds on the finish. Needs an hour or two to really express itself. Will be fun to follow.

Likely my first ever domestic Gamay. Very pretty and very serious nose of light yet intense mid season cherry fruit. Lots of earth and very complex. Lots of aromas to unfurl. Very very deep and layered. What a palate. More Côte de Brouilly than Fleurie. It’s a beast. Such sappy fruit and ridiculous tiny berry fruit intensity. Long, grippy and sappy. Wow, really long. Deep, layered and long with terrific structure. Amazingly pure cherry fruit that is perfectly ripe and fresh. Really terrific freshness here. Impressive inner mouth florals and a deep structure to age many years and it needs maybe 3-4. Very impressive. After 5-6 hours of air the nose is smokey complexity. More gamey, more feral, palate is more together. Balance on this is extraordinary. What a wine.

Sappy cherry and blackberry, floral, med + acid, still very primary 👌

Oh that nose! Roses and roots and fruits
Crunchy texture, light but at the same time a lot of body. Perfect acidity. Delicious finish
This has to be one of the best Gamays produced on this side of the Atlantic.

Easter 2024

Juicy blueberry and raspberry. Vibrant acidity. Different from the Gamay that I’m used to from Beaujolais- more fruit forward - but well made and enjoyable.

Oldest of our tasting. Riper. Vanilla blueberry. Good minerality. Good finish. Contends with beujolais