Martin Woods

Willamette Valley Gamay Noir

9.225 ratings
9.36 pro ratings
Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA
Gamay Noir
Top Notes For
Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.3

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

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

Jan 12th, 2023
Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

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.

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.

Jan 12th, 2023
Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.3

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.

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.

Oct 27th, 2021
Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.3

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.

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.

Dec 20th, 2020
Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.3

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.

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.

May 16th, 2020
Brendan Baker

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

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

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Lindsay joly

Very well made wine, wish I had more

Very well made wine, wish I had more

Jan 8th, 2025
Turd Ferguson

Clean, bright, pure. Tastes like eating a bowl of red berries in a Pacific Northwest pine forest.

Clean, bright, pure. Tastes like eating a bowl of red berries in a Pacific Northwest pine forest.

Dec 20th, 2024
Turd Ferguson

Back label pic for info. Doesn’t really taste like cru Beaujolais to me, people who try to compare CA/OR gamay to Beaujolais are missing the mark. It’s very much its own thing. This takes an hour to come alive, then it’s pure, joyful, perfumed, stemmy red fruit. Raspberries. Really pure.

Back label pic for info. Doesn’t really taste like cru Beaujolais to me, people who try to compare CA/OR gamay to Beaujolais are missing the mark. It’s very much its own thing. This takes an hour to come alive, then it’s pure, joyful, perfumed, stemmy red fruit. Raspberries. Really pure.

Sep 13th, 2024
Seth Masterson

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.

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.

Apr 25th, 2024