Martin Woods
Willamette Valley Gamay Noir
Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA
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, 2020Likely 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
Sappy cherry and blackberry, floral, med + acid, still very primary 👌
Sappy cherry and blackberry, floral, med + acid, still very primary 👌
1 person found it helpfulNov 15th, 2020
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.
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.
Dec 11th, 2022
Oldest of our tasting. Riper. Vanilla blueberry. Good minerality. Good finish. Contends with beujolais
Oldest of our tasting. Riper. Vanilla blueberry. Good minerality. Good finish. Contends with beujolais
Oct 27th, 2022
This is Grade A Gamay manufactured right here in the USA. Tamed, cool to touch. No stemmy crunch, no VA. Elegant and dialed in, expressive fruit and soft comfortable blankety textures to snuggle right into.
Blatant black cherries, tiny wild strawberries and raspberries all the way down to a balanced bed of acid.
This is Grade A Gamay manufactured right here in the USA. Tamed, cool to touch. No stemmy crunch, no VA. Elegant and dialed in, expressive fruit and soft comfortable blankety textures to snuggle right into.
Blatant black cherries, tiny wild strawberries and raspberries all the way down to a balanced bed of acid.
Very cool Willamette valley gamay in the style of Burgundy - baby powder and lavender on the nose? Balanced with savory dried herbs. Light body with medium spicyacidity and light tannins
Very cool Willamette valley gamay in the style of Burgundy - baby powder and lavender on the nose? Balanced with savory dried herbs. Light body with medium spicyacidity and light tannins
Mar 20th, 2021
