2022 Wanderer Gamay Noir

2022 Wanderer Gamay Noir

$35.00

“Reminiscent of a young cru Beaujolais”. - Wine Advocate

The 2022 vintage is sourced from Menefee, our family vineyard, located on a swatch of volcanic soils at a high altitude in the foothills of the coastal range. This vintage brings a name change, honoring the memories of days spent wandering winding roads to Beaujolais to fill bottles of Gamay when Greg was a kid visiting his grandparents in the Loire Valley.

Made in a classical style, our Gamay brings a concentration of crunchy red fruit.Aromatically, cranberries and baking spices give way to a touch of cherry & cinnamon hard candy. On the palate, aromatics are mirrored with bright red fruit and acids to match. The 2022 Wanderer Gamay is a vibrant wine with a rounded mouthfeel and elegant profile.

Previously labelled as Par Contre.

Only 120 cases made.

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Our Gamay Noir comes from our family estate, Menefee Vineyard. This cooler site, situated on a swatch of volcanic soils at a higher altitude, brings the fruit close to ripeness without ever overdoing it. Always the last pick of the vintage, our Gamay Noir was picked mid-October, huge clusters destemmed before fermenting with native yeasts for two weeks. Once fermentation was complete, the wine spent 11 months in five neutral French oak barrels.