Gamay

:For the municipality in the Philippines, see Gamay, Northern Samar.

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Gamay is a purple-colored grape variety used to make red wines, most famously grown in Beaujolais. Its full name is Gamay Noir ? Jus Blanc, and it probably originated as a mutation of Pinot Noir.

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Confusingly the Gamay name has become attached to other varieties grown in California, which at one time were thought to be the true Gamay. The grape 'Napa Gamay' is now known to be Valdegui?, and the name Napa Gamay will no longer appear on labels after 2007. Gamay Beaujolais is considered to be an early ripening Californian clone of Pinot Noir.

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Gamay Noir is a permitted synonym for Gamay in the U.S.

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Beaujolais: Beaujolais is a historical province and a wine-producing region in France. It is now part of the Burgundy r?gion for administrative purposes....

Pinot Noir: Pinot Noir, known as Pinot Nero in Italian, is a red wine grape variety, considered to make some of the greatest wines. It it is almost universally agreed to reach its peak in the wines of Burgundy, but is also used in the production of Champagne and is planted in most of the world's wine growing re...

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