Love Pinot Noir? Five Other Styles to Discover

A genetic offspring of Pinot Noir, Gamay has always been somewhat overshadowed by its celebrated parent. Indeed, in the 14^th century Gamay was forcibly removed from the Côte d’Or, but made a very successful home on the granite soils of nearby Beaujolais. Sharing Pinot Noir’s pale colour and light tannins, Gamay became inextricably linked with light, quaffable Beaujolais Nouveau, but in the right hands is capable of so much more.