Evening Land Vineyards
Celebration
Gamay Noir 07/08
winery: Evening Land Vineyards
Evening Lands Vineyards Celebration Gamay noir Seven Springs Vineyard is made from a small block of old vine Gamay noir in one of Oregon's best known vineyards.
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Intriguing and delicious dark fruit flavors and scents make Celebration an apt name for this old vine Gamay noir from Oregon's Eola-Amity Hills. Scents of blackberry, currant, and a hint of blackstrap molasses are restated in the flavor. Dark fruits, especially cassis/black currant, add depth to a refreshing, juicy wine. Hints of licorice and French Black Currant Pastilles accentuate the unique qualities of this immediately drinkable wine. You will never think of Beaujolais the same way again.
Evening Lands owner Mark Tarlov drinks this wine with French Fries. We agree. Celebration is a slurp-able crowd pleaser. Bring it out for football games and pair with a great burger (and don't forget Mark's fries!). I don't usually think of wine for tailgating, but Celebration converted even dedicated beer drinkers. (They drank it from mugs).
Like Beaujolais, it shares the quality of tasting great when chilled. It cut through the smoky fat of a T-bone, and even paired well with pulled pork sandwiches. You might think of Gamay noir as a summer wine. Don't limit yourself. Celebrate with Celebration this holiday season.
Famous British wine expert Jancis Robinson, OBE, Master of Wine (MW), and editor of the Oxford Companion to Wine, describes Celebration: "Very fresh Gamay nose with lovely pure fruit underneath. Again lots of acidity, like the Chardonnay, with a dry finish. Crunchy crisp. Seriously appetising. This would make a great summer drink and is yet another non-French Gamay that encourages us to look at Beaujolais again..."
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Celebration is made from a scant three acres of Gamay noir planted in Seven Springs Vineyard in 1984. Celebration joins the Gamay noir of Brick House Vineyards in the Ribbon Ridge appellation of Oregon's Willamette Valley as an outstanding example of the varietal from Oregon.
Evening Lands Vineyards wines are made by winemaker Isabelle Meunier and consulting winemaker Dominique Lafon.
Owner and winemaker Dominique LaFon's Domaine des Comtes-Lafon is world renowned for producing some of the greatest white Burgundies ever made. As Neal Martin (Robert Parker's Wine Advocate) states: "A great wine from Dominique Lafon is something that will be etched upon your vinous memory for many years".
