Gamay, Loire Valley, France
A sexed up gamay with a husky, throaty voice that really does things to you. You met La Pause at an art gallery & fell head over heels in lust after finding out they’ve published three volumes of experimental poetry that is actually, like, really good. Now you’re all, “is it crazy that I want to tell La Pause I love them on our third date?” Yes, it is, but we totally get it: we’re in love with La Pause too. 40 year old gamay vines are grown on clay & limestone soil, elevage takes place for around eight months in neutral vats prior to bottling without filtration, resulting in a pure & straightforward expression of grape & terroir. It’s sort of like Loire Valley gamay started palling around with Northern Rhône syrah, managing to stay entirely true to itself while concurrently picking up a few of Syrah’s vocal tics & mannerisms subconsciously: it’s a smidge meaner than your average gamay, gamay in a beat up vintage leather jacket, though of course it’s still a sweetheart underneath, with a piping hot mainline of red fruit energy. Spiced plum, ziploc bag of Craisins, a room of scratch & sniff books, red liquorice overload. But wait there’s more! Bouquet of dried violets! Beet juice reduction! Kitten’s tongue tannins! And last but not least, BIG limestone energy like stealing a rock from a vineyard and sniffing it alone in your hotel room later that night.
