Bottle of Célia & David Large Gamayhameha Beaujolais-Villages AOC Rouge 2023 Organic
France · Beaujolais · Beaujolais-Villages

Gamayhameha 2022

Célia & David Large

Gamay that just wants you to have a good time.

Open it when…

Weeknight BBQ Aperitif

Tastes like

crunchy red cherries · raspberry · pepper

Feels like

juicy, light, easy to love

CHF 35.00
CHF 35.00
CHF 23.33/L
VAT included
Format

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GrapesGamay
Serve14-16
DecantNo
DrinkNow-2028

Emeric's note

A Sunday picnic that runs late

Taste profile

The wine's soundboard.

Tall bars, big wine. Low bars, easy wine.

The story

Behind the bottle

Célia and David Large name their wines after films, games and cult series, but their farming in Montmelas is serious: organic, by hand, on steep granite slopes.

Gamayhameha is their classic Beaujolais-Villages: eleven days in concrete with partial carbonic maceration, no fining, no filtration, only a touch of sulphites at bottling.

The bottle I open when friends drop by unannounced. Nobody has ever left any.

— Emeric

Where it comes from

Célia & David Large portrait

The maker

Célia & David Large

“Every wine is born from a specific place. We work parcel by parcel, with a focus on highlighting the unique character of each terroir — for both reds and whites.”

Founded
2012
Hectares
8.5
Generation
2
Farming
Organic
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Beaujolais map

The place

Beaujolais

Just south of Mâcon, Beaujolais is Gamay country. On pink granite and schist in the north, the ten Crus — Morgon, Fleurie, Moulin-à-Vent and the rest — make structured, mineral reds that age beautifully; the flatter clay-limestone south gives bright, gulpable village wine. It was here that the modern natural-wine movement took root in the 1980s. ~14,000 ha.

Climate
Semi-continental, warming southward
Altitude
200-500 m
Classification
AOCs
SoilsPink GraniteBlue GraniteSchistClay-Limestone
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Best season to open it

Spring Slightly chilled, with charcuterie.
Summer Barbecue and picnics.

AutumnWinter

Have it with

Charcuterie
🍽️ Poultry
🍽️ Vegetarian

Press play

Vampire Weekend, A-Punkwindows down.
  1. 01 Vampire Weekend – A-Punk— bouncy
  2. 02 The Strokes – Last Nite— loose
  3. 03 Phoenix – 1901— sunny
Nerd mode 🔬 Soils, grapes, cellar, serving — for the truly curious

…I warned you. 😄

Terroir & craft

◆SoilsPink Granite, Blue Granite, Schist, Clay-Limestone
◆Altitude200-500 m
◆GrapesGamay
◆Blend100% Gamay
◆CellarGamay on sand and clay
◆CellarPartial carbonic maceration in concrete, 11 days
◆CellarNo fining, no filtration, a little sulphur at bottling
◆ÉlevagePartial carbonic maceration in concrete tank, 11 days
🌿CertificationsOrganic

Serving

◆Serve at14-16
◆GlassStandard
◆DecantNo
◆DrinkNow-2028
Célia & David Large cellar

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