Samuel Louis Smith Organic Santa Lucia Highlands Gamay Noir: Pair with Pate, Hearty Salads Morrocan Chicken

While on the third Wednesday of November we celebrate Zinfandel, the third Thursday is reserved for Gamay because it’s the day that the new harvest of Gamay Nouveau is released. And what a cause for celebration this was back in the day when they routinely ran out of wine! The Gamay grapes would be get picked in September and begin their journey from juice to wine. But not all Gamay is destined to be “nouveau” and drank as soon as it is finished fermenting. Gamay Noir is also made into wines worthy of aging like Samuel Louis Smith’s organic Gamay. These wines offer bright fruit, peppery notes, and acidity that work well with holiday meals like poultry or ham, and certainly with appetizers especially if you have pate on the table!

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