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Gamay Noir |
 | | Gamay noir is the primary fl grape of France's Beaujolais region, where the wines are typically fermented, spared from aging, and consumed young to appreciate their fresh, fruity qualities, with more tang than tannin. |
 | | Gamay is also planted, but is less significant, in the Loire, Rhône, Jura and Savoie appellations of France. |
 | | There is relatively little gamay noir planted in California, even less than was thought to exist only a few years ago, because many vineyards, once thought to be planted to gamay noir, were positively identified by DNA "fingerprinting" as valdiguié in the 1990s. |
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