Obsidian Wine Co, Sonoma Valley (Sonoma County, California) Gamay Noir 2023

 Chanmé translates into something surprisingly awesome which is exactly how the Obsidian Wine Co. team felt when they were offered a chance to source Gamay Noir for the delicious wine.  Winemaker Casey Graybehl, makes this Vin Chanmé using whole clusters in the carbonic maceration process where the fermentation begins at the intracellular level of the grapes.  To add extra concentration, the Obsidian Wine Co. also chooses to use the saignée process, removing some of the juice early in the fermentation process and concentrating the remaining juice with the whole berries and skins. Vin Chanmé is a surprisingly awesome wine.  Dark, nearly purple in color, the juice is sumptuous with acai berry and black cherry but also complex with leather, slate and graphite minerality.  Excellent at cellar temperature, I recommend serving this with just a light chill.