Jolie Laide Gamay Noir Sonoma County 2025

CRITICAL ACCLAIM:

“Coming from two vineyards, including Las Cimas outside Healdsburg and sites in the Fountain Grove hills north of Santa Rosa, the 2025 Gamay Noir The Fool is gorgeous aromatically with wild raspberries, pressed flowers, delicate cinnamon spice, and crystalline fruit purity. Medium-bodied, it’s structured and fully dry but never austere, carrying crisp fruit and excellent freshness throughout. Drink 2026-2032.” - 92 PTS., JEB DUNNUCK

WINERY NOTES:

OVERVIEW: “In 2025, Jolie-Laide blended fruit from two Sonoma County sites: a high-elevation, northeast-facing vineyard on Sonoma’s northern edge, rooted in quartz- and schist-rich soils that bring brightness and lift, and a western Fountaingrove AVA site planted in iron-rich volcanic soils and ancient bedrock (known as Sonoma Volcanics), adding earth and depth. Together, they show just how naturally Gamay belongs in Sonoma. The result is light, fresh, and utterly charming—wild strawberry, cranberry tartness, summer herbs, savory wet earth, and a crushed-rock minerality that carries through the finish.”