2020 Fleurie, Joie du Palais, Domaine Lafarge Vial, Beaujolais

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Medium Bodied
  • Gamay
Not ready
Jasper Morris MW
90/100
Neal Martin
90/100
Allen Meadows
91/100
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2020 Fleurie, Joie du Palais, Domaine Lafarge Vial, Beaujolais

Description

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This vineyard is exceptionally steep (at a 40-50% gradient) and is planted with 65-year-old vines. Thirty percent is whole-bunch, the rest destemmed by hand. The fruit is creamy and luscious, coating the palate with red-berry fruit. The tannins are suave and layered, like slabs of granite. This is long, complex and focused.

Drink 2023 - 2032

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Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2020
Alcohol % 12.5%
Maturity Not ready
Grape List Gamay
Body Medium Bodied
Producer Lafarge Vial

Critics reviews

Jasper Morris MW 90/100

The 70% destemming of the fruit here has been done by hand. It's just a little deeper in purple and even more perfumed. Very peppery on the palate, which I understand is often the case here, no more than medium concentration, but an attractive wine with a long finish.
Jasper Morris MW, InsideBurgundy (Oct 2021)
Neal Martin 90/100

The 2020 Fleurie La Joie du Palais comes from a steeper vineyard and is de-stemmed by hand 30% whole bunch). It has an incense-scented bouquet with hints of lavender and violet petals. The palate is medium-bodied with a gentle grip, quite fleshy in the mouth. More red fruit laced with crushed stone on the finish. Very fine; perhaps a couple of years in bottle is required.

Drink 2024 - 2035
Neal Martin, Vinous.com (Dec 2021)
Allen Meadows 91/100

This is exceptionally pretty. Indeed, blind, it could easily pass for a wine of pure pinot rather than 100% Gamay with its cool and layered aromas of various red berries, spice, and soft pepper wisps. There is an even better refinement to the detailed and minerally, if slightly less complex, flavours that conclude in a dusty, mildly austere, solidly persistent finish. Lovely.

Drink from 2026 onward
Allen Meadows, Burghound.com (Apr 2022)

About this wine

Fleurie

Fleurie

Fleurie is a renowned wine region nestled within the Beaujolais in France, celebrated for producing elegant and fragrant Gamay wines. Known as the "queen of the Beaujolais Crus," Fleurie boasts sunny slopes and pink granite soil, resulting in wines characterised by delicate floral aromas, red berry flavours, and a silky texture.
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