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Lafarge-Vial, Fleurie Joie du Palais, 2016

Red Wine from Beaujolais, France
by Lafarge-Vial
$44.99
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A very special site, with pink granite on slopes up to 50 degrees! Only a horse can plough it. Vines are almost 70 years old. These Lafarge-Vial wines needed a couple years after release to loosen up so this is in a good spot now.

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90 points

"A more elegant and appealingly fresh nose is almost pinot-like and could easily be mistaken for same. There is good underlying tension to the vibrant, detailed and utterly delicious flavors that are bit more refined, all wrapped in a focused if youthfully austere finale. This should also be accessible young but reward mid-term cellaring." —Allen Meadow

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Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Gamay

  • Vintage

    2016

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Organic

  • Pair With

    Drink With Poultry , Drink On Its Own

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Medium Bodied

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When a famous winemaker wanders far from home to make a totally new wine, you can be skeptical. When Gaja makes Brunello di Montalcino in Tuscany, how much of Gaja’s magic really ends up in the final wine? It can be hard to say.

It's not hard to say with Lafarge's Beaujolais: Yes, they bottled their magic.

Lafarge, of course, has been making magic in Volnay for decades. But with small holdings, frost and hail, they don't get to make enough of it to go around. So they headed a little south to the Beaujolais, where they bought vines and named their new Domaine Lafarge-Vial (Vial is Chantal’s maiden name).

It shouldn't come as a big surprise that they've done such a good job. The family has made one of the greatest Bourgogne Passetoutgrains for generations: they know Gamay.

More important, Beaujolais isn't that far from home. So they have no problem being actively involved in the farming (same organic and biodynamic practices as in Volnay) and the winemaking. As a bonus, Gamay in Beaujolais ripens at a slightly different time than their grapes in Volnay, so they can do one harvest after another without missing a beat.