2020 Chiroubles, Lafarge-Vial, Beaujolais
- Red
- Dry
- Medium Bodied
- Gamay
Ready - youthful
- Jasper Morris MW
- 88/100
- Allen Meadows
- 90/100
Product: 20201443844
Description
There are two parcels here of decomposed pink granite soil in the lieu-dit Bel-Air. The vines are 45 years old, vinified as 30% whole bunches and aged in used 350-litre barrels. This is energetic, perfumed Beaujolais. A charming and pure red-berry fruit character gives some sweetness to the mid-palate, finished off with salty granite tannins.
Drink 2022 - 2027
Berry Bros. & Rudd
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2020
Maturity Ready - youthful
Grape List Gamay
Body Medium Bodied
Producer Lafarge Vial
Critics reviews
Jasper Morris MW 88/100
Pretty purple with a pink tinge. Agreeable fruit and floral nose of medium density. Quite a weight of the fruit at the front of the palate that then kicks on through.Jasper Morris MW, insideburgundy_com (October 2021)
Allen Meadows 90/100
An overtly peppery nose of various dark berries and earth nuances leads to supple, round and relatively refined middle-weight flavours that possess an appealing texture thanks to the fine-grained tannins shaping the moderately firm finale. Note that this could be enjoyed soon after release or held for 5 to 7 years first.Drink from 2026 onwardallen_meadows, burghound_com.com (April 2022)
About this wine
Gamay
A French variety planted predominately in Beaujolais where it is the grape behind everything from light and often acidic Beaujolais Nouveau through to the more serious and well-structured wines from the 10 cru villages. It takes its name from a hamlet just outside Chassagne-Montrachet and was at one stage widely planted on the Côte d`Or. However it was gradually phased out due to its poor yield and supposed poor quality of its wines.
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Lafarge Vial
Domaine Lafarge Vial is a well-established winery in Beaujolais, founded by Frédéric Lafarge and his wife Chantal in the spring of 2014. Situated in the commune of Fleurie, the domaine owns several vineyard parcels in Fleurie and one small adjoining parcel in Chiroubles within the lieu-dit Bel-Air.
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