In its sixth year, the Lafarge domaine in Beaujolais is now well-established. Lovingly made by Eddie Lachaux in the same way as the Pinots in the Côte de Beaune, the wines shine even in difficult years. Atypically for the region, most of the fruit is destemmed, increasingly by hand: Frédéric Lafarge maintains that the interaction of hand and grape gives more energy than when machines are used. To extract a proper dose of tannin, the fermentation temperature can rise higher than the norm in the area, and the must is punched down regularly. They are serious, terroir-driven wines which will reward some cellaring, though in 2019 they are so forward and delicious that many will be drunk on the early side.
2020 is a particularly good, even great, vintage in Beaujolais. Everything happened as it should: budbreak and flowering were early and successful, dry warm weather meant no disease pressure, the leaves on the bush-trained vines protected the grapes from sunburn, and rain fell when it was needed. Yields were generous, and the wines are less fleshy than the 2019s, more relaxed and effortless, with more elegance, freshness and, incidentally, lower levels of alcohol, never exceeding 13%. If you haven’t tried these wines yet, the 2020s are not a bad place to start.
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