Domaine Lafarge Vial, Fleurie, La Joie du Palais 2019 Napa Valley The fruit for this cuvée

The fruit for this cuvée comes from one of the oldest vineyards in Oregon

and in an appellation that was until recently seriously despised by the cognoscenti

There is a vivacity and freshness to this which makes it so easy to drink now

shimmeringly vibrant finish

(WK) (2/2020)

Domaine Lafarge Vial, Fleurie, La Joie du Palais 2019 Napa Valley The fruit for this cuvée94 points Wine Advocate The 2019 Fleurie Joie de Palais is taut and concentrated, unwinding in the glass with notes of raspberries, cherries, sweet spices and musk. Medium to full bodied, lively and saline, it's a vibrant, mineral wine with upside for those with a little patience. As readers may remember, this 1. 5 hectare parcel of steeply sloping decomposed pink granite was planted in the 1950s. The 2019s have turned out beautifully at Domaine