2024 La Gaffeliere

Auslieferung bis zum Herbst 2027!
Delivery until Fall 2027!

Smoky oak impact on the opening, dense fruit to accompany, with lilac and iris, chalky palma violets, good quality and texture, cloves and cassis. Austerity comes in pretty strongly through the mid palate, this is one to look out for after ageing, and is a potential upscore in bottle. Third vintage since they stepped back from the classification. Harvest 25 September to 7 October. 50% new oak. Tasted twice.
93/100 Jane Anson

(Saint-Émilion; 60% Merlot; 40% Cabernet Franc; a final yield of 42 hl/ha; a little vin de presse but not much and assembled early; pH 3.55; 13.5% alcohol, with no chaptalisation but a little reverse osmosis to intensify the body and volume; tasted at La Gaffelière with Alexandre de Malet Roquefort). Picked late despite the risk of botrytis. Pretty and very open aromatically with an intense peony florality. A little mimosa too. Some rose petals. A very dark fruit – black cherry and black berry and bramble, all plump and al dente. Cassis with aeration. The slow extended extraction was important as was the densimetric sorting. There’s a lovely very natural sweetness on the attack and then the glorious blueberry and violet notes from the Cabernet Franc breaks through the surface, bringing energy and lift. Grippy, sapidity-releasing beady calcaire tannins complete the picture.
92-94/100 Colin Hay; The Drinks Business