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Château La Gaffelière Premier Grand Cru Classé B Saint-Émilion Grand Cru 2022

Reviews

99 -Jeb Dunnuck -

The 2022 Château La Gaffelière comes from a mix of 60% Merlot and 40% Cabernet Franc that's from 22 hectares of classic Saint-Emilion limestone soils. The élevage spanned 19 months in just 50% new French oak. Its deep ruby/plum hue is followed by a stunning nose of ripe red and black fruits, spring flowers, spicy wood, and crushed stone-like minerality. With flawless balance, a pure, full-bodied, seamless mouthfeel, ripe tannins, and a great finish, it's the finest vintage of this cuvée I've tasted and will most likely warrant a perfect rating in a decade. This is pure Saint-Emilion brilliance! Give bottles 4-6 years, count yourself lucky, and enjoy over the following 20-30 years.

97 -James Suckling -

97 -Robert Parker's Wine Advocate -

The 2022 La Gaffelière, one of the finest wines I’ve encountered at this address, is a blend of 60% Merlot and 40% Cabernet Franc. Crafted primarily from the prime hillside vineyards beneath Ausone, this wine exudes violet, dark berries, licorice, cherries and smoke, with subtly integrated oak influences. It's medium to full-bodied, deep and powerful, with a multidimensional, fleshy core of fruit and youthful yet powdery tannins framed by a tense, energetic mid-palate, typical of the limestone soils. Concluding with a long, saline and complex finish that marries tension and charming to pleasing effect, it was matured for 19 months in 50% new barrels.

96 -Wine Spectator -

This offers a pretty captivating display of boysenberry and blackberry puree flavors liberally infused with violet, iris and ink details, while a racy graphite spine provides remarkable length through the well-cut finish. There's some high gloss toast, but the fruit is in clear command. A real head-turner. Merlot and Cabernet Franc. Best from 2026 through 2042. 8,000 cases made, 300 cases imported.

96 -Falstaff -

95 -Wine Enthusiast -

Technical Details

Blend 60% Merlot, and 40% Cabernet Franc
Winemaker Stéphane Derenoncourt and Simon Blanchard
Country France
Region Bordeaux
Sub Region Right Bank
Appellation Saint-Émilion
Vineyard Château La Gaffelière
Farming Method High Environmental Value (HVE) certification
Oak 50% new French oak barrels
Fermentation Vinification by parcel in stainless-steel temperature-controlled tanks. Malolactic fermentation takes place 75% in tanks and 25% in barrels.
Aging / Cooperage The wine was aged for 19 months in 50% new French oak barrels
Alcohol 14.5%
Production 8,000 cases

Château La Gaffelière Premier Grand Cru Classé B Saint-Émilion Grand Cru 2022

Name: Château La Gaffelière Premier Grand Cru Classé B Saint-Émilion Grand Cru 2022
Brand: First Bottle
SKU: 1014764
Price: 89.95 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

Bordeaux Blends | Bordeaux

JD99, JS97, WA97, WS96, FS96, WE95

High Environmental Value (HVE) certification

$140.00

$89.95

750ML

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Château La Gaffelière is one of Saint-Émilion’s most historic estates, with documented cultivation dating back to the 7th century, perched on the limestone hillside directly below Château Ausone. The Malet Roquefort family, who have owned it since 1705, voluntarily withdrew from the Saint-Émilion classification in 2022 rather than submit to its requirements, a decision that leaves the wine carrying a Grand Cru designation but nothing of the quality inside the bottle. The 2022 is a blend of 60% Merlot and 40% Cabernet Franc from 22 hectares of classic limestone soils, aged 19 months in 50% new French oak. Jeb Dunnuck awarded a stunning 99 points, describing a wine of pure Saint-Émilion brilliance and predicting it will likely merit a perfect score in a decade, with deep ruby color, stunning aromatics of ripe red and black fruits, spring flowers, spicy wood, and crushed stone minerality, with flawless balance and a full-bodied, seamless mouthfeel. Antonio Galloni gave it 99, calling it fantastic, supremely elegant and perfumed, with blood orange, pomegranate, spice, white pepper, dried herbs, and floral overtones soaring from the glass, and praising the Cabernet Franc as “so impressive.” Wine Advocate 97, Wine Spectator 96, Farr Vintners 96, and Wine Enthusiast 95. This is a historic estate producing the finest wine of its recent history. The price is exceptional for 99 points from two major critics. Do not miss it.

About The Producer

The history of the estate dates back more than 3 centuries ago but there is a record that the vines were first planted on this land by the Gallo-Roman times. The estate gained status in 1954 as a Saint-Emilion Premier Grand Cru Classe and is the original estate of the Malet Roquefort family. The family then united three estates: Chateau La Gaffeliere, Chateau Chapelle d'Alienor and Chateau Armens under a single brand name Domaine Comte de Malet Roquefort.

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