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2018 Château La Gaffelière, St Emilion, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Merlot (63%), Cabernet Franc (37%)
Ready - youthful (Drink 2024 - 2043)
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW
94-96/100
Product: 20188124315

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2018 Château La Gaffelière, St Emilion, Bordeaux

Description

Alexandre de Malet Roquefort’s family has owned La Gaffelière since 1705. The vineyard is superbly sited by Ausone, with other plots by Pavie and Pavie Macquin, and this potential is beginning to be recognised. The 2018 has fine minerality and perfume, and very sleek tannins. Polished, but not plush, the finish is fine-grained. Drink 2023-2035.

Blend: 58% Merlot, 42% Cabernet Franc
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2018
Alcohol % 14.5%
Maturity Ready - youthful (2024 - 2043)
Grape List Merlot (63%), Cabernet Franc (37%)
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château La Gaffelière

Critics reviews

Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW 94-96/100
Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2018 La Gaffeliere reveals classically sophisticated scents of ripe black plums, warm blackberries and cigar box with touches of star anise, dried Provence herbs, chocolate mint and truffles. Full-bodied, it has a solid backbone of ripe, rounded tannins and lovely freshness lifting the densely layered fruit to a long finish.
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, (Apr 2019)

About this wine

Saint-Emilion

Saint-Emilion

First officially classified in 1954, St-Émilion is one of Bordeaux's largest winemaking appellations, producing more wine than Listrac, Moulis, St Estèphe, Pauillac, St Julien and Margaux combined. Many of the region's finest vineyards can be found atop the steep limestone slopes of the village itself, although a fledgling band of garagiste producers are eschewing terroir to make small-batch, deeply-concentrated wines from their homes.
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