Château La Gaffelière 2019

Wineadvocate

The 2019 La Gaffelière wafts from the glass with a rich bouquet of blackberries and cherries mingled with subtle hints of burning embers and loamy soil that's framed by a deft application of creamy new oak. Medium to full-bodied, deep and seamless, it's a concentrated, vibrant wine built around bright acids and fine, powdery tannins. Its vivid fruit tones and classical balance make this Cabernet Franc-rich blend a promising candidate for sustained bottle age. Anyone who has tasted the great wines this estate produced in the 1950s and 1960s knows how great this site can be; and with stricter selection as well as the elimination of fruit from vines growing on the plain from the blend, that potential appears to be being unleashed at last. - WK 04/2022

Vinous

The 2019 La Gaffelière has a wonderful bouquet of mineral-rich black and red fruit and sous-bois, a little tobacco and pencil box emerging with time. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins, fleshy and ripe. Perfectly balanced, leading to an almost Left Bank, graphite-tinged finish courtesy of the 40% Cabernet Franc, the 2019 continues the purple patch of this Saint-Émilion stalwart. No doubt a wine that will give 30 to 40 years of drinking pleasure. - NM / 02-2022

Beck

Que de complexité et de fraîcheur dans ce bouquet où les nuances florales et fruitées se complètent mutuellement. Invitantes notes de violettes et de mûres suivies d'une touche de bois de réglisse. En bouche le vin est précis, élégant et soutenu par une structure tannique compacte et pertinente. L'acidité apporte une fraîcheur revigorante et un côté strict tout en soutenant l'expression aromatique jusqu'en fin de bouche. Touche saline en finale. La Gaffelière confirme son niveau et consolide sa place parmi les grands vins de St-Emilion. 2025-2045 - YB 12/2021