Château LA GAFFELIERE 2022

Description

Antonio Galloni 98-100 points www.vinous.com
The 2022 La Gaffelière is a drop-dead gorgeous beauty. Refined, sculpted and wonderfully precise, La Gaffelière simply has it all. Hints of lavender, mint, blood orange, spice and black cherry fruit all race across the glass. Clean mineral notes and fine tannins support the finish. The delineation here is simply breathtaking. La Gaffelière is 60% Merlot and 40% Cabernet Franc. Élevage is expected to be 19 months in 50% new oak and 50% neutral barrels. The 2022 is another exceptional wine from the Malet Roquefort family.

Jean-Marc Quarin 97 points www.quarin.com
Couleur noire. Nez intense, fin, fruité, pur, épicé. Ultra distingué en entrée de bouche, avec énormément de classe dans le toucher, ce vin raffiné fond au palais vers une immense longueur, à la minutie aromatique record et sans l’ombre d’un tannin. C’est impossible à cracher.

Neal Martin 97-98 points www.vinous.com
The 2022 La Gaffelière continues this Saint-Émilion’s strong run of form in recent years. The nose is extremely pure and shimmers with nascent excitement, beautifully defined with blackberry, raspberry and touches of cassis. If aromatics could « glide » then this would be a prime example. The palate is exquisite in terms of balance, just a little granular in texture. The 60% new oak is seamlessly integrated. There are hints of bay and tea leaf toward the silky-smooth finish, completing a potentially marvelous wine.

Yves Beck 97-98 points www.yvesbeck.wine
60% Merlot, 40% Cabernet Franc
Que de profondeur et de pluralité dans le bouquet de Gaffelière 2022 ! Il affiche de nombreuses facettes tant sur le plan épicé que fruité ou minéral. Les nuances crayeuses des sols calcaires sont bien relayées tout comme de subtiles notes de baies rouges. L’attaque annonce un vin frais, juteux et subtil. Il est doté de tannins puissants, élégants, serrés qui offrent une assise précieuse tout en créant une très belle symbiose avec la structure acide. Gaffelière pose les jalons d’une manière exceptionnelle. Sa puissance, sa linéarité, sa précision et son niveau global ne font que souligner l’exceptionnelle aptitude de cette propriété à afficher son rang parmi l’élite de Saint-Emilion. Une grande réussite !  2028-205

Georgina Hindle 96 points  www.decanter.com (at Primeur week tastings in Bordeaux, 01 May 2021)
A little shy on the nose, straight and streamlined, so pure but with grip and attention-holding tannins, very softly grainy but also fresh and mineral giving licks of flint, graphite and mint. Calm and well controlled, nothing too out of place but clearly concentrated and intense with density. Focussed with drive and persistence, mouthwatering strawberry and cherry, with really chalky, crushed stone edges putting you on limestone in St-Emilion. The place speaks in the wine and it has good depth and drive. On the slightly more high toned, muscular, overt edge, needs to soften slightly, but this has detail and precision and exceptional juiciness which is so appealing. Punchy, forward, intense – a gorgeous wine in the making. 3.4pH. 3.55g/l total acidity. HVE3 certified. A yield of 40hl/ha. Ageing 13-15 months, 60% in new barrels. Harvest 7 September – 26 September. Derenoncourt consultants.