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Score 89-91/100 · Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider, Apr 2025

Flowers, and plums define the wine in the perfume, and on the medium-bodied palate, finishing with light, bright fresh, black cherries, licorice, and a touch of cocoa in the mid palate, and in the mineral-tinted finish. The wine blends 90% Merlot with 10% Cabernet Franc. Since 2014, Clos La Gaffeliere has been a unique wine from a parcel selection and not the second wine of La Gaffeliere.

Critic Scores

Critic scores
90
90/100

Average Score

89
88-90/100

Colin Hay, The Drinks Business

90
89-91/100

Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider

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91 - 92 points
Zekun Shuai, James Suckling
Score 91-92/100 · Zekun Shuai, James Suckling, Apr 2025

This shows brooding, sour dark cherries with mulberries and a fleshy yet structured palate. Some chewy tannins linger in the flavorful finish.

88 - 90 points
Colin Hay, The Drinks Business
Score 88-90/100 · Colin Hay, The Drinks Business

Fresh and darkly fruited, with blueberry and bramble, a little stone fruit too. Vibrant, with a somewhat elevated and racy acidity but because it’s nicely enrobed in fruits that we expect to have a high acidity this feels very natural. Impressive for what it is. Nicely managed. The class of the wine comes from the quality of the tannins.

About the producer

Ch. la Gaffelière
La Gaffeliere

Bordering both Ausone and Pavie, this property has been owned by the De Malet Roquefort line for over 300 years – making them the oldest winegrowing family in Saint-Emilion.

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