2024 Clos la Gaffeliere
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Tasting notes
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.
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Colin Hay, The Drinks Business
Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider
More reviews and scores
This shows brooding, sour dark cherries with mulberries and a fleshy yet structured palate. Some chewy tannins linger in the flavorful finish.
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
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.