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2019 Château La Gaffeliere

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Minimum Bid Per Bottle is $85
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ITEM 9806323 - Removed from a professional wine storage facility; Purchased at retail

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2019 Château La Gaffeliere

RATINGS

97Jeb Dunnuck

...complex, intense bouquet of red and black fruits, iron, truffly earth, tobacco, and bouquet garni...medium to full-bodied, pure, layered, elegant, yet concentrated 2019 with perfect tannins, plenty of mid-palate depth, and a gorgeous finish.

96Vinous / IWC

...wonderful bouquet of mineral-rich black and red fruit and sous-bois, a little tobacco and pencil box...palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins, fleshy and ripe. Perfectly balanced, leading to an almost Left Bank, graphite-tinged finish...

96James Suckling

A vibrant, fragrant red with aromas of blackberries, currants, walnuts and mint chocolate. Medium-bodied with fine-grained tannins. Pretty walnut notes on the polished finish. Fantastic length.

95The Wine Advocate

...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.

94Wine Spectator

This rolls out dense fig, boysenberry and red currant paste flavors laced with pronounced chalky minerality and notes of tobacco, dried anise and juniper.

94Wine Enthusiast

The wine has a dense structure alongside ripe black fruits and generous tannins. Its density brings out the fresh lift of the vintage, giving a wine that has weight and also succulence.

15Jancis Robinson

#67 of 2022Wine Spectator Top 100

This rolls out dense fig, boysenberry and red currant paste flavors laced with pronounced chalky minerality and notes of tobacco, dried anise and juniper.

PRODUCER

Château La Gaffeliere

Château La Gaffeliere is a Premier Grand Cru Classe B estate in St.-Emilion. The 54-acre estate is just west of Château Pavie and south of the town of St.-Emilion. For more than four centuries the estate has been owned by the de Malet-Roquefort family. The estate is planted to 65% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. About 85,000 bottles are produced annually. The second wine is Clos La Gaffeliere. Robert M. Parker Jr. has written that La Gaffeliere exhibits “a style of its own (and) it will surprise tasters used to New Wave flamboyant St.-Emilions, but it is seductive in its own way…"

REGION

France, Bordeaux, St.-Émilion

Saint-Émilion is on the east side of the Dordogne River. At 13,400 acres it is one of Bordeaux’s largest appellations, and perhaps its most picturesque. It is also home to what has been called “the garagiste” movement of upstart, tradition-defying winemakers who produce artisanal wines in styles that are unconventional for the appellation. The village of Saint-Émilion dates from the middle ages and it sits on low hills, surrounded by ancient walls. Like its neighbor Pomerol, Saint-Émilion was not included in the famous Bordeaux classification system of 1855. But a century later a ranking system was put in place, and unlike the classification system for the Medoc, the Saint-Émilion system is reviewed every ten years, meaning that estates can be upgraded or downgraded. There are three rankings: Grand Cru Classé, Premier Grand Cru Classé B and Premier Grand Cru Classé A, with the final ranking being the best. Such legendary Saint-Émilion estates as Châteaux Ausone and Cheval-Blanc are Premier Grand Cru Classé A, along with Châteaux Pavie and Angélus, both added to the classification in 2012. Wines in this appellation are primarily Merlot, mixed with Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon.