Château La GaffelièreSaint-Émilion 2009
Dry, Full Bodied style of Red Blend
Bordeaux, France
About this product
Dry, Full Bodied style of Red BlendBordeaux, FranceChâteau La Gaffelière is an ancient Saint-Émilion estate that can trace its origins back to the 1400s. While some have commented on the sites inconsistent results over the past century, in recent times Michel Rolland has transformed the Chateaux into one of the truly great right bank producers. The 2009 is a monumental effort in every sense of the word. Extraordinary richness and complexity with flavours of blackberry, aniseed and bold, ripe cherry complimented by lovely oak integration and an immense length of flavour. Simply marvellous!
Château La Gaffelière is an ancient Saint-Émilion estate that can trace its origins back to the 1400s. While some have commented on the sites inconsistent results over the past century, in recent times Michel Rolland has transformed the Chateaux into one of the truly great right bank producers. The 2009 is a monumental effort in every sense of the word. Extraordinary richness and complexity with flavours of blackberry, aniseed and bold, ripe cherry complimented by lovely oak integration and an immense length of flavour. Simply marvellous!
Full bodied red wines have a noticeably textural mouthfeel with bold, complex flavours. Often deeply coloured.
Dry wines have no trace of sweetness at all.
- TypeRed Blend
- Size750mL
- RegionBordeaux
- Current Vintage2009
- Standard Drinks8.3
- Alcohol Volume14.00%
- CountryFrance
- Brand NameChâteau La Gaffelière
- ClosureCork
- Wine SweetnessDry
- Wine BodyFull Bodied
Vintage 2009
95+ points erobertparker.com
An absolutely spectacular effort, the 2009 is one of the all-time great La Gaffelieres produced. One would have to go back to the 2005, 1947 or 1961 to find this level of quality from this ancient, historic vineyard planted adjacent to the walls of St.-Emilion, on the Cote Pavie. Dating back to the 1400s, this estate has been owned for over three centuries by the Malet-Roquefort family. Composed of 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Sauvignon (in the past it was two-thirds Merlot and the rest split between Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc), the 2009 reveals compelling elegance, tremendous intensity and opulence and more viscosity than one normally sees.
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