Chateau La Gaffeliere Saint Emilion Grand Cru Classé 2016

Château La Gaffelière 2016 boasts a very dark colour, inky with blue highlights. This wine displays remarkable class and a disconcerting aromatic and gustatory depth. Pure and tense from the olfactory attack, the nose expresses aromatic brilliance with freshly picked black fruits. Stirring reveals a very aromatic freshness. The entry is dynamic, the mid-palate expresses a very refined tannic structure, which is delicate, so fine in fact that we forget the presence of tannins. The wine is dense, very dense but without giving up its elegance. This is an aesthetic wine: truly 3-dimensional. Serve with meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, chicken, roasted, braised, stewed, and grilled dishes.


Scores/Awards
94 points - James Molesworth, Wine Spectator - March 2019
95+ points - Lisa Perrotti-Brown, Wine Advocate Interim Issue - November 2018
96 points - James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com - February 2019
97 points/Editor’s Choice - Roger Voss, Wine Enthusiast - May 2019
16.5 points - Jancis Robinson, JancisRobinson.com - October 2018
16.5 points - Jancis Robinson, JancisRobinson.com - April 2017
93 points - Jane Anson, Decanter.com - April 2017
93 points - Jeff Leve, thewinecellarinsider.com - April 2017
96 points - Antonio Galloni, Vinous - January 2019