Château LA GAFFELIERE 2020

Description

Jean-Marc Quarin 95 points www.quarin.com
Couleur sombre, intense et pourpre. Nez intense, très aromatique, fin, subtil et noble. Moelleux en entrée de bouche, très aromatique au milieu, parfumé, suave, le vin évolue noble au toucher, sur une belle finale savoureuse au grain fin. C’est long et très bon. Assemblage : 60 % merlot, 40 % cabernet franc. Degré d’alcool : 14°. pH : 3,47. Rendement : 42 hl/ha. Production : 70 % de la récolte.

Neal Martin 96-98 points www.vinous.com
The 2020 La Gaffelière has an intriguing, complex nose, a mélange of red and black fruit, cigar box, undergrowth and mint, quite mercurial in the glass as it opens with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with lithe tannins, a beautiful seam of acidity and perhaps the most satin-like texture I have encountered on a young La Gaffelière. It sashays to a harmonious and precise finish and lingers with wonderful mineralité. This is a magnificent prospect.

Yves Beck 95-96 points www.yvesbeck.wine
Beaucoup de finesse, de complexité dans ce bouquet avec des notes de baies noires, de griottes et de graphite. Nuances crayeuses. Caractère ample et friand en bouche. Le vin est puissant, élégant, équilibré et bien soutenu par des tannins soyeux en phase avec une structure acide rafraîchissante. Finale fruitée élégante et persistante. Très belle réussite.  2025-2045

Lisa Perrotti-Brown 96-98 points www.robertparker.com
Deep purple-black colored, the 2020 La Gaffeliere gallops out of the glass with exuberant scents of crushed black plums, boysenberries and fresh blackberries, plus hints of eucalyptus, dark chocolate, crushed rocks and iron ore, with a waft of lavender. The medium to full-bodied palate shimmers with compelling energy, delivering layers of black and red berries with fantastic tension and finely grained tannins, finishing very long and wonderfully minerally.

Jane Anson 95 points  www.decanter.com (at Primeur week tastings in Bordeaux, 01 May 2021)
An run of successful vintages at La Gaffeliere, and this again proves why it is an estate to watch, striking an expert balance between power and finesse. Offers a ton of cassis, blackberry, black cherry and damson fruits, licorice root and crushed stone, just gorgeously juicy and stretches out across the palate. Austere tannins at this point, plenty of limestone character, a little tight on the finish but with a velvet texture and promises to age with grace. A yield of 42hl/ha. Drinking Window 2028 – 2044