chateau la gaffeliere 1er grand cru classe st emilion

Château La Gaffelière

Château La Gaffeliere, 1er Grand Cru Classé, St Emilion, 2024

Name: Château La Gaffeliere, 1er Grand Cru Classé, St Emilion
Brand: Château La Gaffelière
Price: 223 GBP

93/100

Inside Bordeaux

90-92/100

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

94-96/100

The Wine Independent

93-95/100

Vinous

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all 2009 2020 2023 2024

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En primeur

2024
6x75cl
EP
£213.00
2024
3x1.5L
EP
£223.00

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Wines not bought directly from the vineyard are either sourced from trusted suppliers, with whom we share the same philosophy and rigour in buying, or from our own network of Cellarers customers. These customers’ wines are stored in optimal conditions in Octavian Corsham and, in the vast majority of cases, have been stored by us since the wine was first shipped. We do not purchase wine from auctions.

We feel it is equally important to for our customers that the case they buy and leave in storage with us is exactly the same case they subsequently have delivered. This may sound obvious and straightforward, yet we are one of very few merchants to have taken measures to ensure this.

We have created a system where every case is independent, thereby ensuring a trail of ownership and peace of mind for every customer.

The Journey

Justerinis ensures that every case of wine stored with Cellarers (Wines) Ltd has a unique identifier and customer’s name, almost unheard of in the industry as it is expensive to administer. These details are printed and placed on every case which is logged and recorded under your account name and kept in the world’s most renowned storage facility, Octavian Corsham.

This information is sent from our systems to the warehouse every day to ensure the trail of ownership is verified and upheld.

While customer reserves are stored in Corsham, our physical stocks are kept in Hoddesdon, further providing a geographical separation between customers’ wines with Cellarers and Justerinis’ own stock.

Further Reassurance

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Critic Reviews

94-96/100

Lisa Perrotti-Brown,

The Wine Independent

Deep garnet-purple colored. Needs some patient swirling to wake up scents of fresh black cherries, black plums, and boysenberries, followed by hints of underbrush, anise, and fragrant soil. The medium-bodied palate has plush tannins and refreshing acidity framing the juicy black fruit flavors, finishing long and perfumed.

drinking window 2027 - 2042

date of review 05/2025

93-95/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2024 La Gaffelière was picked from September 24 to October 8 at 42 hl/ha, aged in 60% new oak including 10% in 500-liter casks. This has a very seductive bouquet with black cherries, boysenberry and light Indian ink scents unfolding in the glass. The palate is very well balanced with succulent tannins, impressive mid-weight density and a crisp, mineral finish. La Gaffelière has been on a run of form recently and the 2024 overcomes the challenges of the vintage with style.

drinking window 2029 - 2050

date of review 05/2025

93/100

Jane Anson,

Inside Bordeaux

Smoky oak impact on the opening, dense fruit to accompany, with lilac and iris, chalky palma violets, good quality and texture, cloves and cassis. Austerity comes in pretty strongly through the mid palate, this is one to look out for after ageing, and is a potential upscore in bottle. Third vintage since they stepped back from the classification. Harvest 25 September to 7 October. 50% new oak. Tasted twice.

drinking window 2030 - 2044

date of review 04/2025

90-92/100

Yohan Castaing,

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Unwinding in the glass with a gently oaky bouquet of dark berries, spices, mulberries and licorice, the 2024 La Gaffeliere is medium to full-bodied, lively and tense. Its incisive mid-palate is framed by brittle tannins that assert themselves in a short, chalky finish. Time will likely tame its slight rusticity.

drinking window 2026 - 2040

date of review 04/2025

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Specifications

Country:

France

Region:

Bordeaux

Appellation:

St Emilion

Producer:

Château La Gaffelière

style:

Red Wine

Grape Variety:

Merlot Cabernet

abv:

13%

allergen information

This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.