Ch.La Gaffeliere 2006 1500ml

Wine Advocate #181, Feb 25, 2009
Christmas fruitcake, truffle, cured meats and sweet earth along with black currant notes make for a complex, noble bouquet. In the mouth, some of the vintage’s tell-tale angular and astringent tannins give the wine a slightly attenuated mouthfeel, but there seems to be plenty of concentration, medium to full body, and lots of minerality. My instincts are that this wine is going through a relatively closed, difficult, ungracious state, but I like its potential. Anticipated maturity: 2013-2026+.

Chateau La Gaffeliere, previously Chateau Gaffeliere-Naudes, is a Bordeaux wine from the Saint-Emilion appellation, ranked among the Premiers grands crus classe B in the Classification of Saint-Emilion wine. The winery is located west of Chateau Pavie, just south of the town of Saint-Emilion, within the commune of the same name.
Founded on the ruins of a Gallo-Roman villa named "Le Palat", and later a 17th century leper colony, the estate was sharecropping land that came to the ownership of the Comte de Malet-Roquefort. The word "gaffet" translates to leper.
Near the end of the 19th century, the original extensive estate was divided into what became Chateau Canon-la-Gaffeliere, and the area then called Puygenestous-Naudes, renamed Chateau Gaffeliere-Naudes. The name was simplified after 1963. After three centuries, it still belongs to the Malet-Roquefort family.From 25 hectares the vineyard area extends 22 hectares, with a grape variety of 66% Merlot, and the remainder split between Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon.
Chateau La Gaffeliere annually produces on average 10,000 cases of the Grand vin.

Meats, Beef and Venison