Chateau la Gaffeliere 2024

ANSON: "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."

FALSTAFF: "Tiefdunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. Zart nach Lakritze, florale Nuancen, rotes Waldbeerkonfit, Himbeeren, attraktives Bukett. Saftig, engmaschig, sehr frisch, rote Kirschen und Ribiseln im Abgang, mineralisch, gut Länge, individueller Stil mit Pfiff."

THE WINE ADVOCATE: "Unwinding in the glass with a gently oaky bouquet of dark berries, spices, mulberries and licorice, the 2024 La Gaffelière 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."