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CHÂTEAU CANON LA GAFFAELIERE 2015
WINE TASTING NOTES
ABOUT THE WINE
Appellation | Saint Émilion Grand Cru
Classification | Premier Grand Cru Classé
Grape | 55% Merlot, 38% Cabernet Franc, 7% Cabernet Sauvignon
Ageing | In new barrels (55%), on fine lees, for 17 months
Tasting Notes | "The aromas of violets and rose petals are prevalent here with blue fruits as well. Full body, integrated and firm tannins and a long finish. Structured yet fine and shows such finesse. Give it five or six years to come together". James Suckling
Pairing | Ideal with beef and lamb dishes
Drinking | To come
Critics/Awards | 96/100 James Suckling
ABOUT THE CHÂTEAU
Château La Gaffelière, previously Château Gaffelière-Naudes, is a Bordeaux wine from the Saint-Émilion appellation, ranked among the Premiers grands crus classés B in the Classification of Saint-Émilion wine. The winery is located west of Château Pavie, just south of the town of Saint-Émilion, within the commune of the same name. The château also produces a second wine named Clos La Gaffelière.
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 Château Canon-la-Gaffelière, and the area then called Puygenestous-Naudes, renamed Château Gaffelière-Naudes. The name was simplified after 1963. After three centuries, it still belongs to the Malet-Roquefort family.
Soils: Limestone clay soils
Farming: Harvest by hand
Vines: On average 35 years of age