Château La Gaffelière - Saint-Emilion Grand Cru 2007

Jamessuckling.com

92 / 100

byJames Sucklingthe7/26/2017

This is linear and tight with black truffle, firm and silky tannins and a fresh finish. Medium body and compressed. Lovely now.

Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar

87 / 100

byStephen Tanzerthe8/30/2010

Bright red-ruby. Inky blueberry, licorice, leather and herbs on the nose, complicated by notes of crushed stone and mint. Offers good breadth and a light touch but only moderate stuffing, showing a distinctly cool, green quality to the leanish middle palate. Finishes with firm, slightly medicinal tannins.

Wine Advocate

89 / 100

byRobert Parkerthe4/30/2010

This elegant, forward, evolved, medium-bodied effort exhibits lots of Christmas fruitcake, licorice, spice box, and black cherry fruit along with a lush, silky mid-palate, and ripe tannins. The final blend was 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc. Consume it over the next decade.... Drink 2010-2020

Jancis Robinson

15.50 / 20

byJulia Harding MWthe10/27/2009

Peppery, herbaceous, smooth and rather slight but well balanced on the palate. Finishes a touch dry. Drink 2012-16

Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar

85-88 / 100

byStephen Tanzerthe6/30/2008

Medium ruby. Slightly green aromas of black cherry, blackberry, mocha, menthol and licorice. Supple, juicy and on the dry side, with a faint medicinal quality and modest flesh; a tad flat in the middle. A fairly light, moderately ripe wine, finishing with dusty tannins and a coolness.

Falstaff

87-89 / 100

the6/30/2008

Tiefdunkles Rubingranat, fast opaker Kern, violette Reflexe. In der Nase feine Weichsel-Kirsch-Anklänge, zart nach Orangen, zart nach Schokolade. Am Gaumen frisch, komplex, zart blättrig unterlegte Zwetschkenfrucht, wirkt etwas verhalten, mittlere Länge, zarte Kirschenfrucht im Finale, gut gemeistert.

Le Point

16.50 / 20

byJacques Dupontthe5/15/2008

Cerise, boisé un peu planche, belle matière en bouche, petits tanins ronds croquants, finesse, finale serrée, beaucoup de fruit.

Wine Advocate

87-89 / 100

byRobert Parkerthe5/5/2008

TAST

16-16.50 / 20

the4/29/2008

La prise de bois est importante à ce stade, mais ne masque pas un fruit mûr et un corps gras, ample, non dépourvu de subtilité. Bonnes promesses

Wine Advocate

84-86 / 100

byNeal Martinthe4/28/2008

This is lacking some vigour on the nose with faint hints of blackberry, raspberry and smoke. Moderate definition. The palate is better, some pure black cherry fruits, saturated tannins but lacking some finesse and delineation towards the finish. Better than I expected but a little overdone. Tasted April 2008.

Jean-Marc QUARIN

16.25 / 20

the4/25/2008

Couleur rouge, d'intensité normale. Nez fruité, frais et mûr. Vin caressant en bouche et d'un type fruité frais. Il se développe très savoureux, évolue sur un tannin enveloppé et un bel arôme de violette dans la persistance.

Jancis Robinson

16 / 20

byJancis Robinsonthe4/15/2008

Deep crimson. Discreet but well balanced nose. Looks very youthful crimson though not especially concentrated. Very mild. Well balanced and not forced. Good fruit and the tannins are fresh without being green. Well done, though not overly ambitious.