Château La Gaffelière - Saint-Emilion Grand Cru 1999

Wine Advocate

89 / 100

par Robert Parker le 30/04/2002

The 1999 is an elegant, finesse-styled, medium-bodied effort revealing lovely strawberry and currant fruit with a hint of sour cherries, a judicious touch of oak, medium body, and excellent purity. It creeps up on the taster in subtle increments. I always laugh when critics of Michel Rolland, the great international oenologist who has done so much to improve wine quality throughout the world, say that his wines all taste the same. Do these ignorant observers realize he is the consultant for this stylish, restrained St.-Emilion? Anticipated maturity: now-2015.

Wine Spectator

87 / 100

par James Suckling le 31/03/2002

Mineral, spice and floral aromas, with hints of aniseed. Medium-bodied, with fine tannins and a fruity finish. Subtle red. Better than from barrel. Best after 2003. 6,665 cases made.

La Revue du Vin de France

4 / 20

le 01/02/2002

Robe pourpre rubis soutenue. Nez d'une grande expressivité, avec des arômes très élégants de fruits, de pivoine. Bouche solide, puissante, avec le même fruit que celui exprimé au nez, des tanins serrés et un boisé élégant. Un excellent potentiel.

Wine Advocate

86-88 / 100

par Robert Parker le 30/04/2001

This deep ruby/purple-colored effort reveals new oak, medium body, excellent raspberry and cherry fruit, and a spicy, clean finish. It should turn out to be very good, possibly excellent with 2-5 years of bottle age. Anticipated maturity: 2003-2016.

Wine Advocate

86-88 / 100

par Robert Parker le 30/04/2000

An elegant, finesse-styled effort, the 1999 La Gaffeliere offers sweet black cherry fruit and spice box aromas, a medium-bodied, stylish, nuanced attack, and fresh, vivacious flavors. A slight shortness in the finish suggest early drinkability and maturity. Anticipated maturity: 2002-2010.