1964 | Chteau La Gaffelire | Saint-Emilion

Description

Red Wine: 1964 | Chteau La Gaffelire | Saint-Emilion

Strong ruby garnet, good color core, broader edge brightening, vital color, delicately smoky on the nose, fine sweetness, full-bodied, delicately vegetal, sweet core, blackberries, firm tannins in the finish, nutty in the aftertaste.

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Producer: Chteau La Gaffelire

Vintage: 1964

Size: 750ml

ABV: 13%

Varietal: Cabernet Franc, Merlot

Country/Region: France, Saint-Emilion

Strong ruby garnet, good color core, broader edge brightening, vital color, delicately smoky on the nose, fine sweetness, full-bodied, delicately vegetal, sweet core, blackberries, firm tannins in the finish, nutty in the aftertaste.

Producer Information

Chteau La Gaffelire is a Bordeaux wine estate in the appellation of Saint-milion, and one of the oldest family-owned vineyards in the region. As with many of its neighbors, Chteau La Gaffelire’s wine is Merlot-dominant, with a small proportion of Cabernet Franc. The estate was ranked as a Premier Grand Cru Class in the original 1955 Saint-milion classification, and as of the 2021 vintage was classified as Premier Grand Cru Class “B”. However, effective with the 2022 vintage the property was withdrawn from the dispute-ridden classification structure (like Cheval Blanc, Ausone and others) and is now a Saint-Emilion Grand Cru. In all, the property boasts 22 hectares (54 acres) of vineyard. Of this roughly 70 percent is planted to Merlot and 30 percent to Cabernet Franc. La Gaffelire’s lies on the lower slope, facing broadly southeast. Plots are situated on all threee of the major Saint-milion terroirs; the limestone plateau, the clay-limestone slope and the foot of the slope with a high silica content. In the winery, the grapes are fermented in temperature-controlled stainless steel vats, with malolactic fermentation taking place in barrel. The wine is aged in French oak barrels (of which, on average, about half are new oak) for around 12 to 15 months. The estate also makes a second, Merlot-dominant wine from the lower, more clay-based slopes on the property. Called Clos Gaffelire (or Dame Gaffelire, depending on the market it is sold in), the wine was launched in the mid-1980s and is produced in its own cellar in the winery. In all, Chteau La Gaffelire produces approximately 80,000 bottles of wine annually. Chteau La Gaffelire should not be confused with the adjacent but separately-owned Chteau Canon La Gaffelire, though both were once part of a larger estate owned by the Comte de Malet-Roquefort, whose descendants still own La Gaffelire. The larger estate was founded on the site of a 17th-Century leper colony gaffet translates to ‘leper’. Until 1961, the estate was known as La Gaffelire-Naudes.