2025 Château La Gaffeliére

The 2025 La Gaffelière soars out of the glass with magnificent intensity. Strong Cabernet Franc overtones and bright saline notes from the clay-limestone plateau are finely sketched with tremendous precision. The 2025 bristles with tension from start to finish. It's a phenomenal wine by any measure. Tasted two times. 
- Antonio Galloni (04/2026)

Well driven, velvety and precise, with red berry and leather aromas. Medium-bodied with fine, firm tannins. Crushed berry and dark chocolate flavors and a compact, savory finish. (04/2026)

Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2025 La Gaffelière is a touch closed to start off, revealing subtle notes of cedar chest, charcoal, and bay leaves before opening out to a core of fresh black plums and blackberry preserves, plus a waft of red roses. The medium-bodied palate has a firm structure of grainy tannins and refreshing acidity to match the bold black fruit and savory layers, finishing minerally. (04/2026)

The 2025 La Gaffelière reveals an open, expressive bouquet of cassis, with a vivid fruit profile that becomes more floral with aeration. Medium- to full-bodied, it's more reserved on the palate, built around a firm, limestone-inflected structure, with tannins that show a touch of dryness at this stage. The contrast between aromatic generosity and structural restraint will likely resolve with élevage. 
- Yohan Castaing (04/2026)