{"product_id":"chateau-la-gaffeliere-saint-emilion-premier-grand-cru-classe-2020","title":"Chateau La Gaffeliere, Saint Emilion Premier Grand Cru Classe 2020","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cspan\u003eA worthy follow up to the excellent 2019, the 2020 La Gaffelière bursts with aromas of plums, sweet berries, licorice, mint and loamy soil. Medium to full-bodied, seamless and concentrated, with lively acids and vibrant fruit flavors, it's built around powdery, fine-grained tannins. Cabernet Franc represents fully 40% of the blend. As I wrote last year, this estate, in many respects Saint-Émilion's sleeping giant, is awakening.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Wine Advocate 95 pts.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSaint-Émilion Premier Grand Cru Classé, the renowned Château La Gaffelière is rooted in centuries of tradition. Over the last 15 years, the estate has benefited from significant investments as a replanting program, the construction of a new fermentation room for a more precise plot by plot vinification process and a cold chamber, the purchase of an optical sorting machine, a vertical press. Since 2004, the property is advised by Stéphane Derenoncourt (wine consultant). \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVineyard Area: 22 ha \/ 19 ha in production.\u003cbr\u003eTerroir : limestone plateau, clay-limestone soil on hillside, foothills more siliceous \u003cbr\u003eAverage age of vines : 35 years old.\u003cbr\u003eGrape varieties: 80% Merlot et 20% Cabernet Franc.\u003cbr\u003eYeld: 40 hl\/ha.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVineyard Management : \u003cbr\u003eSimple and double Guyot pruning - Grass cover crops in the rows - Manual de-leafing - Crop thinning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHandpicking from September to October.\u003cbr\u003ePainstaking selection in the vines - optical sorting machine (purchased in 2013) \u003cbr\u003eNo crusher – plot by plot vinification in small size temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks, filled up by gravity.\u003cbr\u003e- Alcoholic fermentation with pump-overs and punching down, \u003cbr\u003e- Malo-lactic fermentation 75% in vats, 25% in barrels, \u003cbr\u003eAgeing for 14 months, in oak barrels, of which 50% are brand new. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chateau La Gaffeliere","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50691377103081,"sku":"MOW-FR-BDX-LAGAFFEL-2020-02","price":140.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0604\/7626\/0585\/files\/Gaffeliere_232b8d11-28c1-495f-beb9-22962325d05f.png?v=1722417069","url":"https:\/\/www.enjoymowine.com\/products\/chateau-la-gaffeliere-saint-emilion-premier-grand-cru-classe-2020","provider":"MOWINE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}