{"product_id":"chateau-canon-la-gaffeliere-saint-emilion-grand-cru-premier-grand-cru-classe-2019-750ml","title":"Château Canon-La-Gaffelière Saint-Émilion Grand Cru (Premier Grand Cru Classé) 2019 (750ml)","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChâteau La Gaffelière seems emerging from History.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThrough the presence of its vines since the Gallo-Roman era, its name dragged from the leprous hospital or « gaffet » in the mediaeval epoch, and the owners grand genealogy ; the Malet Roquefort family, living for 4 centuries in Saint-Emilion, is acknowledged as the most ancient family of the area.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Castel itself relays, through its architecture, modes and inspirations of numerous generations. It's in this way that we can see a fifteenth century vaulted kitchen, discover a nineteenth century pigeon house - become a pool-house at the end of the twentieth century -, and pass through a seventeenth and eighteenth centuries wing which shelters the reception rooms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis heredity confers to the Malet Roquefort family a motivating responsibility that the actual owner, the Count Léo de Malet Roquefort, builds on to renovate of course, but also to perpetuate the traditions which have allowed expanding the fame of Château La Gaffelière all around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe choice of grape varieties is rather atypical for the appellation in light of the soil: almost a perfect 50\/50 divide between Merlot and Cabernet. The Cabernets ripen early and remarkably well on Canon La Gaffelière's warm soil, adding power and aromatic complexity to Merlot's opulence to create wines of natural elegance and finesse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBlend: 49% Merlot, 39% Cabernet Franc, 12% Cabernet Sauvignon\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Barrel Sample for this wine is above 14% ABV.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCritical Acclaim\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJD97\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJeb Dunnuck\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe 2019 Château Canon-La-Gaffelière is another brilliantly perfumed wine in the vintage that shines for its complexity, finesse, and nuances. Giving up awesome notes of red and black currants, tobacco, exotic flowers, cedarwood, and loamy earth, it hits the palate with medium to full-bodied richness, beautifully polished, integrated tannins, no hard edges, and a great, great finish. This is serious juice that warrants at least 4-5 years of bottle age and will evolve for 30 to 40 years. Best after 2026.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJS96\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJames Suckling\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBlackberry, chocolate and hazelnut aromas and flavors. It’s medium-to full-bodied with polished, juicy tannins that give a dusty texture to the intense, rich finish. A traditional, classically structured and styled red.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBarrel Sample: 95-96\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRP96\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRobert Parker's Wine Advocate\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe 2019 Canon la Gaffelière has turned out brilliantly, bursting from the glass with a dramatic bouquet of wild berries, blood orange, exotic spices, rose petals, violets and burning embers. Full-bodied, ample and layered, it's supple and perfumed, with a deep core of lively fruit, melting tannins and a long, saline finish. This contains the highest proportion of Cabernet Franc of any of Stephan Von Neipperg's wines, which no doubt helps to account for its singular personality. Best after 2025.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eD95\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDecanter\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI love the balance on display here, of powerful and softly whispering fruits, a tightrope of acidity and tannins giving structure. Great stuff, with the impact of 2018 but more freshness, although still with the signature glamour of a Neipperg wine in full flight.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBarrel Sample: 95\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Château Canon-La-Gaffelière","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43163886289120,"sku":"111882","price":119.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0649\/9713\/0464\/products\/thumbme_f632904b-5501-49e2-9ab6-84607c78412c.jpg?v=1663883940","url":"https:\/\/www.mywineconnection.com\/products\/chateau-canon-la-gaffeliere-saint-emilion-grand-cru-premier-grand-cru-classe-2019-750ml","provider":"My Wine Connection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}