1970 | Chteau La Gaffelire | Saint-Emilion

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Red Wine: 1970 | Chteau La Gaffelire | Saint-Emilion

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Producer: Chteau La Gaffelire

Vintage: 1970

Size: 750ml

ABV: 12.5%

Varietal: Merlot, Cabernet Franc

Country/Region: France, Bordeaux

Producer Information

Chteau La Gaffelire is a Bordeaux wine estate in the appellation of Saint-milion. It is ranked as a Premier Grand Cru Class B, and is one of the oldest family-owned vineyards in the region. Like many of its neighbors, Chteau La Gaffelire’s wine is Merlot-dominant, with a small proportion of Cabernet Franc. The estate is located just south of Saint-milion town, with the chteau buildings at the foot of the so-called St-Emilion plateau (Premier Grand Cru Class A Chteau Ausone lies at the top of the slope while Chteau Pavie promoted to “A” status in 2012 sits to the east). La Gaffelire’s vineyards lie on the lower slope, facing broadly southeast. In all, the property boasts 22 hectares (54 acres) of vineyard, of which roughly 70 percent is planted to Merlot and 30 percent to Cabernet Franc. 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 up to 20 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. This 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.