Château la Gaffelière 2010 – Saint-Emilion Grand Cru Premier Grand Cru Classé

The nose is aromatic, finely tight and offers a fine concentration, a certain intensity and finesse. This wine should be decanted. It reveals notes of quite ripe small fruits, ripe cassis, small notes of black violet associated with fine hints of ripe strawberry, lily as well as a very discreet hint of dry cherry, clove, spices and an imperceptible hint of humus. The palate is fruity, fresh, well-balanced and offers a mineral frame, juiciness, a fine acidulous frame as well as freshness, a certain generosity, a beautiful juicy/ripe fruit and a finely tight tension. On the palate this wine expresses notes of fleshy/juicy cassis, small ripe black fruits, small notes of raspberry associated with touches of dry strawberry, violet, rose as well as fine hints of humus, spices, a very discreet hint of tobacco and an imperceptible hint of truffle. Good length. Tannins are well-built and very finely tight.