Chateau La Gaffeliere, La Dame de Gaffeliere, Saint Emilion Grand Cru, 2014 Muscat of Alexandria with cherry and strawberry jam

with cherry and strawberry jam

It shows intense

mulberry and summer pudding

molassesey

almost perfumed wine with a delicious creamy character on the palate and bags of soft ripe blackcurrant fruit

Chateau La Gaffeliere, La Dame de Gaffeliere, Saint Emilion Grand Cru, 2014 Muscat of Alexandria with cherry and strawberry jamThis is a fine Saint Emilion of the old school, with lovely sumptuousness of fruit and tannins which were chewy when young, but are now mellowing to a wonderful, velvet plushness. The Chateau La Gaffeliere vineyard is superbly situated: oriented towards the south, and covering 25 hectares, 22 of which are in a single parcel between Chateaux Ausone and Pavie. Hillsides are calcareous clay, while the lower slopes are more sandy. The vineyard is planted