Château La Gaffelière seems emerging from History.
Through 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.
The 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.
This 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.
Château La Gaffelière opens the doors of its new website.
New label
The Château La Gaffelière bottle arrays an uncluttered label, discover it on the Downloads section.
The last awards
Château La Gaffelière, 2007
3-4 STARS - Grand Jury Européen
Château La Gaffelière, Primeurs 2007
16-17/20 - REVUE DES VINS DE FRANCE
« Beautiful style, compromise between balanced and fineness, without dilution orvegetable mark. »
87-89/100 - THE WINE ADVOCATE, Robert PARKER
3 STARS - DECANTER
"Minerally, discreet. There's a body of wine here and length on the finish but the wine misses a little depth and panache. Drink 2012-2020."
16,5/20 - LE POINT
Tasting of Château La Gaffelière 1988
On the last 15th of May, in the prestigious Westminster Hotel, rue de la Paix in Paris, numerous journalists had the pleasure to taste the 1988 vintage of Château La Gaffelière. This event was organized by the famous magazine Vins & Gastronomie.
Many medals for the 2008 vintage
91-93+/100 ROBERT PARKER
4 étoiles DECANTER
16-17/20 LA REVUE DU VIN DE FRANCE
... and many others
Pleas find all the medals and comments in the Worksheets in DOWNLOADS
2009, An amazing vintage for Château La Gaffelière
94-96/100 ROBERT PARKER
92-95/100 WINE SPECTATOR
4 étoiles - 18/20 DECANTER.COM
93-95/100 WINE ENTHUSIAST
17/20 WEINWISSER
See all the notes and comments in the DOWNLOADS page
