Professional reviews
Robert Parker (96)
The finest La Gaffeliere I have ever tasted, the prodigious 2005 boasts a dense ruby/purple color in addition to a flamboyant bouquet of lead pencil shavings, creme de cassis, blackberries, smoked meats, incense, and Asian spice. Fabulously deep and full-bodied as well as ethereal and exceptionally elegant for its explosive richness and intensity, its lightness of being reflects the vineyard’s sensational terroir. This succulent beauty appears to be approachable, but that belies some significant tannins.
James Suckling (95)
This is a vivid and juicy wine with great depth and finesse. Full body, chewy and beautiful. Tight and complex. Still needs time but sexy and beautiful. Stone and chalk. Exciting.
Jane Anson (95)
A warm year, reflected in the generosity and velvety texture of the tannins, and the reflective deep garnet colour. Clear liquorice root, aromatics of tobacco, cigar, iris, with grilled loganberry and raspberry fruit. Plenty of life ahead of it, with excellent backbone of fresh acidities. As it opens tertiary notes of truffle, soy and broth appear, fully in its drinking window at 20 years, 3.55ph, 50% new oak for ageing. Stéphane Derenoncourt consultant as of 2004, right through to 2024.
