Why this vintage
- 99/100 from Vinousand 5 other scores above 90/100.
- The 2022 vintage in Saint-ÉmilionThe extreme drought was absorbed by the clays: a sun-driven concentration, but without the expected harshness.
Critic scores
- Vinous99
- Wine Advocate97
- James Suckling97
- Wine Enthusiast96
- Wine Spectator96
- Decanter93
The 2022 vintage in Saint-Émilion
Vintage benchmark: 97/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: The extreme drought was absorbed by the clays: a sun-driven concentration, but without the expected harshness.
Overall reading of the year’s season across Saint-Émilion. An estate can depart from it sharply, in frost or hail years, where two neighbours did not make the same vintage. What this particular wine actually gave is on its technical sheet and in the scores above.
Blend of the 2022 vintage
- 60 % Merlot
- 40 % Cabernet Franc
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2022 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with 78 % merlot, 22 % cabernet franc, chardonnay — a vintage blend departs from the area under vine as the year dictates.
Figures from the 2022 sheet
- 15.1 % vol.Alcohol
Winemaking
Agroecology. Grass covering of plots. Pruning in single and double guyot. Leaf removal and green harvest. Hand picked harvest into small crates. Dates of harvest: Merlot, from 7 to 26 September; Cabernet Franc, from 14 to 26 September. The grapes are kept for 12 hours in a cold room at 7°C before going through the optical sorter. Plot-by-plot vinification in stainless-steel temperature-controlled tanks. Cold pre-fermentation and warm post-fermentation. Alcoholic fermentation with pumping over and cap-punching. Malolactic fermentation in vats (75%) and barrels (25%). Vatting: 28-30 days. One full bunches vat (Merlot).
Ageing
13 to 15 months in barrels. 60% in new barrels (including 500 litres barrels).
Terroir
Area: 22 hectares. Soil: Limestone plateau, clay-limestone hillsides, silicious at the slopes.
An offer on Château La Gaffelière 2022
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Texts and documents 2022
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Visuals
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Sheet checked on September 28, 2026. Technical data: the estate’s VinCod sheets. Critic scores: sources cited above, with their date. Vintage benchmarks and character: Compagnie Médocaine’s own editorial read. Soils and relief, where shown: the Compagnie Médocaine’s parcel survey and the Mapbox/IGN terrain model.