Grands crus atlas
Area under vine at the estate, from its technical sheet — it does not change from one vintage to the next. Each vintage’s blend, by contrast, departs from it: that figures on its own page. The shares published by the estate already total 100% even though it lists other grape varieties: for lack of a consistent breakdown, none are shown here.
Relief exaggerated ×3 · elevation 18 to 84 m · average slope 3.5°
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Footprint, parcels and their split are measured on the Compagnie Médocaine’s own parcel survey; elevation, slope and aspect on the Mapbox terrain-rgb digital terrain model, derived from IGN’s RGE ALTI over France. Compare with the blend on the technical sheet, at the top of the page: the two answer different questions.
Owned by the Malet Roquefort family since 1705, the château is nestled in the golden triangle of St Emilion. A historic Grand Cru, la Gaffelière has stood out for decades for its timeless, precise and ever-elegant style.
The estate today covers 36 hectares. Historically Château la Gaffelière extended over 22 hectares, with 14 hectares of Grand Cru bought from Château Mauvezin in October 2014. Our parcels lie in three zones: The Asteries limestone plateau: layers of 3 to 5 m of clay and green marl caught between two limestone beds. The whole stands at about 90 m above sea level. From the 16th century onwards the limestone was quarried on a large scale, the blocks of stone being used to build the monuments and town houses of Bordeaux. The south to south-west facing slope: this is a privileged situation for growing vines, since it combines an exposure and a gradient favourable to ripening and to the natural drainage of water; moreover the outcrops of Fronsadais clay molasse in the subsoil make it possible to regulate the vine’s water and mineral supply. The foot of the slope: made up of deep sands carbonated by the co
Alcohol, yield and vine age are those of the 2025 vintage; they vary from year to year. Only the area above stays stable from one vintage to the next.
| Vintage | Best score | Vintage character | Technical sheet |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 95-97 Vinous | A dry summer and cool nights gave balanced merlots, pure and without excess ripeness. | fiche · PDF |
| 2024 | 94-96 Vinous | A difficult flowering and a wet summer reduced the harvest: light, aromatic wines, to be drunk early. | fiche · PDF |
| 2023 | 97 Vinous | Mildew cost a good share of the harvest; what was brought in is early, fresh and promising. | — |
| 2020 | 98 Vinous | An early, dry year gave splendid wines, which many rank above 2018. | fiche · PDF |
| 2019 | 97 Vinous | A hot end of summer on rehydrated soils gave a rare balance between freshness and substance. | fiche · PDF |
| 2018 | 99 Vinous | After the mildew, the heat concentrated a small harvest: rich, ripe and very dense wines. | fiche · PDF |
| 2017 | 97 Wine Advocate | Frost struck the slope-foot vines: the plateaus saved the day, and the vintage must be judged plot by plot. | fiche · PDF |
| 2016 | 97 James Suckling | A dry summer on full water reserves gave fresh, deep wines, magical on the asteria limestone. | fiche · PDF |
“Best score”: the highest score recorded for this wine, with its source. “Character”: the overall reading of the year across the appellation, which an estate may depart from.
Availability, allocations and terms: the Compagnie Médocaine will reply promptly. The estate and vintage are already filled in in the message.
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Sheet checked on September 21, 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.
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