The 2022 La Gaffeliere Bordeaux Blend is a distinguished red wine hailing from the Saint Emilion sub-region of Bordeaux, France. This wine, crafted by the producer La Gaffeliere, is a blend of 60% Merlot and 40% Cabernet Franc. It has garnered significant acclaim from multiple reviewers, highlighting its quality and potential for aging.

Jeff Leve of TheWineCellarInsider.com awarded this wine a score of 98, describing it as "rich, lush, deep and concentrated," with flavors of "sweet, ripe, vibrant, plums, cherries, flowers and crushed stones." He recommends drinking it from 2023 to 2050.

Jeb Dunnuck from jebdunnuck.com gave the wine a score of 96, noting its "medium to full-bodied, forward, sexy style" and praising its "ripe black cherries, spring flowers, camphor, and graphite aromatics." He emphasizes the wine's "remarkable purity" and "great, great finish," suggesting it is comparable to, if not better than, previous vintages like 2018, 2019, and 2020.

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, through William Kelley, also rated it 96, calling it the "finest wine produced at this address in many a year." Kelley highlights its "incipiently complex aromas of wild berries, violets, lilac, licorice, vine smoke, and raw cocoa," and describes the wine as "supple and seamless" with a "long, mouthwatering finish."

James Suckling gave a score of 97, praising its "bold and structured" nature with "beautiful fruit, which is crunchy and vibrant." He notes its "lots of complexity and depth" with a "wide and velvety tannin structure."

Jane Anson from janeanson.com also awarded it a 96, describing it as "delicious" with "mouthwateringly sappy tannins" and "juicy and approachable while being muscular and stacked." She notes the "concentrated blackcurrant and loganberry fruit" with "oyster shell salinity."

Antonio Galloni from Vinous gave a perfect score of 100, calling it a "drop-dead gorgeous beauty" and highlighting its "refined, sculpted and wonderfully precise" nature with "hints of lavender, mint, blood orange, spice, and black cherry fruit." He praises its "clean mineral notes and fine tannins."

Decanter's review, which rated it 96, describes the wine as "pure but with grip and attention-holding tannins," and notes its "calm and well-controlled" nature with "density" and "exceptional juiciness."

Wine Enthusiast, with a score of 97, calls it a "velvety structured wine" with "firm tannins underneath," describing it as "solid, concentrated and full of fine blackberry fruits."

The Wine Independent also awarded it 98, highlighting its "deep garnet-purple" color and "gorgeous notions of juicy blackberries, redcurrant jelly, and wild blueberries," with a "medium to full-bodied palate" and "beautifully plush tannins."

Overall, the 2022 La Gaffeliere is highly praised for its complexity, depth, and aging potential, making it a standout wine from the Saint Emilion region.