2020 CHÂTEAU LE GAY Pomerol, Lea & Sandeman

CHÂTEAU LE GAY

2023 Pomerol

Grapes Cab Franc, Merlot
Colour Red
Origin France, Bordeaux
Sub-district Pomerol & Lalande de Pomerol
Village Pomerol
ABV 14%

Supple texture, campfire smoke and grilled liqourice, with leafy iris and peony florals. Plenty of charm, with blackberry and black cherry fruit, although the finish has a flash of heat. Vignobles Parent. Drinking range: 2030 - 2044 Rating: 92 Jane Anson, www.janeanson.com (May 2024)


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The 2023 Le Gay is intensely aromatic, floral and quite pretty. Crushed flowers, spice, mint, herbs, licorice and tobacco meld into a core of dark red/purplish berry fruit. All the elements are very nicely balanced in this stylish, mid-weight Pomerol from the Parent family. The 2023 is a blend of 85% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Franc vinified entirely in 100% new French oak barrels. Élevage is projected to be 14 months, about 2 months shorter than normal. Tasted two times. Drinking range: 2030 - 2048 Rating: 93-95 Antonio Galloni, www.vinous.com (Apr 2024)

The blend of the 2023 from Le Gay is 95% Merlot and 5% Cabernet Franc, and it was picked at a yield of 42 hl/ha, starting on September 11th, finishing the 25th. I find plenty of savoury aromatics on the nose, with sweet damson, griottes, blackcurrant, black olive and tar; you can sense the depth and richness of the clay terroir coming through here. The palate is no less convincing than the nose, presenting layers of blackberry, plum, liquorice, coffee bean and tar, atop a frame of deliciously bright and delineated tannins, with perfumed nuances of cherry blossom, white peach, rose and mint. This is absolutely delicious, so coherent and fresh, with a fine core of complex fruit on the edge of desiccation laid atop a seamless frame of tannins, fresh and bright, with a long finish simmering with complex and floral aromatics and grippy tannin. Very impressive and composed, this has great potential, and acts as an indicator of the quality of the vintage in Pomerol. Tasted five times. The alcohol is about 14%. Rating: 95-97 Chris Kissack, www.thewinedoctor.com (Apr 2024)

Very attractive center-palate with blackberry fruit, a hint of chocolate and a minerally, terra-cotta undertone. Medium-bodied, fresh and racy. Shows tension and clarity. It grows on the finish with muscular yet fine tannins. May be better than 2022. Rating: 96-97 James Suckling, www.jamessuckling.com (Apr 2024)

Château le Gay

Château le Gay, and near-by Château Lafleur, were owned by sisters Therese and Marie Robin for some sixty years. In the later years of their tenure, the management of the estate had been largely entrusted to the Moueix family with whom it was mostly expected that the estate would end up. But when Marie Robin died and her heirs had to sell one of the estates to meet inheritance duties, it was Catherine Pere-Verge who emerged as the owner of le Gay. Catherine had spent 40 years working for the family crystal ware business before deciding to semi-retire by buying a château in Pomerol. She started at Château Montveil where she garnered sufficient enthusiasm for the life of a vigneron to throw her hat into the ring with the better sited Château le Gay. She, subsequently, went on to buy the set to be iconic Château la Violette. On buying Château le Gay, Catherine installed new wine making facilities and increased the size of the vineyard by planting some previous unplanted land. Even with the newer vines, the average age of the vineyard is still 40 years old, planted to 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc.

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