1993 La Fleur de Gay
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Tasting notes
This dark ruby-colored wine, with an overlay of spicy new oak and pain grillee notes, is tightly knit, but it gives every indication of aging well, and possibly meriting a slightly higher score than I have bestowed. The wine possesses copious quantities of pure black-cherry fruit, intertwined with spice. This beautifully made, medium-bodied, elegant, and concentrated 1993 needs 1-3 years of cellaring; it should age well for 10-12+ years. This wine is not dissimilar to the excellent 1987 La Fleur de Gay. Feb 1997, www.robertparker.com
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About the producer
Chantal Lebreton-Reynaud is in charge of this 4.2-hectare estate, working with her three sons (Jean-Pascal, Olivier and Julien). The plots sit on gravel and sandier soils, in the hamlet of Pignon, in the north of Pomerol.