2023 La Croix de Gay
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Tasting notes
Spring flowers, ripe cherries, red plums, and damp earth nuances all emerge from the 2023 Château La Croix de Gay, a medium-bodied, pretty, perfumed Pomerol that has a good sense of freshness, ripe, supple tannins, and ample upfront charm and character.
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James Suckling
Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux
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This has a solid core of fruit, showing blackberry, chocolate and spice. Medium to full body and juicy fruit. Hint of terra-cotta.
The second vintage where this seems to be slightly underperforming its usual excellence Pomerol character. Rich spice notes, grilled and enticing oak, soft strawberry fruits that seem to be skirting full ripeness. Sibling estate to La Fleur de Gay, both owned by the Raynaud-Lebreton family, Axel Marchal consultant. 42hl/ha yield.
The 2023 La Croix de Gay is a potent, brooding Pomerol. Black cherry, plum, gravel, incense, licorice, tobacco, gravel and scorched earth lend notable somber intensity. I find the 2023 rather rustic today, in both its flavor profile and rough, large-scale tannins. This barrel sample shows some reduction as well.
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.