CHATEAU LA CROIX DE GAY Pomerol 2022 OWC x 6 Bottle - PRE-RELEASE

Description

DECANTER 90 points
Drinking Window: 2025 - 2045
Fresh and lively, but quite tart and a little stalky too, nice acidity keeps the freshness, but the flavours are quite intensely spiced and herbal with strawberry, raspberry, liquorice, clove and dark chocolate giving a bitterness all the way through which doesn't quite match the sharp tangy fruit at this point. Tannins are well integrated, but so well that the sharpness stands out a little. A yield of 25hl/ha.

JAMES SUCKLING 93-94 points
Wide and structured red with a medium to full body and fine-grained, silky tannins. Lingering and deep dark-fruited finish.

JANCIS ROBINSON 17 points
Drink 2026 - 2045
89% Merlot, 11% Cabernet Franc. Cask sample.
Deep, glowing crimson. Intense and interesting on the nose with notes of dried herbs that I have not encountered elsewhere. Very sweet and plush – very different from Le Gay 2022 and closer to the Pomerol paradigm. Not overdone though – offering pure pleasure. Already quite approachable with the alcohol just a little evident on the end of the palate at which point ripe tannins make themselves felt.

THE WINE ADVOCATE (87-89) points
The extremes of the vintage have left their mark on the 2022 La Croix de Gay, a medium to full-bodied, soft, fleshy, low-acid wine evocative of smoked meats, toasty oak and berry compete.

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