2009 La Croix de Gay
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Dark fruits, with black olives and aged cedar on the nose. Full-bodied, with velvety tannins and chocolate, toasted oak and vanilla undertones. Give it time to come together. Better in 2016. James Suckling, jamessuckling.com
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James Suckling
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Mineral, blueberry and wet earth aromas follow through to a full body, with pretty, velvety tannins and a long coffee, chocolate, vanilla and fruit aftertaste
Tasted at the Pomerol Syndicate tasting. This has a fleshy nose of macerated red cherries with a touch of alcohol evident (although the sample had been opened a while.) The palate has a saturated mouthfeel, smooth texture, fleshy with well integrated new oak, modern in style and missing a touch of delineation, but there is panache. Tasted April 2010.
Toasty oak nose. Very smooth fruit. Not as intense or deep- flavoured as some. A little awkward.
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.