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2005 Fleur de Gay, La Bordeaux Blend

Bordeaux Blend: 750ml
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points awarded:
WA 92 WS 91

92 points,

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, April 2008

Reminiscent of a grand cru Burgundy, La Fleur de Gay's 2005 exhibits pure black raspberry fruit intermixed with truffle and kirsch notes. As the wine sits in the glass, toast and charcoal aromas also emerge. This opulent, medium to full-bodied, exceptionally pure Pomerol boasts laser-like precision and finesse. Give it 7-8 years of cellaring and drink it over the following 25 years.


89 points,

Stephen Tanzer's IWC, June 2008

Medium red-ruby. Full-blown nose offers plum, musky coffee, mocha, meat, tobacco and toasty oak. Sweet and fat on entry, then musky and a bit funky in the middle, offering flavors of dark plum, chocolate, game and oak. Today I don't find the fleshy substance of the vintage's better examples, and the finish shows a slight oaky dryness. A bit sauvage too.


91 points,

Wine Spectator, March 2008

Loads of coffee, blackberry and cherry aromas follow through to a full body, with velvety tannins and a long, caressing finish. There's lots of fruit and toasty oak in the aftertaste. Best after 2011. -JS


92 points,

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, April 2008

Reminiscent of a grand cru Burgundy, La Fleur de Gay's 2005 exhibits pure black raspberry fruit intermixed with truffle and kirsch notes. As the wine sits in the glass, toast and charcoal aromas also emerge. This opulent, medium to full-bodied, exceptionally pure Pomerol boasts laser-like precision and finesse. Give it 7-8 years of cellaring and drink it over the following 25 years.


89 points,

Stephen Tanzer's IWC, June 2008

Medium red-ruby. Full-blown nose offers plum, musky coffee, mocha, meat, tobacco and toasty oak. Sweet and fat on entry, then musky and a bit funky in the middle, offering flavors of dark plum, chocolate, game and oak. Today I don't find the fleshy substance of the vintage's better examples, and the finish shows a slight oaky dryness. A bit sauvage too.


91 points,

Wine Spectator, March 2008

Loads of coffee, blackberry and cherry aromas follow through to a full body, with velvety tannins and a long, caressing finish. There's lots of fruit and toasty oak in the aftertaste. Best after 2011. -JS


About Winery

Croix de Gay is a small 10 hectare estate in Pomerol that boasts tits vieielles vignes reputation with its ancient merlot vines. The proprietor, Alain Raynaud, is best known for his involved in the Lascombes turn-around in 2001 where he reconstructed the Lascombes label and began to produce very sucessful Lascombes wines in a matter of a few vintages.

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