94+ This is a beautiful, dense, meaty, purple-colored wine, with loads of earth, iron, blackberry and cassis fruit. It is full-bodied, rich and opulent with great length, terrific purity and surprisingly sweeter tannin than I would expect from this terroir that tends to produce a masculine style of wine. Impressive and backward, this Le Gay should drink well for at least 20 years. - Robert M. Parker, Jr.

The 2012 Le Gay is quite high-toned on the nose with more red than black fruit, camphor and light aniseed aromas developing with aeration; just a hint of marmalade emerges later. The palate is medium-bodied with pliant tannins, crisp and fresh, nicely proportioned with cedar and tobacco notes towards the finish. Fully mature, yet this has the substance to suggest that it will repay cellaring. Delicious. Tasted twice at Bordeaux Index's Ten Year-On tasting and blind at the Southwold Ten-Year On tasting. -- Neal Martin

The 2012 Le Gay is medium to deep garnet colored. It sashays out with notions of dried mulberries, Christmas cake, and cigar box, with touches of sauteed herbs, espresso, and camphor. Medium to full-bodied, the palate delivers impressive energy, with lively black fruit preserves and a firm texture of rounded tannins, finishing with a minty lift.

One of the smokier 2012s in this line up, showing mocha, grilled almonds, tar and campfire. Good quality, ready to drink at 10 years old but still with structure and exuberance. The oak impact remains a little distracting, but there is plenty of Pomerol signature and plump black fruits on display. 100% new oak, 30hl/h yield. Chantal Raynaud sole owner at this point, as her brother Alain Raynaud had sold his shares in 2010.