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Château La Fleur de Gay 2022

Name: Château La Fleur de Gay 2022
Brand: Château La Fleur de Gay
SKU: 1241/22
Price: 814.8333333333334 HKD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.47 (166 reviews)

Bordeaux

Pomerol

- Red - See details

Parker | 87-89

J. Robinson | 16

J. Suckling | 93

Alexandre Ma | 92-93

Vinous Neal Martin | 91

HK$4,889.00

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HK$814.83 / Unit

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Packaging : a case of 6 Bottles (75cl)

1 x 75CL

HK$833.00

6 x 75CL

HK$4,889.00

3 x 1.5L

HK$4,889.00

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ALL VINTAGES OF THIS WINE

All Château La Fleur de Gay wines

Marks and reviews

/20

Vinum

Displays elegance despite its richness, thanks to the wine’s particularly refined tannins; the long finish is, for now, at most slightly impacted by a pronounced oak-driven character.

/100

Jeff Leve

Leve Jeff

Medium-bodied, silky, refined, lush, and polished, the wine is already delivering its core of dark chocolate-covered black cherries, plums, and truffles. And, as good as it is now, this sensuously textured, plummy beauty is only going to get better as it ages. The wine was produced from 100% old vine Merlot. Drink from 2026–2048.

/20

Weinwisser

Intoxicating blueberry bouquet, fresh bilberry juice, beguiling violet perfume, licorice, chocolate pralines, and dark graphite. On the sublime palate, a creamy texture, cocoa-like tannin framework, supportive verve, and tightly knit body. The focused, aromatic finish is a firework of wild cherry, preserved figs, exotic woods, and noble astringency.

/100

Jean-Marc Quarin

Logo on the cork: AL Dark, intense colour, slightly evolved. Highly aromatic, refined nose, fruity and pure. A background of toasted almonds, black fruit cream and spices. Even more intense with aeration. Very much in the Pomerol style, with a hint of Pessac brought by the toasted note. Delicately fleshy on the attack, with a fine texture and plenty of flavour; it unfolds slowly with a precise, creamy texture. The wine moves forward calmly—agile, deep and melting. A subtle, complex whole. Built for ageing.

/20

Jancis Robinson

Tasted blind. Shaded dark crimson. Rich and jewelly. Lots to like here and lots of drive. Pure, fleshy fruit. But the nose could perhaps be fresher. Fell apart on the finish. (JR)

Description

The richness and finesse of a Pomerol red wine

The estate

Owned by the Raynaud-Lebreton family and with origins dating back to 1477, Château La Fleur de Gay is placed on the medieval road from Saint-Émilion to Guitres. The property is located on what used to be the historic village of Pomerol, the hamlet of Pignon, to the north of the appellation.

The vineyard

The vineyard of Château La Fleur de Gay stretches across 2 hectares of vines and benefits from a very large terroir typical of Pomerol. The vines are located on 3 plots on the high terrace of the appellation. The 2022 vintage of this Pomerol wine is made from vines planted on parcels of pure Lafleur clay (14%), Günzian gravel resting on Gay clay (46%) and high gravel on Groupey clay (40%).

The vintage

2022 will remain in the estate's memory as the vintage combining very low yields (as in 1961) and major water stress (as in 1947). At the end of March, budburst preceded a frost episode (nights of 2 to 4 April) which, despite the protection measures put in place, affected the vineyard by 30 to 35%. Thereafter, the vine cycle was marked by sunny conditions, high temperatures and low rainfall. Flowering was uniform. Three heatwaves were recorded between June and August, offset by storms at the end of the season. The harvest began on 6 September 2022 and took place under exceptional conditions.

Winemaking and ageing

Harvests done by hand. Very gentle extraction to preserve the brightness of the fruit. Ageing was carried out in barrels (60% new, 40% of one wine).

Blend

Merlot (100%)