Chateau La Fleur de Gay 2018

The typicity of a great red wine from Pomerol

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

The vineyard
Château La Fleur de Gay comes from an exceptional terroir bringing together different plots, on the right bank of Bordeaux. This wine is born from the blend of 3 different plots located on the high terrace of Pomerol. The vineyard thus represents a total area of 2.26 hectares.

Château La Fleur de Gay is made from the La Fleur plot on "La Boutonnière" with pure clay soils found on the Pétrus vineyard. The Gay plot is located on a thick gravelly mound dating from the Günz while the Groupey plot is planted on Günz gravel soils with significant granulometry resting on clay subsoils.

Vinification and aging
Aging in barrels (95% new, 5% of a wine).

Blend
Merlot (96%) and cabernet franc (4%),

Characteristics and tasting advice for Château La Fleur de Gay 2018

Tasting

A rare cuvée produced in limited quantity, Château La Fleur de Gay 2018 reflects the identity of the greatest terroirs of Pomerol in an exceptional wine promised to a beautiful evolution in aging.