Le Gay 2020

Pomerol

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Tasting Notes
The 2020 Le Gay has an understated nose, bidding you to keep swirling the glass to eke out the blackberry, iron filing and cigar box aromas. The palate is medium-bodied with sweet tannins. This feels quite extracted, closing with a sweet, spicy, forward finish and a touch of alcoholic warmth. This needs to muster more restraint, and it represents another Pomerol in this flight that shows less well than it did previously. Tasted blind at the annual Southwold tasting. Score: - Neal Martin, Inside Bordeaux 12 November 2024
The 2020 Le Gay is rich and expansive on the palate. Gorgeous, savory notes add complexity to a core of black cherry fruit. This lush, extravagantly ripe Pomerol is not at all subtle, and yet all the elements are very well put together. Hints of chocolate, new leather and licorice linger on the potent finish. Score: 94 Antonio Galloni, Inside Bordeaux Maturity: 2028-2040 23 February 2023
Coffee bean, blackberry and cocoa powder, with grip, confidence and powerful slate crushed rock. A yield of 35hl/ha, vinified in new oak barrels. Henri Parent owner (he also, by the way, bought an organic truffle orchard in the Dordogne in this vintage), Michel Rolland consultant. Expect levels of Cabernet Franc to rise over the next few years. Score: 94 Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux Maturity: 2025-2040 15 February 2023
One of my favorite estates in Pomerol is Château Le Gay, and their 2020 looks to be a gem, offering a ripe, forward, medium to full-bodied style as well as classic cassis and assorted darker fruits intermixed with white flowers, tobacco, and violets. It has plenty of background oak, sweet tannins, beautiful overall balance, and outstanding length on the finish. I don’t think it has the density of the 2016, but it still shows plenty of concentration as well as the fresh, elegant, incredibly pure style of the vintage. Score: 94 - 96 Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com 25 May 2021
Deep purple-black colored, the 2020 Le Gay erupts from the glass with scents of molten licorice and dark chocolate, giving way to a tantalizing core of baked black cherries, prunes and blackberry preserves, plus a hint of cardamom. The full-bodied palate is rich and decadent, featuring layers of black fruits and exotic spices with a firm yet velvety texture and seamless freshness, finishing with epic length. A hedonic powerhouse! Score: 94 - 96 Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2025 - 2048 21 May 2021
This is a young red with great intensity and vision that starts off slowly and builds with energy and verve. It’s so minerally with salty, chalky and spice undertones to the cool and vibrant, purple and subtle-fruit flavors. The tannins are wonderfully toned and polished and build on the palate to deliver something very special. Score: 98 - 99 James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com 16 April 2021

Tasting Notes

The 2020 Le Gay has an understated nose, bidding you to keep swirling the glass to eke out the blackberry, iron filing and cigar box aromas. The palate is medium-bodied with sweet tannins. This feels quite extracted, closing with a sweet, spicy, forward finish and a touch of alcoholic warmth. This needs to muster more restraint, and it represents another Pomerol in this flight that shows less well than it did previously. Tasted blind at the annual Southwold tasting.

Score: -

Neal Martin, Inside Bordeaux 12 November 2024

The 2020 Le Gay is rich and expansive on the palate. Gorgeous, savory notes add complexity to a core of black cherry fruit. This lush, extravagantly ripe Pomerol is not at all subtle, and yet all the elements are very well put together. Hints of chocolate, new leather and licorice linger on the potent finish.

Score: 94

Antonio Galloni, Inside Bordeaux Maturity: 2028-2040 23 February 2023

Coffee bean, blackberry and cocoa powder, with grip, confidence and powerful slate crushed rock. A yield of 35hl/ha, vinified in new oak barrels. Henri Parent owner (he also, by the way, bought an organic truffle orchard in the Dordogne in this vintage), Michel Rolland consultant. Expect levels of Cabernet Franc to rise over the next few years.

Score: 94

Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux Maturity: 2025-2040 15 February 2023

One of my favorite estates in Pomerol is Château Le Gay, and their 2020 looks to be a gem, offering a ripe, forward, medium to full-bodied style as well as classic cassis and assorted darker fruits intermixed with white flowers, tobacco, and violets. It has plenty of background oak, sweet tannins, beautiful overall balance, and outstanding length on the finish. I don’t think it has the density of the 2016, but it still shows plenty of concentration as well as the fresh, elegant, incredibly pure style of the vintage.

Score: 94 - 96

Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com 25 May 2021

Deep purple-black colored, the 2020 Le Gay erupts from the glass with scents of molten licorice and dark chocolate, giving way to a tantalizing core of baked black cherries, prunes and blackberry preserves, plus a hint of cardamom. The full-bodied palate is rich and decadent, featuring layers of black fruits and exotic spices with a firm yet velvety texture and seamless freshness, finishing with epic length. A hedonic powerhouse!

Score: 94 - 96

Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2025 - 2048 21 May 2021

This is a young red with great intensity and vision that starts off slowly and builds with energy and verve. It’s so minerally with salty, chalky and spice undertones to the cool and vibrant, purple and subtle-fruit flavors. The tannins are wonderfully toned and polished and build on the palate to deliver something very special.

Score: 98 - 99

James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com 16 April 2021

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