Chateau La croix de Gay Pomerol 2006

Château Croix de Gay is a small domain of 4 hectares in the heart of Pomerol. The domain is now owned by Chantal Lebreton. The property produces a wine called Fleur de Gay using the finest Merlot vines. An absolutely exceptional Pomerol.

La Croix de Gay is an excellent Pomerol, dominated by Merlot; refined, generous and gentle. Easily leave it in your cellar for extended periods of time and you won't be disappointed.

Chateau Le Croix de Gay

A family in Pomerol since 1477

The vineyard of Château La Croix de Gay is currently being developed by the Raynaud-Lebreton family, descendants of a line of Pomerolais winegrowers dating back to 1772, but established in the commune since at least 1477.

The ancestors of the Raynaud-Lebreton family, Mathelin and Michel Barraud, actually received on this date from the Order of the Knights Hospitaller of Saint-Jean-de-Jérusalem, for exploitation, land in the center of the Pomerol plateau.

This barrauderie rental house corresponded to the lands of the current Pétrus, châteaux l'Evangile, la Conseillante, Gazin, Petit Village and Vieux Château Certan 2 The creation of the “Château La Croix de Gay” brand in the 19th and 20th centuries During the 19th and 20th centuries, exploitation was transmitted by women.

From generation to generation, their husbands have passed on the expertise and knowledge of the Pomerol terroirs in family viticulture, a guarantee of the consistency and quality of the estate's wines.

Chateau Le Croix de Gay Pomerol