Château La Croix de Gay 1985 FD
Château La Croix de Gay 1985 is a red wine from Pomerol, Bordeaux, produced by Château La Croix de Gay. Its blend combines 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc. The Wine Advocate awards it 85/100, describing it as an elegant, mature, medium-bodied Pomerol with spicy notes, a velvety texture, and delicately integrated new oak. The drinking window indicated by the publication was 1989.
The bottle offered
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Fairly Damaged
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Wine details
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bordeaux
- Appellation
- Pomerol
- Producteur / Domaine
- Château La Croix de Gay
- Millésime
- 1985
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 90% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc
Château La Croix de Gay
Château La Croix de Gay is a wine estate in Pomerol, situated around the hamlet of Pignon. Run by the Raynaud-Lebreton family, it boasts a history of family ownership of these lands dating back to the 15th century. Its 4.2-hectare vineyard is planted on soils comprising gravel, clay and iron oxides.
- Owner
- Famille Raynaud-Lebreton
- Surface (ha)
- 4.20 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- 20 000 bouteilles/an
Histoire du domaine
The land history claimed by Château La Croix de Gay dates back to 1477, when the Barrauderis estate in Pomerol was granted to Mathelin and Michel Barraud, the presumed ancestors of the Raynaud-Lebreton family. The family subsequently became involved in local viticulture, as evidenced by the mention of Joseph Brugnet, a winegrower and ancestor of the family, in a parish register from 1772. Around 1900, Jean-Henri Angle reorganised the estate and developed the Château La Croix de Gay brand. He was also involved in founding the Pomerol winegrowers’ association. Noël Raynaud produced his first vintage at the estate in 1947 and ran the property alongside Geneviève Raynaud until 1997. Under her leadership, the château won four consecutive gold medals at the Concours Général Agricole de Paris for the vintages from 1977 to 1980. The estate joined the Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux in 1983. Upon Noël Raynaud’s death in 1997, his daughter Chantal Raynaud-Lebreton, who had already been working alongside him for over ten years, took full charge of the estate. The technical data sheet for the 2022 vintage lists the Raynaud-Lebreton family as the owners and Chantal Raynaud-Lebreton as the manager; Axel Marchal is listed as a consultant.
