PV Tasting Notes
Chateau Le gay is on fire recently, under the administration of Catherine Pere-Verge, who also owns la Violette, which she purchased very recently. The 2008 seems to be the equal of the 2005 vintage, possibly even better, Michel Rolland consults here and with low yields in a very favoured position with the result of pushing the envelope to the absolute limits, but without over extraction, some achievement in this vintage, this has an exquisite perfume reminiscent of the old style Lafleur, violets, raspberries, blueberries, kirsch and liquorice tomes. The palate is even more structured, with a deep core of ripe fruits, full bodied with great length, balanced on a knife edge with a boatload of sweet tannins, again totally brilliant. Tasted March 2009
Independent Review94+ Points Robert Parker The Wine Advocate May 2011
One of the top successes of the vintage, the 2008 Le Gay, a blend of 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc (13.5% alcohol) was produced from tiny yields of 25 hectoliters per hectare. Bottled unfined and unfiltered, it exhibits a dense purple color as well as a sweet nose of spring flowers intermixed with blueberries, blackberries, dark raspberries, crushed rocks and white chocolate. Full-bodied, super intense and extremely promising (although it is unusually backward for a 2008), it will benefit from 5-7 years of cellaring and may merit an even higher score in a decade or so. It should last for 30+ years, making it one of the longest-lived wines of the vintage.