The Château Le Gay of Bordeaux

Château Le Gay
The winery offers 6 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 3926 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Bordeaux
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The Château Le Gay is one of the best wineries to follow in Bordeaux.. It offers 6 wines for sale in of Bordeaux to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Le Gay wines

Looking for the best Château Le Gay wines in Bordeaux among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Le Gay wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Château Le Gay wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Château Le Gay

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Le Gay

How Château Le Gay wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of kig ha farz (breton stew), quiche with bacon and gruyère cheese or chicken breast with cream and mushrooms.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Château Le Gay.

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon

Discovering the wine region of Bordeaux

Bordeaux, in southwestern France, is one of the most famous, prestigious and prolific wine regions in the world. The majority of Bordeaux wines (nearly 90% of the production Volume) are the Dry, medium and Full-bodied red Bordeaux blends for which it is famous. The finest (and most expensive) are the wines of the great châteaux of Haut-Médoc and the right bank appellations of Saint-Émilion and Pomerol. The former focuses (at the highest level) on Cabernet Sauvignon, the latter on Merlot.

The legendary reds are complemented by high-quality white wines made from Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc. These range from dry whites that challenge the best of Burgundy (Pessac-Léognan is particularly renowned) to the Sweet, botrytised nectars of Sauternes. Although Bordeaux is most famous for its wines produced in specific districts or communes, many of its wines fall under other, broader appellations. These include AOC Bordeaux, Bordeaux Supérieur and Crémant de Bordeaux.

The Bordeaux Red appellation represents more than a third of the total production. The official Bordeaux wine region extends 130 kilometres inland from the Atlantic coast. 111,000 hectares of vineyards were registered in 2018, a figure that has remained largely constant over the previous decade. However, the number of winegrowers has consolidated; in 2018 there were around 6,000, compared to 9,000 a decade earlier.

The top pink wines of Château Le Gay

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château Le Gay

How Château Le Gay wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of feijoada ( portuguese cassoulet ), quick couscous or flamenkuche express.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Château Le Gay.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot

Discover the grape variety: Petit Verdot

Petit Verdot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (southwest). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches and small grapes. Petit Verdot noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone valley, Provence & Corsica, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.

The top red wines of Château Le Gay

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Le Gay

How Château Le Gay wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of spaghetti bolognese, guinea fowl with olives or duck breast with honey and raspberry vinegar.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Le Gay

On the nose the red wine of Château Le Gay. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, earthy or blackberry and sometimes also flavors of leather, earth or oak. In the mouth the red wine of Château Le Gay. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Le Gay

  • 2006With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2001With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2007With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2000With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2002With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Le Gay.

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Malbec
  • Merlot
  • Petit Verdot
  • Cabernet Sauvignon

The word of the wine: Disgorging (champagne)

This is the evacuation of the deposit formed by the yeasts during the second fermentation in the bottle, by opening the bottle. The missing volume is completed with the liqueur de dosage - a mixture of wine and cane sugar - before the final cork is placed. For some years now, some producers have been replacing this sugar with rectified concentrated musts (concentrated grape juice) which give excellent results. A too recent dosage (less than three months) harms the gustatory harmony of the champagne.

The top sparkling wines of Château Le Gay

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Château Le Gay

How Château Le Gay wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, poultry or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of scallops with cream, chicken curry (like in reunion island) or stuffed sea almonds with cream cheese.

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Château Le Gay.

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Le Gay

Planning a wine route in the of Bordeaux? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château Le Gay.

Discover the grape variety: Sémillon

Sémillon blanc is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. Note that this grape variety can also be used for the elaboration of eaux de vie. This variety of vine is characterized by large bunches of grapes, and grapes of large size. Sémillon Blanc can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

News about Château Le Gay and wines from the region

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Bussières

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Bussières, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneW ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Serrières

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Serrières, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneW ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Verzé

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Verzé, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines ...

The word of the wine: Disgorging (champagne)

This is the evacuation of the deposit formed by the yeasts during the second fermentation in the bottle, by opening the bottle. The missing volume is completed with the liqueur de dosage - a mixture of wine and cane sugar - before the final cork is placed. For some years now, some producers have been replacing this sugar with rectified concentrated musts (concentrated grape juice) which give excellent results. A too recent dosage (less than three months) harms the gustatory harmony of the champagne.