For over four centuries, La Gomerie belonged to the abbey of Fayze, who built a priory there. The estate covered 200 hectares until the French Revolution before being reduced to its current size.

This 2.5 hectare vineyard - entirely planted with Merlot - is located on a complex terroir consisting of 1/3 asteriated limestone plateau, and 2/3 sand on iron pan at the foot of the slope.

Before it was acquired by the Bécot family (of Château Beauséjour-Bécot) in 1995, this small estate produced wine worthy of Grand Cru Classé status. Since then, the owners' desire has been to make a deep, unctuous, fruit-forward wine that is the epitome of Merlot.

In the Bottle

Necessarily rare because of its tiny size, La Gomerie is viewed by many as a "garage wine". Seeing as the Bécot family's first wine only goes back to 1995, it is too early to estimate Château La Gomerie's real potential.

Critics appreciated the 2001 and 2003 vintages. 2004 also seems to be a success. The same general opinion prevails for the 2005 and 2006 La Gomerie which are rather expensive, but with a promissing future according to many.

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Gomerie, Mademoiselle de la Gomerie (second wine)