It was first acquired in 1477 by the ancestors of the Lebreton family, who named it after the historic monument of La Croix de Gay surrounding the château.
Château La Croix de Gay was ranked a Haut-Pomerol first growth in the 19th century and its sales price matched those of Pauillac first growths in the 1855 classification.
Noël and Geneviève Raynaud managed the estate from 1947 to 1997.
Since 1997, their daughter, Chantal Lebreton, assisted by her sons, has perpetuated the wine’s unique style, which serves as a fine homage to the Pomerol terroir. It was described as a “veritable ferruginous nectar“ by the 1929 edition of Cocks and Féret’s “Bordeaux and its Wines“, referring to the exceptional Pomerol terroir which accounts for the wine’s violet and truffle aromas
