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Full body, with super refined A wine with great beauty and finesse
Thanks to owner Jean-Charles Cazes (and his father Jean-Michel before him) and chief winemaker Daniel Llose, Château Lynch-Bages has revealed itself to be one of the most consistently excellent wines of Pauillac on the Left Bank of Bordeaux. Lynch-Bages wines have shown no noticeable weaknesses in the last three decades and, while officially classified as a Fifth Growth, professionals and enthusiasts consider it more a “Super Second.”
Lynch-Bages is always seductive, direct, and generous with ample fruit and sweetness. In infancy, however, it is a discreet wine, and we were fortunate enough to get our hands on the 2010 Lynch-Bages — Wine Spectator’s textbook definition of a perfect Pauillac.
Suggesting that “if you ever need to explain Pauillac to someone, give them this,” Wine Spectator raved about the 2010 Lynch-Bages’ “great range, character and typicity,” tacking on 96 points and a drinking window lasting another two decades. Robert Parker matched that 96-point score for this “absolutely brilliant” wine “with notable power” and “extraordinary concentration and precision.” Higher still was James Suckling at 98 points, who marveled at “such elegance and ethereal quality” in his glass.
Direct from the cellars in Pauillac, this full-bodied, ethereal, powerful wine of precision and black-fruit complexity is just a “Buy” button away.
Classifications often fail to reflect the current state of a Château, and that's certainly the case for this Pauillac Fifth Growth. Lynch-Bages makes rich, powerful, full-bodied wines capable of long life. Often dense, solid and somewhat medicinal in the early years, the wine turns fleshier and more supple with a decade in bottle.
Founded in the 1600s by the Dejean family, the estate got its name from its location -- the small town of Bages, southwest of Pauillac -- and from the Lynch family, who acquired the estate by marriage in 1749. After 75 years in the family, the estate passed through several owners until the eve of WWII when Jean Charles Cazes got his hands on the deed. Lynch-Bages has been owned and run by the Cazes family ever since.
The vineyards at Château Lynch-Bages, totalling 100 hectares, cover three main plots: one on each side of Bages and a third to the south, on the border with St. Julien. The red wine vineyards are planted to 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Merlot, 6% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot. A separate vineyard on 6 hectares of rugged, gravelly soil, is dedicated solely to white varieties -- 53% Sauvignon Blanc, 32% Semillon and 15% Muscadelle. Production of the Grand Vin usually tops out at about 25,000 cases per year, plus a second wine, Haut Bages Averous, and a white Bordeaux.
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