PRE-ORDER
2010 | WA 97
The wine is known for its intense structure, balancing rich black fruit, graphite, and cedar with high, but polished, tannin levels.
2014 | JS 96
The wine is entering its optimal drinking window (2024-2025 onwards) but has the structure to age well for another decade or more. It is often described as a "classic" Bordeaux style, combining power and freshness.
2018 | JD 98
The wine is noted for its classic Pauillac aromas of lead pencil, cassis, graphite, and black fruit, with a powerful structure and long finish.
2019 | JD 100
The wine is described as powerful, rich, and concentrated, featuring notes of crème de cassis, cedar, black fruit, licorice, and graphite.
2021 | WE 96
Critics noted aromatic, classic aromas of blackcurrant, lead pencil shavings, iron filings, and cedar. The palate is described as having "sturdy frame of firm, grainy tannins" and "freshness".
About Winery
1855 Grand Cru Classe – 5th Growth The chateau was founded in the 18th century by the Liberal family. Most of the wines produced here were exported to the Netherlands and Belgium. Half of the wines of the chateau are planted just next to the First Growth Chateau Latour.
Overlooking the Gironde estuary at the entrance to Pauillac, the vines of Lynch-Bages are located on the Bages plateau, on one of the finest gravelly rises in the appellation. The estate once belonged to the famous Lynch family, of Irish origin, and was acquired by Jean-Charles Cazes in 1934. His grandson, Jean-Michel Cazes restructured the estate in 1974, adding state-of-the-art winemaking equipment, while keeping the former wooden vats as a reminder of the 19th century.
The grapes are all hand picked and then carefully sorted before crushing. A very strict selection is made prior to blending and the wine is traditionally aged in oak barrels before bottling.
Today, the winery is managed by Claire Villars Lurton. Under her management the estate has undergone complete renovation to organic and biodynamic vineyard management. The grounds of the chateau were fully renovated in 2018.
