Château Lynch Bages, 5ème Cru Classé, Pauillac
    Château Lynch Bages

    Château Lynch Bages, 5ème Cru Classé, Pauillac, 2022

    97/100
    Inside Bordeaux
    93-96/100
    Robert Parker Wine Advocate
    96/100
    The Wine Independent
    96/100
    Vinous
    Available Vintages
    portfolio
    1. 2022

      6x75cl

      DP

      £783.94

    2. 2022

      6x75cl

      DP

      £783.94

    Broking
    1. 2022

      6x75cl

      DP

      £668.74

    Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

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    Critic Reviews

    96/100
    Chris Kissack,
    The Wine Independent
    I find a classically styled Lynch-Bages nose here, all dark and savoury fruit, with a polish of toasted oak laid over the top. The palate is fresh, cool and savoury, filled with confident dried fruits laced with dark and peppery nuances. Nicely integrated, polished, plush, seamless, charming, with layers of powdery oak, dark chocolate, tobacco and toast coming to the fore as the wine lingers. A very impressive showing here, and anybody who has this one tucked away in the cellar should feel content.
    drinking window 2030 - 2062
    date of review 06/2025
    97/100
    Jane Anson,
    Inside Bordeaux
    Exceptional, liquorice, slate, graphite, pumice stone tannins and a salt scrape on the finish that is key to balancing out this ripe full bodied Lynch. Great stuff, with ageing potential in spades. High alcohol for a Pauillac no question, but this walks the line with grace. 75% new oak for ageing, Nicolas Labenne winemaker.
    drinking window 2030 - 2046
    date of review 03/2025
    96/100
    Neal Martin,
    Vinous
    The 2022 Lynch-Bages has a showstopping bouquet that is well defined, very pure and focused, displaying black fruit laced with cedar and graphite. Hints of pressed violet emerge with aeration. This has actually gained pixelation in barrel. The palate is taut and crisp, with touches of graphite flourishing with aeration so that it could only come from Pauillac. There's plenty of energy coiled up in this Lynch Bages. The 2022 will give a lot of pleasure over the next 30 years or more. Superb.
    drinking window 2032 - 2075
    date of review 02/2025
    93-96/100
    William Kelley,
    Robert Parker Wine Advocate
    One of the vintage's most powerful, muscular wines is the 2022 Lynch-Bages, a full-bodied, broad-shouldered Pauillac that unfurls in the glass with aromas of cassis, cherries, mint, pencil shavings and petroleum jelly, framed by nicely integrated new oak. Liberally extracted, its deep core of fruit is underpinned by an imposing chassis of rich, powdery tannin and lively acids. Always rather forbidding from barrel, Lynch Bages always seems to come together in bottle, and the 2022 has the makings of another success for this address.
    date of review 04/2023

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    Specifications

    Country:
    France
    Region:
    Bordeaux
    Appellation:
    Pauillac
    style:
    Red Wine
    Grape Variety:
    Cab Sauvignon Merlot
    abv:
    13%

    allergen information

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