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Wine Description
The Story
The power and elegance of a great Pauillac. Daring, innovative and known for often being the last to harvest, Jean-Charles Cazes defined the style of Lynch-Bages in the 1930's. The wine's distinctive character earns it its place amongst Pauillac's greatest. It combines structure, finesse and elegance. It is generous in its youth and develops more complex aromas with bottle age.
Outstandingly consistent quality
The estate’s reputation as ...
Wine Information
Chateau Lynch-Bages is composed, depending on the year, of between 75 and 85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10 and 15% Merlot, 5 to 10% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot.
"Along with the 1961, 1970, 1986, 1989, and 1990, it is one of this estate's finest wines in the last thirty years." – Robert Parker / Wine Advocate (Aug 1993)
Vintage 1982
1982 by James Suckling
The 1982 vintage in Bordeaux changed the world of wine and my life. It was the first vintage I tasted from barrel as a young wine writer working for the American magazine The Wine Spectator, and I was amazed at how magnificent the quality of a young red could be in barrel.
I remember the first barrel samples I tasted in the summer of 1983 at Château Prieuré-Lichine with the late wine author and winemaker Alexis Lic...
