Product Description
The 2022 Chateau Lynch Bages is a blend of 66% Cabernet Sauvignon, 28% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc, 3% Petit Verdot and aged for 18 months in 75% new oak. The harvest took place between the 12th and 24th of September.
Tasting Notes
Vinous 96
The 2022 Lynch-Bages was picked 12 September, around 15 days earlier than usual until 24 September at around 35hL/ha. Aged for 18 months in 75% new oak, it has a backward nose that demands a lot of encouragement. This is not as immediate as the 2016 or 2019 at the same stage. Powerful blackberry and boysenberry fruit, cedar and light tobacco notes, this feels like an edifice of aromas. The palate is medium-bodied with grippy tannins, beautifully balanced, very harmonious yet there is an enormous backbone here that (again) is reminiscent of Mouton. Extremely long on the finish, this will need its barrel maturation to fully knit together and it is going to be a Pauillac for the long haul.
Anticipated maturity: 2032-2075
Robert Parker 93-96
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.
Producer Profile
Wines produced
The grand vin, Chateau Lynch Bages, is a 5eme Grand Cru Classé in 1855
- Grape varieties:
- Cabernet Sauvignon 72%
- Merlot 20%
- Cabernet Franc 5%
- Petit Verdot 3%
- Echo de Lynch Bages:
- Average Annual Production: 65% of the total crop
- Grape varieties:
- Cabernet Sauvignon 52%
- Merlot 38%
- Cabernet Franc 10%
- Blanc de Lynch Bages
- 45% Sauvignon
- 45% Sémillon
- 10% Muscadelle
The Chateau makes two other wines:
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Grape varieties:
Estate Information
Area under vines: 100 hectares
Soils: Günz gravel
Production: 25 000 Cases a year
Ageing: in 70-80 % new oak barrels for 15 months
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