2024 Lynch Bages Pauillac En Primeur
En Primeur product: order now for arrival mid 2027. Needing no introduction, here is another superb vintage of the timeless classic, Lynch-Bages. With profound quality and a huge potential in cellar, this label is a peak value opportunity for the collector or investor. Don't miss out! Unlike other retailers (who charge a second payment on arrival), our En Primeur prices are the total and final landed cost, including GST. With the changing economic situation and foreign exchange risk, we do this to ensure you have complete certainty over what you will pay.
Grape
70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 24% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc and 3% Petit Verdot
Its Origins
Château Lynch Bages, a 5ème Cru Classé, is one of the best-known Médoc estates and has always had a particularly strong following on this side of the English Channel. Since 1973 it has been owned by the enigmatic Jean-Michel Cazes and is now run by his son, Jean-Charles. Lynch Bages's vineyards are superbly sited on a plateau west of Pauillac town, in the small village of Bages. The 90 hectares of vineyards (Red: Cabernet Sauvignon 75%, Merlot 15%, Cabernet Franc 10%) lie on deep gravel beds over limestone. For the reds, fermentation is temperature-controlled with extensive 'remontage' to ensure concentration and depth of colour. A special system of pipes transfers the wine from the cuves to the oak barriques (60% new) where it matures for 15 months. Lynch Bages can be surprisingly soft and approachable when young. However, when fully mature, it develops a succulent richness and a heavenly bouquet of minty blackcurrants and cigar boxes. As Oz Clarke says "Lynch Bages is impressive at five years, beautiful at ten years and irresistible at twenty."
What The Critics Say
93-96/100 Thomas Parker MW
"Deep ruby colour. The nose here is ripe and more Lynch Bages than 2024, showing cassis and cedar, with layered, crunchy black fruit. Concentrated for the vintage, this has powerful, chewy tannins and dark fruit, together with seductive wood spice. Meaty, powerful and quite dense. This is vertical and deep, chewy and very Cabernet, with layers of cedar, blackcurrant leaf and tobacco. Chewy and athletic on the finish, with bright acids, firm tannins and pure fruit."
94-95/100 JamesSuckling.com, Zekun Shuai
“A brooding nose, showing pulpy blackberries, ripe mulberries, peppercorns and violet extract. The signature Lynch-Bages tannin structure with good concentration of fruit helps deliver an almost full-bodied, structured red and a long, fruity finish. Wait and see. 70% cabernet sauvignon, 24% merlot, 3% cabernet franc and 3% petit verdot.”
93-95/100 Vinous, Antonio Galloni
“The 2024 Lynch-Bages is packed. Cedar, scorched earth, licorice, incense and pipe tobacco weave through a core of dark, sepia-toned fruit. I especially admire the long, polished finish and overall balance here. The 2024 is a virile Lynch Bages with a bright future. Tasted two times." Drink 2034 - 2054
| Variety | Cabernet Merlot Blend |
|---|---|
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Closure | Cork |
| Volume | 750ml |
| Alcohol | 13.00% |
| Maturity | 2030 - 2054 |
Taste
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