We’ve never understood why Chateau Lynch Bages doesn’t seem to wind up in the discussion with the other big boys of Pauillac. Often times, even in the great vintages, the scrappy Cinquièmes Cru out performs some of its more “high brow” neighbors.
The history of the estate stretches back to the late 1700s, but the modern era didn’t really begin until the 1970s under Jean Michel Cazes. (Ever the promoter, Msr. Cazes made sure to seal Lynch Bages into the history books by having a bottle of the 1975 vintage flown into space, the first french wine to leave the planet.)
As much fun as we have drinking these wines, and believe us when we tell you that we do, we’ve managed to find a few great examples of what these wines can do.
1985 LYNCH BAGES
90 points, Robert Parker
Fully mature with some amber at the edge, the medium-bodied, elegant 1985 offers notes of bay leaves, roasted herbs, black currants and sweet cherries. This vintage has always had an early appeal and seductiveness.
2004 LYNCH BAGES
87 points, Robert Parker
Fully mature with some amber at the edge, the medium-bodied, elegant 1985 offers notes of bay leaves, roasted herbs, black currants and sweet cherries. This vintage has always had an early appeal and seductiveness.
