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Chateau Lynch Bages 2005
- Producer Chateau Lynch-Bages
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Blend
12% Cabernet Franc
72% Cabernet Sauvignon
15% Merlot
1% Petit Verdot - Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- Appellation Pauillac
- UPC 3760020131661
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Item# 1644-05
James Suckling
96pt
Vinous Media
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Wine Spectator
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Vintage
The 2005 vintage is one of our greatest vintages of recent decades.
2005 vintage characteristics in a nutshell:
A warm summer,
Near-drought conditions,
Harvest remained largely free of rainfall, and the fruit was brought in by relaxed and happy workers.
The potential of the vintage was already clear, even before the first fermentations were finished.
Lynch-Bages 2005 was aged in 80% new oak which is the most we have ever used, feeling it necessary to cloak the exceptional fruit and powerful tannins.
2005 vintage characteristics in a nutshell:
A warm summer,
Near-drought conditions,
Harvest remained largely free of rainfall, and the fruit was brought in by relaxed and happy workers.
The potential of the vintage was already clear, even before the first fermentations were finished.
Lynch-Bages 2005 was aged in 80% new oak which is the most we have ever used, feeling it necessary to cloak the exceptional fruit and powerful tannins.
Technical data
Surface : 90 hectares
Terroir (soil) : Garonne Gravel
Harvest : Hand-picked and sorted at the vineyard
Ageing : French oak barrels for 15 months (80% new wood)
Blending : 72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot, 12% Cabernet Franc, 1% Petit Verdot
Terroir (soil) : Garonne Gravel
Harvest : Hand-picked and sorted at the vineyard
Ageing : French oak barrels for 15 months (80% new wood)
Blending : 72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot, 12% Cabernet Franc, 1% Petit Verdot
Ageing
French oak barrels for 15 months (80% new wood).
Tasting notes
As one might suspect, the dense purple-hued 2005 is still tannic, firm and young, with concentrated
blackberry and cassis fruit, beautiful ripeness, a full-bodied mouthfeel and undeniable youthfulness.
Tasting like a 2-3 year old wine rather one that has passed its sixth birthday, it is potentially one of the
longest lived Lynch Bages since the remarkable 1989 and 2000.
