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Château Lynch Bages 5ème Grand Cru Classé 1996

  • Black fruit
  • Gastronomic wine
  • Wine for ageing
  • Color: Red
  • 13% 
  • 2.25L
  • Intensity
  • Classic

Raised at the top by Jean-Michel Cazes, unstoppable ambassador of Bordeaux wines, Lynch-Bages is one of the best-known Pauillacs, combining power, structure and seduction. More info

  • Quantity: 3 Bottles
  • Level: 3 into-neck
  • Label: 3 marked label, 3 slightly bin-soiled label, 3 very slightly torn label
  • Origin: Private individual
  • Recoverable VAT: No
  • Country/Region: Bordeaux
  • Appellation/Wine: Pauillac
  • Classification: 5ème Grand Cru Classé
  • Producer/Owner: Famille Cazes
  • More information....

Château Lynch Bages 5ème Grand Cru Classé serve at a temperature of 16°C. It will pair perfectly with the following dishes: Côte de boeuf à la bordelaise, Gigot de sept heures, Grive en tourte.

Peak: To drink

  • Vintage score: 17/20
  • What the experts say...

    "The 1996 exhibits a dark plum/ruby/purple color that is just beginning to lighten at the edge, surprisingly velvety tannins and a classic Pauillac bouquet of lead pencil shavings, cedarwood, black currants, sweet cherries and spice box." R. Parker (08/2011)

    Lot presentation
    Château Lynch Bages 5ème Grand Cru Classé

    The wine

    Manual harvests, rigorous selection and ageing for 12 to 15 months produces wines with superb concentration, rich tannins and notes of spices and menthol. With time, they develop an exceptional aromatic complexity.

    Information about domain Château Lynch Bages

    Located on the outskirts of Pauillac, on one of the town’s most beautiful hilltops and overlooking the Gironde estuary, Château Lynch-Bages owes its name partly to the very old hamlet of Bages and partly to the Lynch family (of Irish descent), which looked after the estate’s destiny from the eighteenth century onwards. Bought by the Cazes family in 1934 and already highly renowned, Lynch Bages took a further step forwards when Jean-Michel Cazes arrived at the helm in 1974. Jean-Michel Cazes invested all his energy, talent and charisma in promoting the estate whose quality and reputation he further enhanced. However, he was to become the tireless ambassador not just for his own wine but for Bordeaux and for the whole French wine industry, travelling worldwide to meet an ever increasing circle of passionate wine enthusiasts. In 2006 he handed over the running of the estate to his son Jean-Charles who continues to maintain its high standards.

    Detailed characteristics

    • Quantity: 3 Bottles
    • Level: 3 into-neck
    • Label: 3 marked label, 3 slightly bin-soiled label, 3 very slightly torn label
    • Origin: Private individual
    • Type of cellar: Classic underground cellar
    • Recoverable VAT: No
    • Original Wooden Case / Original Case: No
    • French customs seal: yes
    • Alcohol percentage: 13 %
    • Country/Region: Bordeaux
    • Appellation/Wine: Pauillac
    • Classification: 5ème Grand Cru Classé
    • Producer/Owner: Famille Cazes
    • Vintage: 1996
    • Color: Red
    • Peak: To drink
    • Service temperature: 16°
    • Viticulture: Sustainable farming 
    • Size (in ha): 90
    • Volume: 300000 bottles
    • Intensity: Classic
    • Dominant aroma: Black fruit
    • Tasting occasion: Gastronomic wine
    • Grape variety: 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot, 10% Cabernet franc

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