72% Cabernet Sauvignon
15% Merlot
12% Cabernet Franc
1% Petit Verdot

Lynch-Bages 2005 is tannic, firm & young - excellent fruit and balance - a superb vintage!

About Chateau Lynch-Bages:

The estate’s reputation as a top quality wine producer took off in 1945 after a series of exceptional vintages.

Since then, Lynch-Bages has continued to produce excellent wines, even during years considered difficult in the Bordeaux region.

The wine's deep colour and tannic backbone have become part of its signature style. Jean-Michel Cazes, grandson of Jean-Charles, has worked hard to develop and refine the wine's supple and smooth structure over the years.

Vintage after vintage, the estate's precise and excellent winemaking techniques have served to firmly establish Lynch-Bages reputation for consistent quality.

Vintage Notes:

The 2005 vintage is one of Chateau Lynch-Bages' 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 Chateau Lynch-Bages has ever used, feeling it necessary to cloak the exceptional fruit and powerful tannins.

Ageing:

French oak barrels for 15 months (80% new wood)