Chateau Lynch Bages, Pauillac 2023
EN PRIMEUR OFFER: Due Sep/Oct 2026
95-97 POINTS: Jeb Dunnuck
94-97 POINTS: Antonio Galloni, Vinous
"The flagship 2023 Château Lynch-Bages is based on 71% Cabernet Sauvignon, 24% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc, and the rest Petit Verdot, resting in 75% new French oak. One of the biggest, richest wines in the vintage, it’s deep purple-hued and offers up some classic Lynch richness in its smoky black fruits, smoked earth, graphite, and tobacco-driven aromatics. These carry to a full-bodied Pauillac with ample mid-palate depth, ripe, building tannins, and a great finish. While it's clearly in the lively, fresher style of the vintage, it's a serious, structured, incredibly impressive Pauillac with tons to love. It's not far off the style of the 2019."
- Jeb Dunnuck
"The 2023 Lynch-Bages is a dark, brooding wine. In so many vintages, Lynch Bages is a wine of sensuality, but in 2023, it is quite the powerhouse.
Formidable tannins wrap around a core of black fruit, spice, menthol, licorice
and gravel. This is a somber, introspective Lynch-Bages with a ton of Cabernet
Sauvignon character. I can't wait to taste this from bottle."
- Antonio Galloni
ABV: 13.7%