Grape(s):71%Cabernet Sauvignon, 26% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc, 1% Petit Verdot
Country: France
Region: Pauillac, Left Bank Bordeaux
Organic: No
Vegan:No
ABV:12.5%
Tasting Notes: The 2012 Lynch-Bages comes across as bombastic and ripe. Mocha, plums, dark cherry, blackberry, liquorice, tar and new oak are all evident. Balanced and powerful Pauillac, with classic and elegant velvety tannic structure.
Winemaking: Château Lynch-Bages is an estate in the Pauillac appellation on the Left Bank of Bordeaux that is classified as Cinquièmes Crus (Fifth Growths) in the Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855.
The hand-picked grapes are rigorously sorted in the vineyard. The wine is aged for 18 months in oak barrels, 75% of which are new.
