Château Lynch-Bages 2020
by Château Lynch-Bages
- Grape variety
- Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot
- Region
- Pauillac, Médoc (AOC Pauillac), France
- Style
- red
- Alcohol
- 13%
- Vintage
- 2020
Price: CHF 139 In stock
About this wine
Château Lynch-Bages is Pauillac's most celebrated over-achiever — a Fifth Grand Cru Classé that has spent decades performing at Second Growth level. The Cazes family transformed the estate from the 1970s, and today Lynch-Bages is among the most sought-after names in the Médoc. The estate covers 110 hectares of classic Pauillac gravel on the Lynch plateau — deep, free-draining soils over limestone that produce Cabernet Sauvignon of remarkable intensity. The blend is CS-dominant with Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. The 2020 vintage was exceptional across Bordeaux: warm, dry, perfectly ripened — a growing season that delivered depth and concentration that will define this wine for decades.
Tasting notes
Deep, inky garnet. The nose is dense and expressive — blackcurrant, dark plum and graphite, with cedar, tobacco and a warm spice undercurrent from the 2020 heat. On the palate, full-bodied with powerful, ripe tannins and a long, concentrated finish. The fruit is generous and layered; the Pauillac structure runs beneath it. Needs time — open it in five to ten years.
Aromas
blackcurrant, dark plum, graphite, cedar, tobacco, warm spice, dark chocolate
Structure
body medium-full · tannin high · acidity medium · sweetness dry
Serving
Serve at 17–19°C · Drink 2028–2045
Food pairings
Côte de bœuf with peppercorn sauce, Braised lamb shoulder, Wild duck with berry sauce, Aged Comté or hard sheep's cheese
Best for
The Lynch-Bages moment. Don't rush it.
From the winemaker
Cabernet Sauvignon dominant with Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot from the Lynch plateau's deep gravel and limestone soils in Pauillac; classic Pauillac vinification; aged in French oak barriques; 2020 — exceptional vintage, warm and dry; Château Lynch-Bages, Fifth Grand Cru Classé 1855, Famille Cazes.
Editor's note
Lynch-Bages is Bordeaux's most famous over-performer — the Fifth Growth that drinks like a Second. The 2020 is the house at its fullest: a great vintage, dense fruit, the Pauillac backbone, and the long game that makes this estate worth the price. Plan a decade before you open it.
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