Category: | Red Wines |
Sub-Category: | Red Wines |
Producer: | Lynch Bages |
Label Name: | Pauillac 5eme Cru |
Vintage: | 2015 |
Country: | France |
Region: | Pauillac, Médoc (Bordeaux) |
Volume: | 3000ml |
ABV: | 13.5% |
Grape(s): | Cabernet Sauvignon 70%, Merlot 24%, Cabernet Franc 4%, Petit Verdot 2% |
Acidity: | 3 |
Tannins: | 4 |
Sweetness: | 1 |
Body: | 4 |
Length: | 4 |
Aroma Intensity: | 4 |
Best Temperature: | 16-18°C |
Awards/Ratings
Vinous 96; James Suckling 95; Wine Advocate (Lisa Perrotti-Brown / Neal Martin) 92–94; Wine Spectator 93–95; Decanter 93; Jancis Robinson ~17+/20
Tasting Note
Powerful Pauillac: ripe blackcurrant, blackberry, cedar, graphite, tobacco and dark spice. Full-bodied with firm ripe tannins, minty freshness, mocha oak influence and a long mineral finish.
Food Pairing
Western: roast lamb, ribeye, beef stew, venison, mature hard cheeses. Asian: Korean BBQ (galbi), Cantonese roast pork/char siu, Peking duck with hoisin, beef rendang or Sichuan beef with moderate spice.
Production Method
Hand-harvested; destemmed and fermented in temperature-controlled vats; partial malolactic in barrel/vats; aged ~18 months in ~75% new French oak; estate bottled.
Vineyard Info
Château Lynch-Bages, a Cazes family estate (5ème Cru Classé 1855) in Pauillac; ~90+ hectares on Garonne gravel soils, long-standing producer with modernized gravity-flow cellars.