{"product_id":"chateau-lynch-bages-pauillac-grand-cru-classe-2005-750ml","title":"Château Lynch-Bages - Pauillac (Grand Cru Classé) 2005 (750ml)","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinemaker Notes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e#3 Wine Enthusiast Top 100 of 2008\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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 they had ever used, feeling it necessary to cloak the exceptional fruit and powerful tannins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBlend: 72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot, 12% Cabernet Franc, 1% Petit Verdot\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eProfessional Ratings\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e96James Suckling\u003cbr\u003e\nA meaty and decadent Lynch with very ripe currant aromas on the nose. Full body, velvety-textured tannins and a powerful finish. It shows so much structure and fruit yet remains polished and focused.\u003cbr\u003e\n96Wine Enthusiast\u003cbr\u003e\nClassic Lynch-Bages with just a bit of extra power and richness. While the tannins are structured, it is the velvety fruit that rolls around the mouth that is the most dominant character. It is coming together into a wine that will be big and dense, but never over the top.\u003cbr\u003e\n96Wine \u0026amp; Spirits\u003cbr\u003e\nThere's a relaxed feel to this wine. Cazes's team can dress Lynch-Bages in the black-tie formality of a first growth, but the wine is still lovely-a touch of gaminess makes it friendly rather than ponderous. There's something ethereal about its tannins, like a chocolate truffle melting in the mouth. (Daniel Llose used 80 percent new oak for this vintage; the yields were short so there were more new barrels to go around, and at a tannic index of 82, the wine could handle it). Pure black cherry flavor saturates the wine with freshness; the complexity is intriguing and silken rather than aggressive. This should be readily accessible at ten to 20 years of age and should thrive for years after.\u003cbr\u003e\n96Wine Spectator\u003cbr\u003e\nTextbook, with mouthfilling and slightly gutsy black currant, fig and blackberry fruit flavors bound together by singed cedar, iron and tobacco notes. Features a tug of loam followed by a second wave of fruit through the finish. This is just starting to stretch out. -- Blind '01\/'03\/'05 Bordeaux retrospective (December 2017). Best from 2020 through 2040.\u003cbr\u003e\n94Decanter\u003cbr\u003e\nAlmost forward but still young; spicy cassis lifts and lengthens its rich dark berry flavours. One of the best Lynch-Bages ever.\u003cbr\u003e\n94Vinous\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2005 Lynch Bages has an intense bouquet with blackberry, raspberry, iodine and light minty aromas, still quite youthful after 20 years. Touches of melted tar emerge with time. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannins and firm grip, a little toasty in style with an assertive and bold tarry finish. Give this another three to four years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e93Jeb Dunnuck\u003cbr\u003e\nThe 2005 Château Lynch-Bages is terrific, with a ripe, yet also surprisingly elegant profile in its medium to full-bodied aromas and flavors of blackcurrants, smoked tobacco, graphite, and leather. A blend of 72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot, 12% Cabernet Franc, and the rest Petit Verdot, it has ripe, nicely integrated tannins, good balance, and is already surprisingly accessible.\u003cbr\u003e\n92Robert Parker's Wine Advocate\u003cbr\u003e\nAs for the 2005 Lynch-Bages, it is a sexy, surprisingly soft and accessible style of wine, with a deep ruby\/purple color, loads of crème de cassis, cedar wood and forest floor notes, medium to full body, ripe tannin and a long, fleshy finish. Drink it over the next 15+ years.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chateau Lynch-Bages","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68103654637792,"sku":"122242","price":349.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0649\/9713\/0464\/files\/chateau-lynch-bages-pauillac-grand-cru-classe_1_e156ef5c-04b6-4406-8c3e-c1e7ab09d001.jpg?v=1792698675","url":"https:\/\/www.mywineconnection.com\/products\/chateau-lynch-bages-pauillac-grand-cru-classe-2005-750ml","provider":"My Wine Connection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}