Chateau Lynch-Bages 5eme Cru Classe, Pauillac 2014

Name: 2014 Chateau Lynch-Bages 5eme Cru Classe, Pauillac
Brand: Château Lynch-Bages
SKU: 101257620140600750-IB
Price: 870.0 USD
Availability: InStock

5eme Cru Classe

Château Lynch-Bages

97Jane Anson

96James Suckling

95William Kelley

+4 more

$870.00

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Bonded provenance

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Drinking window

2028 · opens 2038–2052 · peak 2068

now +42 yrs

Ready - youthful · best from 2038 · will keep to 2068.

Tasting notes

Jane Anson · Decanter · 97

70% new oak. Hold + 3 years or carafe 3 hours.

Inky plum in colour, you can see this is rich and textured even before going anywhere near the nose, which then displays ripe fruit. Gorgeous quality, a wine that is packed full of graphite, pencil lead, waves of violet, cassis, liqourice, and chewy but well defined tannins. Leaps out of the glass and is clear proof that, when it gets it right, the 2014 vintage equals the 2015 in this northern sector of the Médoc. Good value also compared to the 2015 and 2016 - a must buy for me.

Drink 2024 - 2044

James Suckling · James Suckling · 96

Aromas of currants, blackberries and blackcurrants with hints of chocolate and spices. Full body, firm and silky tannins and a long and flavorful finish. Juicy and muscular wine. Needs three or four years to open. Beautiful.

William Kelley · Wine Advocate · 95

The 2014 Lynch-Bages is full of promise, offering up a classic bouquet of rich but vibrant blackcurrant fruit mingled with with hints of loamy soil, cedar and vanilla pod. Full-bodied, deep and layered, with an abundance of ripe but youthfully assertive tannin, lively acids and a long, resonant finish, it will hit its stride in 10 to 15 years. This is an excellent Lynch-Bages that represents especially good value in the contemporary marketplace.

Antonio Galloni · Vinous · 94

The blend is 69 % Cabernet Sauvignon, 26 % Merlot, 3 % Cabernet Franc and 2 % Petit Verdot.

The 2014 Lynch-Bages is just as powerful and dense from bottle as it was from barrel. Deep, powerful and bold, it possesses remarkable richness in all of its dimensions. Ripe red cherry, spice, leather, tobacco and rose petal all develop in the glass, but it is the wine's sheer amplitude today that is quite remarkable. It will need quite a bit of cellaring to be at its best, and is clearly built to age. This is a terrific showing from the Cazes family.

Drink 2024 - 2044

Jeb Dunnuck · Jeb Dunnuck · 93

A solid wine in the vintage, the 2014 Château Lynch Bages is youthfully purple-hued, with some classic Lynch Bages richness and depth in its ripe black (and some blue) fruits as well as freshly sharpened pencil, graphite, and floral nuances. It's medium-bodied, has a balanced mouthfeel, ripe, nicely integrated tannins, and outstanding length, with a bright spine of acidity. It undeniably offers pleasure today and is in the early phase of its prime drinking window. It should cruise for another two decades in cold cellars. The 2014 is based on 69% Cabernet Sauvignon, 26% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot raised in 75% new oak.

Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW · Wine Advocate · 93

The 2014 Lynch-Bages is medium to deep garnet-brick in color. The nose is a little restrained, slowly unfurling to reveal notes of blackcurrant jelly, kirsch, and sauteed herbs followed by wafts of cedar, leather, and dried lavender. The medium-bodied palate is tightly wound, with a lively line and firm, grainy tannins framing the taut fruit, finishing long and savory.

Steven Spurrier · Decanter · 92

Very well-expressed natural concentration of fruit, very ripe tannins and lots of complexity to come. A richly textured, firmly structured wine with the Lynch-Bages hallmarks for the future.

Drink 2020 - 2035

Catalog details

Appellation5eme Cru Classe

RegionBordeaux

Vintage2014

ColorRed

Top Score97 · Jane Anson

Format750 ml

SourceMerchant

StorageBonded warehouse