2025 Lynch-Bages (Pauillac)
Secondary Description
66% Cabernet Sauvignon, 28% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc, 3% Petit Verdot
Blackcurrant and cedar, graphite, charcoal and incense aromas rise forcefully from the glass. This is a dense, imposing wine built for the long haul, with sweet fruit coating salty bones. The wine sweeps across the palate with a good register of acidity, and powerful but polished tannins lead the wine to close on a dry finish. A very classic Pauillac. A hugely impressive performance from a wine that will demand some years of cellar ageing. (NT 15/05/25)
Blackcurrant and cedar, graphite, charcoal and incense aromas rise forcefully from the glass. This is a dense, imposing wine built for the long haul, with sweet fruit coating salty bones. The wine sweeps across the palate with a good register of acidity, and powerful but polished tannins lead the wine to close on a dry finish. A very classic Pauillac. A hugely impressive performance from a wine that will demand some years of cellar ageing. (NT 15/05/25)
Producer
Origin
Pauillac, Medoc, Bordeaux, FRANCE
Colour
red
Wine Style
dry
Dominant Grape
Cabernet Sauvignon
Closure Style
cork
Maturity
young
Bottle size
75cl
Case Quantity
6
Alcohol
13.5%
Score
96-98 points, Neal Martin, vinous.com, May 2026
96 points, Jane Anson, janeanson.com, April 2026
94-97 points, Yohan Castaing, robertparker.com, April 2026
95-97 points, Antonio Galloni, vinous.com, April 2026
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| Price ib | £402.00 | |
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| *Estimated date for Stock on Order: 01 June 2028 | ||
Media Reviews
Neal Martin
The 2025 Lynch-Bages was picked 9 to 21 September and matured in 75% new oak barrels. This has a stunning bouquet with exceptionally pure blackberry, cassis and subtle violet scents, the oak seamlessly integrated. The palate is medium-bodied with finely embroidered tannins, perfect acidity, a touch of cedar and black pepper that dovetails into a peacock`s tail finish that `clings` to the mouth. This continues the strongest run from Lynch-Bages since the 1980s and, perhaps with the 2025, it is close to surpassing that. 96-98 points
Jane Anson
Damson, cassis, bilberry, a wine that doesn`t feel so far away from the very top vintages of the estate, clear expansion in the mid palate, with an uncompromising architecture that has the supple tannins of a warm year, with pomegranate, incense, blackberry, cedar, slate, crushed rocks. Excellently put together with juice, promise and personality. 3.68 pH. 75% new oak. Harvest September 9 to 21. Jean-Charles Cazes owner, along with his three sisters, Nicolas Labenne technical director. 96 points
Yohan Castaing
The 2025 Lynch-Bages wafts from the glass with aromas of dark wild berries, lead pencil and spices, framed by well-integrated new oak. Full-bodied, dense and concentrated, it’s deep and muscular, with a broad-shouldered profile, yet more velvety and precise than usual, showing a touch of freshness through the mid-palate, concluding with a long, cassis-inflected finish. Without departing from its customary style - combining power and generosity in youth - it is more approachable en primeur, with softer, more polished tannins than in recent vintages. This is a blend of 66% Cabernet Sauvignon, 28% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc and 3% Petit Verdot, matured with 75% new oak. 94-97 points
Antonio Galloni
The 2025 Lynch-Bages is a wine only very patient consumers should contemplate. Dark and explosive, with incisive tannins, the 2025 is quite the powerhouse. Huge beams of tannin lend serious intensity and power. In many warmer years, this level of richness is accompanied by commensurately high alcohols and viscosity, but the 2025 is built around fairly classic lines, which only reinforces its sheer brawn. 95-97 points