Lynch Bages - Pauillac (Futures Estimated Arrival Fall 2025) 2022 (Pre-arrival) (750ml)
Price: $179.00
| Producer | Lynch Bages |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Subregion | Pauillac |
| Varietal | Bordeaux Blend |
| Vintage | 2022 |
| Sku | 1005898 |
| Size | 750ml |
James Suckling: 98-99 Points
13 Apr 2023 ? Wow. Blackcurrants blueberries blackberries and flowers. Full-bodied with beautifully integrated tannins that melt into the wine. Persistent and precise. A fantastic wine for the cellar. 66% cabernet sauvignon 28% merlot 3% cabernet franc and 3% petit verdot.
vJeb Dunnuck: 96-98+ Points
The Grand Vin 2022 Château Lynch Bages checks in as 66% Cabernet Sauvignon 28% Merlot and the rest Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc. It actually reminds me slightly of the 2019 and while it's a classic Lynch Bages powerhouse it has beautiful balance and purity. Cassis graphite lead pencil and chalky minerality all define the aromatics and it's full-bodied with terrific tannins and a layered incredibly impressive profile that continues to open and evolve with time in the glass. Tasted twice with consistent notes.
Vinous: 95-97 Points
The 2022 Lynch-Bages was picked 12 September around 15 days earlier than usual until 24 September at around 35hL/ha. Aged for 18 months in 75% new oak it has a backward nose that demands a lot of encouragement. This is not as immediate as the 2016 or 2019 at the same stage. Powerful blackberry and boysenberry fruit cedar and light tobacco notes this feels like an edifice of aromas. The palate is medium-bodied with grippy tannins beautifully balanced very harmonious yet there is an enormous backbone here that (again) is reminiscent of Mouton. Extremely long on the finish this will need its barrel maturation to fully knit together and it is going to be a Pauillac for the long haul.
Wine Advocate: 93-96 Points
One of the vintage's most powerful muscular wines is the 2022 Lynch-Bages a full-bodied broad-shouldered Pauillac that unfurls in the glass with aromas of cassis cherries mint pencil shavings and petroleum jelly framed by nicely integrated new oak. Liberally extracted its deep core of fruit is underpinned by an imposing chassis of rich powdery tannin and lively acids. Always rather forbidding from barrel Lynch Bages always seems to come together in bottle and the 2022 has the makings of another success for this address.
