• "Flawless Balance, Power and Elegance." ~99 JD
  
• "A Terrific Lynch". ~98 JS
• "Ripe and Generous" ~97 Decanter
• "One of the Most Muscular, Chunky Wines" 94+ WA 

About the Wine

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Château Lynch-Bages is one of the most prestigious estates in the Pauillac appellation, renowned for producing wines that combine power, elegance, and structure. The estate’s history dates back to 1691, with the Cazes family at the helm since 1939, who have transformed the estate into one of Bordeaux's most sought-after names. The vineyard sits on gravel terraces with marl and clay subsoils, providing excellent drainage and the perfect environment for cultivating Cabernet Sauvignon, the dominant variety in the blend.

The 2022 vintage is a powerful expression of the estate’s signature style, blending 66% Cabernet Sauvignon, 28% Merlot, and small amounts of Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. The grapes were harvested between September 12 and September 24, and the wine was aged for 18 months in 75% new French oak barrels, which impart additional complexity and depth. The 2022 vintage showcases the estate's commitment to quality, producing a wine that is both rich and refined, with the capacity to evolve beautifully over time.

Decanter noted that the 2022 Château Lynch-Bages showcases a beautifully ripe character, with a concentration of blackcurrant and plum, underscored by fresh acidity and well-integrated tannins. The wine’s structure is described as impressive, balancing its generosity with a fine, elegant texture. This vintage captures the essence of Pauillac, delivering both depth and finesse, and is expected to evolve into a remarkable wine over the coming decades.

Aging: 18 months in 75% new French oak barrels

Tasting Notes

66% Cabernet Sauvignon, 28% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc, 3% Petit Verdot. Expect a bold, yet elegant expression of Pauillac: structured, complex, and intense. The wine opens with aromas of blackcurrant, cassis, graphite, and a touch of lead pencil, followed by hints of chalky minerality. The palate is full-bodied, offering a seamless integration of ripe dark fruit, spices, and earthy undertones, with velvety tannins and a long, focused finish. This is a wine with power, yet it maintains an underlying elegance, showcasing the classic characteristics of Lynch-Bages.

Critical Reviews

The 2022 Château Lynch-Bages is based on 66% Cabernet Sauvignon, 28% Merlot, and 3% each of Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. Its inky purple hue is followed by a sensational Pauillac that has a blockbuster (and classic Lynch-Bages) style in its darker currants, smoke tobacco, lead pencil, and crushed stone-driven aromatics. These carry to a full-bodied, powerful, massively concentrated 2022 that has a dense, layered mid-palate, velvety tannins, flawless balance, and a rare mix of power and elegance. This is a château that’s clearly firing on all cylinders, and this magical beauty will need a decade (or more) to hit the early stages of its prime drinking window. Don't miss it! ~99 Jeb Dunnuck

A terrific Lynch from a hot vintage with blackcurrants, mint, dried lavender, graphite and thyme on the nose and palate. Medium- to full-bodied, it shows fantastic tannins with a lovely texture that reminds me of cashmere, becoming slightly chewy in the finish. Give this four to five years of bottle age. Try after 2028. ~98 James Suckling

Ripe and generous on the palate, this is chewy, crunchy and alive. Ripe fruit is there - chewy and sweet black currants and cherries - fleshy and filling - as is concentration of flavours, but there's a delicate layering of elements which builds the wine on the palate giving power but also focus and precision. Still feels a little shy, with tension there in the funnelling of flavours and a relatively crisp finish but this will elongate in time. Cool blueberries, wet stones, pencil lead and graphite give the mineral touches. No overt heat, oak or spice which also is excellent. One for the long haul. Built with ageing in mind I think. ~97 Decanter

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. ~95-97 Vinous Media

The 2022 Lynch-Bages is one of the most muscular, chunky wines of the vintage in the Médoc, offering up aromas of dark berries, cherry preserve, pencil shavings and creamy new oak, followed by a full-bodied, rich and extracted palate that's dense and blocky. While Lynch-Bages always seems to come together with time, the 2022 is certainly going to require some patience. ~94+ Robert Parker, Wine Advocate