Château LYNCH-BAGES 1992
Château Lynch-Bages is located in Pauillac , in the Bordeaux wine region. It was classified Fifth Grand Cru Classé in the 1855 classification. It takes part of its name from Thomas Lynch, a Bordeaux merchant of Irish origin who owned the property from 1749 to 1824. The property remained in the Lynch family for 75 years , before being taken over by the Cazes family at the beginning of the 20th century. The vineyard, which extends over around a hundred hectares, is located on a plateau west of the town of Pauillac on gravel, chalk and sand soils. A notable feature of the estate is the old vat room with its traditional slatted floors, ropes, pulleys and buckets, which offer the benefits of gravity flow.
Château Lynch-Bages is a blend of predominantly Cabernet Sauvignon , supplemented with Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. The wine is aged for around 15 months in oak barrels, around two thirds of which are new. The 1992 vintage experienced a cold winter which eventually turned into a warm spring causing early flowering. However, these mild conditions did not last as the summer saw the most precipitation of any summer in the last 50 years. This led to an explosion in growth and green harvesting was a necessity. A cool September might have salvaged the vintage, but continued downpour during the October harvest period did not improve the situation.
Grape varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot