2005 Château Lynch-Bages, Pauillac, Bordeaux World Cup 2026 Private Account Manager

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Independent bottlings of Balmenach are as rare and fleeting as a winter snowfall here on St

with unknowable serendipity

It is fine and fresh with good weight on the finish

On the palate the oak integrates beautifully with dense black cherries

2005 Château Lynch-Bages, Pauillac, Bordeaux World Cup 2026 Private Account Manager80% new oak Open aromatics, tobacco, cigar, full of picture perfect Pauillac mint leaf, cassis, bilberry, plum and smoked cedar oak. A little austere but with real clarity of fruit that builds through the palate alongside muscular tannins that promise a long life ahead. You have needed to be patient with most Pauillac 2005s, and this will go for another 30 years, but it is starting to get to the point when the Cabernet Sauvignon becomes thirst