{"product_id":"2005-chateau-lynch-bages-pauillac-bottle-750ml-top-shoulder","title":"2005 Chateau Lynch-Bages, Pauillac, Bottle (750ml) [Top Shoulder]","description":"WS96 “Textbook, with mouthfilling and slightly gutsy black currant, fig and blackberry fruit flavors bound together by singed cedar, iron and tobacco notes. Features a tug of loam followed by a second wave of fruit through the finish. This is just starting to stretch out.—Blind '01\/'03\/'05 Bordeaux retrospective\" JM for WS Dec 2017\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nJA96 \"The owner of Lynch Bages in 1855 was André-Louis Jurine, son of Swiss wine merchant Sébastien Jurine who bought the property in 1824, and it is this name that you find on the 1855 listing, without the term Château (it would have regularly been called simply Lynch-Bages or Cru de Lynch at the time). Today seen as one of the 5th Growths that has far outgrown its original rank, this 2005 shows just how well Lynch Bages can age, just stirring into full life at 20 years old. The tight fruits from a few years ago are finally starting to soften, and this is showing gorgeous black cherry and cassis fruits, tobacco and cigar box edging, still muscular but now letting the mint leaf and fresh acidities fill the palate. 80% new oak, Daniel LLose winemaker. This was the last year that Jean-Michel Cazes was in charge before handing over to his son Jean-Charles\" JA for IB Mar 2025\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nJS96 \"A meaty and decadent Lynch with very ripe currant aromas on the nose. Full body, velvety-textured tannins and a powerful finish. It shows so much structure and fruit yet remains polished and focused. Lovely now to drink but better in 2017.\" JS Nov 2015\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nAG95+ \"The 2005 Lynch-Bages is a surprising wine. Whereas so many 2005s have begun to enter their first plateau of early maturity, the 2005 comes across as still young and in need of further cellaring! The purity of the fruit is striking. Readers who want to get the full Lynch-Bages experience will have to wait at least a few more years. The 2005 is a wine of substance and depth, with all of the raciness that is typical of this wine. It is one of the dark horses of the vintage, and still has room to go. Impressive.\" AG for VM Apr 2021","brand":"Lynch Bages","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49234370724077,"sku":"BDX:LYN:LYNC-0750-2005-F1L0C0","price":212.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0319\/8592\/6203\/files\/BDXLYNLYNC-0750-2005-F1L0C0_208968ab-983a-4e4e-bb33-b65493e23297.jpg?v=1768594061","url":"https:\/\/grandcruliquidassets.com\/products\/2005-chateau-lynch-bages-pauillac-bottle-750ml-top-shoulder","provider":"Grand Cru Liquid Assets","version":"1.0","type":"link"}