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Chateau Lynch-Bages is a winery in the Pauillac appellation of the Bordeaux region of France. The wine produced here was classified as one of eighteen Cinquimes Crus (Fifth Growths) in the Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855, but is known as a 'super-second' due to its high quality.
Thomas Lynch was a descendant of the Tribes of Galway. His father John emigrated in 1691 from Galway, Ireland to Bordeaux, inherited an estate in the village of Bages through his wife, Elizabeth, in 1749. This was also the year that Chateau Lynch-Bages was created. Thomas passed it on to his son, Jean-Baptiste, upon his marriage in 1779. Jean-Baptiste soon handed over supervision to his brother Michel who maintained responsibility for the Bages estate until 1824, when the family sold it to a Swiss wine merchant, Sebastien Jurine, who had recently moved to Bordeaux. Chateau Lynch-Bages remained in the hands of the Jurine family, followed by the Cayrou family, for over a hundred years. In 1934, Jean-Charles Cazes rented the property from its then owner, Felix de Vial, subsequently purchasing it in 1938. After Jean-Charles Cazes' death, aged 95, in 1972, the estate has been largely managed by his grandson, Jean-Michel Cazes. In 2017, the Cazes family acquired Chateau Haut-Batailley, the 1855 Grand Cru Class estate in Pauillac.
The 90 hectares (220 acres) of Chateau Lynch-Bages are located just outside the town of Pauillac. The vineyard occupies a gravel ridge looking down over the Gironde estuary. The well-drained soil consists mainly of deep gravel beds over a limestone sub-strata, and it is planted predominantly with red wine grape varieties 73% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot. There is also a small approximately 4.5 ha (11 acres) plot planted with white varieties 40% Semillon, 40% Sauvignon blanc and 20% Muscadelle. The white wine is named Blanc de Lynch-Bages.
Chateau Lynch-Bages is primarily known for its eponymous red wine, of which approximately 25,000 cases are made in an average year. The malolactic fermentation takes place mainly in large stainless steel tanks, and the wine then spends about 15 months in oak barrels of which some 50-60% are new before bottling.
In 2008 the second label of Lynch-Bages was renamed Echo de Lynch-Bages, previously known as Chateau Haut-Bages Averous. A third wine has now been added, called Pauillac de Lynch-Bages.
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