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2020 Blanc de Lynch-Bages, Bordeaux

  • White
  • Dry
  • Medium Bodied
  • Sauvignon Blanc (70%),Sémillon (20%),Muscadelle (10%)
For laying down
Product: 20208004804
2020 Blanc de Lynch-Bages, Bordeaux

Description

Sauvignon Blanc 70%, Sémillon 20%, Muscadelle 10%

The early harvest has reduced some of the primary impact of the Sauvignon Blanc; the aroma initially wafts between floral notes and stone-fruit. The palate is vibrant and rich, with wonderful acidity and depth. The Sauvignon Blanc then takes centre stage, but the Sémillon adds richness and complexity. Green apple, melon and stone-fruit are all there in harmony. The white wines of the northern Médoc often have a particular salinity, in tasty abundance here. It’s less dramatic than the 2019, but still delicious.

Drink 2023-2028

Colour White
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2020
Maturity For laying down
Grape List Sauvignon Blanc (70%),Sémillon (20%),Muscadelle (10%)
Body Medium Bodied
Producer Château Lynch Bages

About this wine

Sauvignon Blanc

An important white grape in Bordeaux and the Loire Valley that has now found fame in New Zealand and now Chile. It thrives on the gravelly soils of Bordeaux and is blended with Sémillon to produce fresh, dry, crisp  Bordeaux Blancs, as well as more prestigious Cru Classé White Graves. It is also blended with Sémillon, though in lower proportions, to produce the great sweet wines of Sauternes. It performs well in the Loire Valley and particularly on the well-drained chalky soils found in Sancerre and Pouilly-Fumé, where it produces bone dry, highly aromatic, racy wines, with grassy and sometimes smoky, gunflint-like nuances.
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Chateau Lynch-Bages

Château Lynch Bages, a 5ème Cru Classé, is one of the best-known Médoc estates and has always had a particularly strong following on this side of the English Channel. Since 1973 it has been owned by the enigmatic Jean-Michel Cazes and is now run by his son, Jean-Charles.
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