Château Lynch-Bages 1967 - Pauillac

Château Lynch-Bages 1967: A Witness to History and Terroir in Pauillac

Château Presentation: The Injustice of a Classification

Located on the glorious Bages plateau in Pauillac, Château Lynch-Bages is a living legend of the Médoc. While the historical classification of 1855 relegated it to the rank of 5th Growth, this is a true heresy given the modern history of the property. With its power, nobility, and legendary consistency, Lynch-Bages rivals without complex the greatest 2nd Growths. Shaped on deep, well-drained gravel slopes, this cru embodies the purest and most virile expression of great Pauillac Cabernets.

1967 Vintage: A Collector's and Emotional Bottle

The 1967 vintage is for aesthetes and collectors seeking a memorable experience. After nearly sixty years of development in the cellar, this wine offers a delicate and tertiary tasting. Moving away from the power of its youth, it reveals a patinated profile, with notes of humus, cigar box, and old leather. A bottle of inestimable sentimental value, ideal for celebrating a birth anniversary or enriching a prestigious cellar.

Condition and Provenance

From the private cellar of a particularly demanding Swiss connoisseur, stored in optimal temperature-controlled conditions.

• Provenance: Private cellar of a great Swiss connoisseur.
• Liquid level: Low-shoulder / mid-shoulder (a perfectly normal and acceptable level for a bottle nearly 60 years old).
• Colour: Noble brick-red, mahogany and brick reflections, overall good clarity.
• Label: Stained by age but perfectly intact and legible.
• Capsule & Cork: Superb short capsule from the period, very slightly marked by oxidation but intact. Cork well-seated and never moved.
Overall impression: An authentic period bottle, perfectly preserved in its original condition.

Aromatic Profile and Food Pairings

On the nose, the wine opens with tertiary aromas of great poetry: undergrowth, dried tobacco leaf, cedar, Russian leather, and light accents of undergrowth after rain. On the palate, the attack is soft and mellowed, giving way to a melted and delicate texture. Purchase this bottle for a contemplative tasting by the fire, or to accompany very tender feathered game or aged alpine cheese.