Château Lynch-Bages 2025

Critic scores

• James Suckling97-98
• Jeb Dunnuck96-98
• Wine Advocate94-97
• Decanter96
• Vinous94

The 2025 vintage in Pauillac

Vintage benchmark: 94/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)

Vintage character: A dry, bright summer, tempered by cool nights, gave pure, balanced wines, more classic than sun-drenched.

Overall reading of the year’s season across Pauillac. An estate can depart from it sharply, in frost or hail years, where two neighbours did not make the same vintage. What this particular wine actually gave is on its technical sheet and in the scores above.

Tasting

“With a dense and deep garnet color, Château Lynch-Bages 2025 reveals complex notes of black fruits and spices. The palate seduces with its opulence, its concentration and its silky texture. The tannins are integrated and elegant, the finish is persistent and harmonious. This great vintage is part of the lineage of exceptional wines and reveals very good ageing potential. ” - Nicolas Labenne, Technical Director

Blend of the 2025 vintage

Figures from the 2025 sheet

• 350,000 bottlesProduction

Ageing

18 months in French oak barrels (75% new oak)

Terroir

Extending over some 100 hectares in the commune of Pauillac, the Lynch-Bages vineyard lies entirely on the soil favoured by the great growths, formed along the estuary by the gravel alluvium of the Médoc. The property occupies the well-defined rises to the south and south-west of the town. The soils of Lynch-Bages are homogeneous, consisting essentially of Günz-era Garonne gravels (early Quaternary) resulting from the slow erosion of the Pyrenees by the Garonne. Highly free-draining and low in silt, these soils of stones and sand store heat during the day and release it at night. Poor and of low fertility, they allow moderate vine growth and encourage deep rooting.