Chateau Lynch-Bages 2005 olivier-ravoire making a standard white flame-thrower

making a standard white flame-thrower and herbal version

then given the Ancestral bubbling treatment

The must is fermented in temperature controlled stainless steel thanks with approximately 15 days maceration

this wine reveals an assertive character

140-150g residual sugar

Chateau Lynch-Bages 2005 olivier-ravoire making a standard white flame-throwerA sublime masculine heavyweight Lynch. It is Pauillac personified with an impenetrable but incredibly ripe nose bursting with pure, minerally cassis. Mouthfilling creamy black cherry and blackcurrant fruit is phenomenally smooth and boasts great structure with hints of tobacco, coffee, leather and mint. The tannins are rich and silky with a rare freshness. The wine is aged in 80% new oak which is the most they have ever used, feeling it necessary to