[Chateau Lynch Bages 2015]
Robert Parker rating: 92/100
Chateau Lynch Bages is a red wine from the Pauillac village in Bordeaux, France, and is also a fifth-growth estate from the 1855 Medoc classification.For many consumers in Greater China, Chateau Lynch Bages is the most familiar among all the fifth growths.Due to its widespread popularity from being named after the famous Cantonese opera star Ling Zhi Bo, Cathay Pacific even used this wine as the welcome drink in their first-class cabin.As early as the 1990s, Chateau Lynch Bages' red wine had already reached the level of a "super second growth." It has a very high reputation in Bordeaux, is highly sought after by wine critics and enthusiasts, and is even referred to in Hong Kong as the "everyday dining wine of billionaires."
"Chateau Lynch Bages 2015 presents a medium to deep garnet-purple color, offering aromas of crushed blackberries, black cherries, dried herbs, and wet soil; it has a medium body, firm and tightly-knit, with lively fruit and a chewy texture."
Grape varieties:
70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 24% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc, 2% Petit Verdot
Under the law of Hong Kong, intoxicating liquor must not be sold or supplied to a minor in the course of business.