Sebastien Treuillet
Château Lynch-Bages
Grand Cru Classé Pauillac Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2000
Domaine St Sebastien
Inspiration Minérale Grenache Gris Grenache Blanc
グルナッシュ・ブラン、グルナッシュ・グリ主体のワイン。果実味が豊かで複雑、やや酸味に欠ける。 — 10 years ago
Maison François Martenot
Chablis 1er Cru Chardonnay
2012 Sebastien Dampt. Lovely Chablis AOC. No oak. — 11 years ago
Sylvain Cathiard
Bourgogne Pinot Noir 2012
Tastes like baby Vosne Romanée to me! So much asphalt aroma and earth I imagine it's a baby Reignots--perhaps young replanted vines? Dark fruit is here but it plays second fiddle to the massive earthy elements. Heat sticks out on the midpalate a touch, but doesn't prevent this from being a monstrous red with an accumulative aroma that brings vinyl to mind. Curious to see where a short term aging curve would take this. Sebastien gleefully acknowledges this is his finest Bourgogne ever. Even with its flaws, Bourgogne should not be able to achieve these aromatic heights! — 11 years ago
Sebastien Bobinet et Emiline Calvez
Hanami Saumur Chenin Blanc 2012
boomshakalaka! Bangggeerr. — 12 years ago
Sebastien Roux
Clos des Mollepierre Rully Chardonnay
Nicely balanced. Ripe fruit. — 12 years ago
Domaine Christian Moreau Père et Fils
Chablis Chardonnay 2014
Pale yellow w green tinge. Lime driven citrus. Fruited but no fat or oak. Zippy and good qpr. Outclassed the Sebastien dampt chablis 2014 — 8 years ago
Sebastien Bobinet et Emiline Calvez
Saumur Cabernet Franc
Fun, funky, red fruit. Very Loire — 8 years ago
Sebastien Treuillet
Pouilly-Fumé Sauvignon Blanc 2014
At first it's passionfruit aromas were a little too overpowering however they've seemingly blown off and settled nicely into the background. Cut grass, lemongrass and a subtle smoke have appeared for a while and grapefruit and green apple show themselves too. The palate is tropical with assertive acidity with some pithy character and long finish. At first I didn't really enjoy this, give it a while and serve around 12-14 degrees — 9 years ago
Closerie de Belle-Poule
Sélection de Grains Nobles Chenin Blanc 2010
Closerie de la Belle-Poule Sebastien Gandubert 2010 en magnum
Très beau nez, on sent la vie. En bouche, ça vibre, c’est plein d’énergie. Ça remet le facteur sur le vélo alors que l’on parle d’un moelleux et ses 13/ 14 °. C’est sur le coing à mort, figues séchées. Pas de doute c’est chenin mais avec une légère note oxydative? C’est très frais, il a du punch ce vin, c’est dingue. Quel équilibre !! il y a longtemps que je n’ai pas bu un aussi joli moelleux. C’est LE PLUS BEAU VIN DE LA SOIREE, sans hésitation — 9 years ago
Sebastien Branger
Éclipse Brut Sparkling Melon de Bourgogne
Sébastien Bobinet
Du Rififi À Beaulieu Pétillant Blanc 2011
Well this is for wine disturbed individuals, 2011 Bobonets Pet Nat. On the left picture do you see these particles? Well Sebastien Bobinet also makes wine with nutritional elements!!! — 10 years ago
Château du Petit Thouars
Sélection Touraine Cabernet Franc 2010
A 2010 I tasted at the Château with Sebastien. A nice little Wine for 5€! Although the Château is currently in the Touraine AOP, it will soon be in Chinon, where it geographically belongs. — 10 years ago
Moët & Chandon
Impérial Brut Champagne Rosé
Springtime yummy treat from my friends Olivier and Sebastien from Lille. — 11 years ago
Ruinart
Brut Champagne Blend
A bottle of Ruinart is a great way to start the evening . Dinner chez Sebastien et Olivier in Lille. — 12 years ago
Château Coutelin-Merville
Saint Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend 2009
Thank you Sebastien very nice — 8 years ago
Château Thivin
Côte de Brouilly Gamay 2015
If you find yourself dining alone at herbsaint in NOLA, this bottle makes for pretty good company. Wish you were here g. And @Ryan Mullins know you'd dig this. All the right stuff - peony flower, raspberry and potting soil. Everything I used to hate about Gamay that I now love thanks to @Sebastien Telford-Rake — 9 years ago
Finca Jakue
Getariako Txakolina Hondarrabi Zuri 2015
Bright, effervescent and thoroughly refreshing. Wish I was in San Sebastien. — 9 years ago
Fromm Winery
Clayvin Vineyard Pinot Noir 2004
Sentimental fave. Got it at Fromm during 06 harvest when Sebastien Cathiard was working there. Hoarded until roasted chicken earlier this month. Rich, full-blown savory perfectly mature. No regrets. — 9 years ago
Bodegas Muga
Rioja Tempranillo Blend 2011
A stable and tasty red, enjoyed on its own or with some tapas in San Sebastien. Good value — 9 years ago
Sebastien Brunet
Sec Chenin Blanc
2009. A little oxidized but still good. Would be a good accompaniment to oysters. — 10 years ago
Sebastien Brunet
Renaissance Vouvray Chenin Blanc
Mineral and acid very proper — 11 years ago
Château Cos d'Estournel
Goulée Médoc Red Bordeaux Blend 2009
Sebastien & Audrey's wedding — 11 years ago
Michel et Sebastien Dufour
Domaine de La Voie Romaine Morgon Gamay
long, persistent acidity. the best of the 3, even though i would have preferred to feature another appellation. also, only $16 on the shelf. — 11 years ago
Sebastien Roux
Chassagne-Montrachet Chardonnay 2005
Really matured well — 12 years ago
Somm David T
Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator
The 2000 is delicious but, it is evolving at a glacial pace. Out of magnum.
On the nose, touch of barnyard, glycerin, ripe; blackberries, dark cherries, black raspberries, plum, strawberries & cherries. Vanilla, dry clay, limestone, river stones, just a touch of pyrazines & bandaid, dark,,turned, moist earth, dry grass and dry & fresh dark florals.
The body is full, round & sexy. Dry softened, sweet tannins. ripe; blackberries, dark cherries, black raspberries, plum, strawberries & cherries. Vanilla, dry clay, limestone, river stones, just a touch of pyrazines & bandaid, fresh tobacco leaf, saddle-wood, dry underbrush, dark, turned, moist earth, dry grass and dry & fresh dark florals. The acidity is magnificent. The structure, tension, length and balance are sensational. The finish is drop dead gorgeous. I’d still hold mine another 5 years as long as you have 3-4 bottles for more 5 year increments.
Photos of, their Estate vines, Clyde Beffa-Owner of K&L Wine Merchants, Owner of Chateau Lynch Bages - Jean-Michel Cazes, guests of the dinner and a sunset view from their Estate.
Producer notes and history...Lynch Bages takes its name from the local area where the Chateau is located in Bages. The vineyard of what was to become Lynch Bages was established and then expanded by the Dejean family who sold it in 1728 to Pierre Drouillard.
In 1749, Drouillard bequeathed the estate to his daughter Elizabeth, the wife of Thomas Lynch. This is how the estate came to belong to the Lynch family, where it remained for seventy-five years and received the name Lynch Bages. However, it was not always known under that name.
For a while the wines were sold under the name of Jurine Bages. In fact, when the estate was Classified in the 1855 Classification of the Medoc, the wines were selling under the name of Chateau Jurine Bages. That is because the property was owned at the time by a Swiss wine merchant, Sebastien Jurine.
In 1862, the property was sold to the Cayrou brothers who restored the estate’s name to Chateau Lynch family.
Around 1870, Lou Janou Cazes and his wife Angelique were living in Pauillac, close to Chateau Pichon Longueville Baron. It was here that Jean-Charles Cazes, the couple’s second son, was born in 1877.
In the 1930’s, Jean-Charles Cazes, who was already in charge of Les-Ormes-de-Pez in St. Estephe agreed to lease the vines of Lynch Bages. By that time, the Cazes family had history in Bordeaux dating back to the second half of the nineteenth century.
This agreement to take over Lynch Bages was good for both the owner and Jean Charles Cazes. Because, the vineyards had become dilapidated and were in need of expensive replanting, which was too expensive for the owner. However, for Cazes, this represented an opportunity, as he had the time, and the ability to manage Lynch Bages, but he lacked the funds to buy the vineyard.
Jean-Charles Cazes eventually purchased both properties on the eve of the Second World War. Lynch Bages and Les-Ormes-de-Pez have been run by the Cazes family ever since. In 1988, the Cazes family added to their holdings in Bordeaux when they purchased an estate in the Graves region, Chateau Villa Bel Air.
Around 1970, they increased their vineyards with the purchase of Haut-Bages Averous and Saussus. By the late 1990’s their holdings had expanded to nearly 100 hectares! Jean-Michel Cazes who had been employed as an engineer in Paris, joined the wine trade in 1973. In a short time, Jean Michel Cazes modernized everything at Lynch Bages.
He installed a new vat room, insulated the buildings, developing new technologies and equipment, built storage cellars, restored the loading areas and wine storehouses over the next fifteen years. During that time period, Jean Michel Cazes was the unofficial ambassador of not just the Left Bank, but all of Bordeaux. Jean Michel Cazes was one of the first Chateau owners to begin promoting their wine in China back in 1986.
Bages became the first wine sent into space, when a French astronaut carried a bottle of 1975 Lynch Bages with him on the joint American/French space flight!
Beginning in 1987, Jean-Michel Cazes joined the team at the insurance company AXA, who wanted to build an investment portfolio of quality vineyards in the Medoc, Pomerol, Sauternes, Portugal and Hungary.
Jean-Michel Cazes was named the director of the wine division and all the estates including of course, the neighboring, Second Growth, Chateau Pichon Baron.
June 1989 marked the inauguration of the new wine making facilities at Lynch Bages, which was on of their best vintages. 1989 also marked the debut of the Cordeillan- hotel and restaurant where Sofia and I had one of our best dinners ever. A few years after that, the Village de Bages with its shops was born.
The following year, in 1990, the estate began making white wine, Blanc de Lynch Bages. In 2001, the Cazes family company bought vineyards in the Rhone Valley in the Languedoc appellation, as well as in Australia and Portugal. They added to their holdings a few years later when they purchased a vineyard in Chateauneuf du Pape.
In 2006, Jean-Charles Cazes took over as the managing director of Chateau Lynch Bages. Jean-Michel Cazes continues to lead the wine and tourism division of the family’s activities. Due to their constant promotion in the Asian market, Chateau Lynch Bages remains one of the strongest brands in the Asian market, especially in China.
In 2017, Chateau Lynch Bages began a massive renovation and modernization, focusing on their wine making, and technical facilities. The project, headed by the noted architects Chien Chung Pei and Li Chung Pei, the sons of the famous architect that designed the glass pyramid for the Louvre in Paris as well as several other important buildings.
The project will be completed in 2019. This includes a new grape, reception center, gravity flow wine cellar and the vat rooms, which will house at least, 80 stainless steel vats in various sizes allowing for parcel by parcel vinification.
The new cellars will feature a glass roof, terraces with 360 degree views and completely modernized reception areas and offices. They are not seeing visitors until it’s completion.
In March, 2017, they purchased Chateau Haut Batailley from Françoise Des Brest Borie giving the Cazes family over 120 hectares of vines in Pauillac!
The 100 hectare vineyard of Lynch Bages is planted to 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Merlot, 6% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot. The vineyard has a terroir of gravel, chalk and sand soils.
The vineyard can be divided into two main sections, with a large portion of the vines being planted close to the Chateau on the Bages plateau. At their peak, the vineyard reaches an elevation of 20 meters. The other section of the vineyard lies further north, with its key terroir placed on the Monferan plateau.
They also own vines in the far southwest of the appellation, next Chateau Pichon Lalande, on the St. Julien border, which can be used in the Grand Vin. The vineyard can be split into four main blocks, which can be further subdivided into 140 separate parcels.
The average age of the vines is about 30 years old. But they have old vines, some of which are close to 90 years old.
The vineyards are planted to a vine density of 9,000 vines per hectare. The average age of the vines is about 30 years old. But they have old vines, some of which are close to 90 years old.
Lynch Bages also six hectares of vine are reserved for the production of the white Bordeaux wine of Chateau Lynch Bages. Those vines are located to the west of the estate. They are planted to 53% Sauvignon Blanc, 32% Semillon and 15% Muscadelle. On average, those vines are about 20 years of age. Lynch Bages Blanc made its debut in 1990.
To produce the wine of Chateau Lynch Bages, vinification takes place 35 stainless steel vats that vary in size. Malolactic fermentation takes place in a combination of 30% French, oak barrels with the remainder taking place in tank.
The wine of Chateau Lynch Bages is aged in an average of 70% new, French oak barrels for between 12 and 15 months. Due to the appellation laws of Pauillac, the wine is sold as a generic AOC Bordeaux Blanc, because Pauillac does not allow for the plantings of white wine grapes.
For the vinification of their white, Bordeaux wine, Blanc de Lynch-Bages is vinified in a combination of 50% new, French oak barrels, 20% in one year old barrels and the remaining 30% is vinified in vats. The wine is aged on its lees for at least six months. The white wine is sold an AOC Bordeaux wine.
The annual production at Lynch Bages is close to 35,000 cases depending on the vintage.
The also make a 2nd wine, which was previously known as Chateau Chateau Haut Bages Averous. However, the estate changed its name to Echo de Lynch Bages beginning with the 2007 vintage. The estate recently added a third wine, Pauillac de Lynch-Bages.
— 7 years ago