1995 Chateau Lynch-Bages Pauillac Grand Cru Classe

While technically ranked as a Fifth Growth, Château Lynch-Bages is in a small group of over-performing estates that reach well beyond their placement in the Classification of 1855. This major under-ranking is good news for you because wines of this caliber that ranked higher in the classification usually fetch much higher prices, especially from esteemed older vintages. This Pauillac estate has shown its pedigree in recent decades as a muscular, Cabernet-dominated Bordeaux with nuanced black fruits, tobacco, cedar, and crushed graphite aromas vintage after vintage. Lynch-Bages is the quintessential scholar athlete, performing at high levels across domains of both power and intelligence.        While the estate has been known for its hard-edged power, since 2009, precision viticulture has been carried out. They have spent millions mapping the vineyards to meticulous detail with drones, satellites, and GPS. This allows the estate to farm up to 350 smaller plot sizes and get into a truly