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Red dry
Red Wine – 72 % ‘Cabernet Sauvignon’, 28 % ‘Merlot’
Château Haut-Bages Libéral Pauillac 2010 is a powerful and refined Bordeaux from one of Pauillac’s historic Fifth Growth estates, whose vineyards border the legendary Château Latour.
In the glass, it displays a deep ruby-purple hue with a garnet rim. The nose unfolds in layers of blackcurrant, blackberry, cedar, and cigar box, intertwined with hints of graphite and subtle earthy spice. On the palate, the wine is concentrated and full-bodied, with firm, polished tannins and a vibrant acidity that lifts the dark fruit core. Notes of cassis, black plum, tobacco leaf, and a touch of cocoa lead into a long, refined finish with classic Pauillac minerality.
The grapes are sourced from gravelly, clay-limestone soils rich in minerals, giving the wine its hallmark structure and aromatic precision. Vines average over 30 years in age, ensuring low yields and concentrated fruit.
Hand-harvested grapes undergo temperature-controlled fermentation in stainless steel before maturing for 16 months in French oak barrels (40% new). This careful élevage integrates the oak seamlessly, adding depth without overshadowing the purity of the fruit.
Serve at 16-18 °C with beef steak, game stew, or grilled chicken.
Although there are records of the Bages territory as far back as the 16th century, the history of wine production in the area really began in the 18th century. From 1749 to 1824, the vineyard was owned by Thomas Lynch, the son of an Irishman from Galway who worked as a merchant in Bordeaux. Thomas Lynch managed the land wisely and produced high quality wines under the name of ''Cru de Lynch''. As part of the prestigious 1855 Classification, for the Exposition Universelle de Paris, his wine would soon be classified as one of the fifth growths. Later on, Jean ''Lou Janou'' Cazes, a ''Montagnol'' (a term used to describe farmers from the austere upper valleys of Ariège), came to the Médoc to earn a living. In the 1930's, General Félix de Vial, a descendant of the Cayrou family, leased the vineyard to Jean-Charles Cazes, the son of ''Lou Janou'' and a farmer at Château Ormes de Pez in Saint-Estèphe. Cazes went on to purchase both properties in the wake of World War II. Lynch-Bages has been run by the Cazes family ever since.Lynch-Bages' old vat-house represents a rare example of traditional winemaking equipment the Médoc area. Its slatted flooring which introduced the advantages of gravitational design now used in modern vat-houses, was invented by Skawinski in 1850. Back then, grapes were transported in a cart pulled by horses and then being lifted by crane and emptied into a wooden tank on wheels and tracks. One or two winemakers inside the tank then crushed the grapes, making the juice flow out through openings into vats on either side. A rope-pulley-bucket system and no less than six workers were then required to remove the leftover grape skins from the fermentation vat.
