{"product_id":"chateau-lynch-bages-1976","title":"Chateau Lynch-Bages Pauillac 1976 AOC 0,75l","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Cazes family have run Lynch-Bages out of the hamlet of Bages, on the plateau above Pauillac, since the 1930s, and by the mid-1970s Jean-Michel Cazes was taking over from his father. The estate became one of the most widely loved names in the Médoc — a Fifth Growth that people open and drink rather than simply collect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1976 was the year of the great European heatwave. Bordeaux baked through a record summer, then rain arrived in September and swelled the grapes just before picking. The wines came out ripe, generous and soft, and they matured fast. That made 1976 a poor year for laying down and a very good one for drinking early, which is exactly why intact bottles are now thin on the ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis one has kept a strong fill, which in a fifty-year-old claret tells you more than anything printed on the label.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProducer:\u003c\/strong\u003e Château Lynch-Bages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVintage:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1976\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAppellation:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pauillac AOC\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e 75cl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRegion:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bordeaux, France\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStyle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Red\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhere it is likely to be now.\u003c\/strong\u003e An early-maturing vintage, so at fifty this has shed most of its fruit and should be judged as a savoury old claret — the high fill here is the best evidence that the cork has done its job.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWho it suits.\u003c\/strong\u003e The obvious bottle for a fiftieth birthday in 2026, or for a couple reaching their golden wedding anniversary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition.\u003c\/strong\u003e The label is very slightly marked from bin storage, and the wine sits between very top shoulder and base of neck — an unusually good fill for a 1976, and a sign the cork has held.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProvenance.\u003c\/strong\u003e Bought to order from a professional European merchant. We check fill, label and capsule when the bottle reaches us and photograph it before it ships.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDelivered in 7 to 10 working days, tracked. Transit cover can be added at checkout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSold as a collectible item, as seen. No guarantee is given on drinkability.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!--anno-tpl-3--\u003e","brand":"Château Lynch-Bages","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58326604448088,"sku":"ANNO-000823","price":190.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1009\/6505\/6856\/files\/chateau-lynch-bages-1976_8d083bcd-14cb-4a63-81ae-e0221a573575.jpg?v=1790767224","url":"https:\/\/anno.wine\/products\/chateau-lynch-bages-1976","provider":"ANNO","version":"1.0","type":"link"}