Château Lynch-Bages 2020 Bespoke En Primeur Barrel + Visit

Château Lynch-Bages 2020

Pauillac, 5ème Cru Classé

- A 225-litre barrel of 2020 Château Lynch-Bages, bottled in formats of your choice, with your name on the back-label.

- Including an invitation for the buyer and up to 3 of their guests to visit and dine at Lynch-Bages with an overnight stay at Château Cordeillan-Bages.

A bespoke En Primeur barrel of 2020 Lynch-Bages, bottled in formats of your choice, with a special, personalised back-label displaying your name or other chosen text. With the purchase of the barrel, you and your guest will be invited to visit Lynch-Bages for a tour of the new winery, followed by dinner with the Cazes family, prepared by the Château’s chefs alongside a selection of wines from the property’s cellar. The Château visit portion of this lot is valid for the buyer and up to 3 of their guests, for a total of 4 people, to be redeemed before the end of 2023. Dates subject to restrictions, to be booked depending on availability at least 60 days in advance. Transport to Bordeaux or between Bordeaux and the Château is not included. Text for personalised back-label subject to approval by Château.

1 barrel - 225 litres (owc)

Provenance:

AN OUTSTANDING SELECTION OF HISTORIC VINTAGES DATING BACK TO 1936, ALONGSIDE LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BOTTLES AND LARGE FORMATS, UNPRECEDENTED EXPERIENCES, AND BESPOKE EN PRIMEUR BARRELS. THE WINES WERE RELEASED FROM THE CELLARS OF THE CHÂTEAU ESPECIALLY FOR THIS AUCTION, WHERE THEY HAD BEEN STORED IN PERFECT CONDITIONS EVER SINCE BEING PRODUCED. ALL BOTTLES WERE SPECIALLY LABELLED FOR THIS SALE, BOTTLES FROM PRE-2000 WERE LABELLED BY HAND. ALL BOTTLES SHOW EXCELLENT LEVELS AND APPEARANCE, UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED. RECORKED BOTTLES WERE ONLY EVER TOPPED UP WITH THE IDENTICAL, ORIGINAL VINTAGE.

LYING IN OCTAVIAN, WILTSHIRE Offered In Bond, available Duty Paid

Please note the purchase price does not include applicable shipping, taxes or import charges which may be charged in addition to the purchase price.

Standard price shipping is available for deliveries to mainland England. Deliveries will be charged at £11.50 + VAT per case, subject to a minimum delivery charge of £34.50 + VAT. Price on application quotes are available for all other UK addresses. Pricing for international shipping available from Sotheby's Wine and Spirits Department on request, please contact: Zofia.Dalkowska@sothebys.com.

Sotheby’s cannot arrange or take responsibility for shipments to non-UK buyers, but will be pleased to introduce them to a forwarding agent. Where it is necessary to have a licence to import wines or spirits, procural of the licence shall be the sole responsibility of the buyer. Buyers from outside the UK should note that local sales taxes or use tax may become payable upon import of items following purchase. Buyers should obtain their own advice in this regards. Any duties and taxes payable on import to the country of destination are not included. The cost of any such permit or license required for export or import of the purchased lot is not included. UK purchasers wishing to export directly out of the UK will have to pay VAT on the Buyer’s Premium irrespective of the destination. If you are shipping to another EU member state, 20% VAT has been added to the Buyer’s Premium. Those amounts of VAT may be refunded provided Sotheby’s receive the appropriate export documents within 3 months of the sale.

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