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Château Lynch-Bages 1997

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Scores

Two measures, kept apart on purpose. One is about the bottle, the other about the year.

Wine Score

88 / 100

Critic evidence
Critic 87 from 3 critics
Community evidence
Community 88 from 80 notes

40% critic · 60% drinkers

how we score

Region Vintage

90 / 100

Pauillac · 1997

Not part of the Wine Score.

Method region_vintage_v1

Drinking window

2002now 20262006
Past the window, which closed in 2006. Published by 2 critics.

Price

Merchant price range, per 750ml

£226

Median £226 · 2026-09

Our own summary of 3 tracked offers in bottle, divided down to a 750ml comparable. It is not a merchant listing, and nobody will sell you a bottle at the median. The individual listings are below.

Price basis not confirmed, may or may not include UK duty and VAT.

Prices read 2026-10-14. We hold one dated snapshot of merchant prices rather than a series, so there is no retail price chart on this page. The one price history we do own is trade based: the market index.

By format

Prices by format, normalised to a per-750ml comparable.
FormatLowHighPer 750mlObs.Source
1x75cl£226£226£2261not tracked
2x75cl × 2not trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked
6x75cl × 6not trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked
12x75cl × 12not trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked

Critic scores

  • 89/100Published Retrieved · Note text not published (licence not confirmed).
  • 86/100Published Retrieved · Note text not published (licence not confirmed).

Each score is shown as it was published, on its own scale: a 95/100 and an 18/20 are not the same claim.

Where to buy

Retail route

3 observations from 3 venues; 2 with unknown format, prices shown as listed below. A shelf price is what a merchant listed on the date shown; no bidding, no premium.

Retail asks, cheapest first, with the venue and the source behind each one.
VenuePrice
cellar.com · £226per 750ml
colombiervinsfins.co.uk · £126as listed · unit not recorded
lacavedumarche.fr · £108as listed · unit not recorded

Auction route

No auction activity in the tracked window.

No auction activity in the tracked window.

Work out the true landed cost →

What it has fetched at auction, year by year: Château Lynch-Bages 1997 price history.

LWIN 101257619970100750, the identifier for this bottling and format.