John Lynch , Chãateau Lynch Bages was owned by the Lynch family for three quarters of a century. They descend from John Lynch, a young Irishman from Galway who was chased out of his country in 1691. In the 18th century, Count Jean-Basptiste Lynch, mayor of Bordeaux, inherited the estate and handed over management to his brother Michel Lynch, who was also mayor of Pauillac during the French Revolution. Jean-Charles Cazes, highly respected in the Mâedoc for his experience in viticulture and winemaking, bought the property in 1934. With his son Andrâe, he devoted all his energy to Lynch-Bages for more than 35 years. In 1974, his grand-son Jean-Michel set about restructuring the estate. Situated at the gates of Pauillac, overlooking the Gironde estuary from the crest of one of the most beautiful gravel ridges of the commune, the vineyards lie on gravelly slopes situated on the south and south west extremities of the town. The cellars and other buildings of the chateau are about 500 yards from Pauillac, and are clearly visible from the “route du vin”. LYNCH-BAGES takes a part of its name from the very ancient hamlet of Bages. The old Domaine de Bages seems to have existed within the same boundaries since the 16th century (the oldest descriptive documents conserved today date back to the beginning of the 18th century). It belonged for exactly three quarters of a century ( 1749 - 1824 ) to the LYNCH family
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