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| Community Tasting Notes (average 87.3 pts. and median of 88 pts. in 7 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by chatters on 5/14/2019: Angelica wine club - Bordeaux (Strand Cellars, Croydon): "Cream, honey, slight butter, a little toast, apple. Juicy, bone dry, a little apple, very smooth. Medium plus length. Aromas grow richer and more buttery with a herbaceous note with time.
Served blind I guessed 98 from Medoc (rather than e.g. Pessac & Graves)" (1124 views) | | | Tasted by VHJV on 10/14/2011 & rated 91 points: A mature nose and taste of flowers and herbs. Suprisingly lush and powerful with a nicely smooth mouthfeel and a long aftertaste. Quite energetic and well balanced. Gets better with more time in the glass. A very nice wine. (4545 views) | | | Tasted by Samantha on 7/18/2009 & rated 89 points: Smelled really pretty at first, a little cedar and some floral notes, but did not taste as it smelled. Very shut down, and continued to tighten in the glass. Put this one back in the cellar (4257 views) | | | Tasted by win on 12/29/2006 & rated 91 points: Sampled at large tasting - minimal notes. Much better than previous bottle. (4514 views) | | | Tasted by win on 11/23/2006 & rated 88 points: Interesting wine. Very light in texture, yet had had secondary background flavors of a bit of honey mixed with toasted wet oak. Lost much of its acidity, but finished nicely. (4464 views) | | | Tasted by sdr on 3/1/1999 & rated 81 points: Fifty/fifty Sauvignon Blanc/Sémillon. Pale with a tinge of gold. A faint pleasant non-descript bouquet. Bold but bitter. Aggressive style of Sauvignon Blanc. Not fun in this youthful phase. (539 views) |
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BACKGROUND: The wine of Château Lynch-Bages is part of the lineage of the great Pauillac wines. Blended mostly from Cabernet Sauvignon, it combines structure and finesse, elegance and longevity. It is further distinguished by its opulence. Generous right from its youth, it develops more flavours and greater complexity as it matures.
The affirmation of the Lynch-Bages style came with the arrival of Jean-Charles Cazes to head the estate in 1934. An innovative winemaker, emblematic of a new generation of owners willing to break with tradition and taking risks to ensure truly ripe harvests, he was known for often being the last to harvest in Pauillac. From 1945 onwards, the fame of the château emerged thanks to a series of great vintages. Some, despite being considered difficult to grow in Bordeaux, are particularly successful at Lynch-Bages. His wines are characterized by their deep colour, their tannic structure, their controlled concentration and elegant sensuality. The vintages vinified by André Cazes, and after him Jean-Michel Cazes, confirm this trend.
The style of the wines has refined over the years, gaining suppleness and softness, whilst their consistency has been established over time. Then as now, Château Lynch-Bages has been characterised by its extraordinary qualitative homogeneity. Powerful, elegant and open, vintage after vintage, the wine has acquired greater accuracy, adding distinction to the hedonistic character that made its reputation.France Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comBordeaux Bordeaux Wine Guide
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"2009 is all about ripeness, with wines impressively packed with ripe fruit and high alcohol levels. They are showy, in-your-face, and full of pleasure. The 2010s have the fruit and alcohol levels of the 2009s, but with a compelling freshness on the finish that balances the fruit and provides a perfect sense of structure." - Ben Nelson
"2016 is a landmark vintage in certain spots of Bordeaux and it should be remembered as one of the most inspired campaigns of the last 40-50+ years." -Jon Rimmerman
"The quality of red Bordeaux in 2016 was universally lauded – although the response to the en primeur campaign was muted. Quantity was high too, with the equivalent of 770 million bottles of wine produced. An exceptionally dry summer with cool nights eventually, thanks to mid September rain, resulted in small, thick-skinned, ripe grapes, and the wines are marked by high tannin and acidity, with superb aromatic fragrance." - Jancis Robinson
"2017 was complicated, but there are some excellent wines. Expect plenty of freshness and drinkability from wines that will offer excellent value, and others that will rival 2016 in terms of ripeness and ageability. But they are likely to be the exception not the rule, making careful selection key." - Jane Anson
"In the past, a vintage such as 2022 may have been overripe, raisined and low in acidity but 2022 had a sneaky little reservoir in its back pocket - a near perfect marriage of cool/cold/rain the previous winter and the previous vintage that literally soaked the soils (a key to why 2022 is not 2003...or 1893)." - Jon Rimmerman |
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