Community Tasting Notes 298

• jfpwine Likes this wine: 92 points

  February 17, 2024 - Bottle in excellent condition. Ruby color with barely any bricking, very youthful looking. Red fruit, lead pencil and dried herbs on the nose. Full body, almost creamy, with resolved tannins and great acidity. Some green pepper and cedar on the long finish. Great power and structure and a great showing.

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• bestdamncab Likes this wine: 95 points

  February 16, 2024 - Nose of white pepper, black currants, and dried Chrysanthemums, same on the palate, pepper present on palate and finish and aftertaste, medium/big body, very tasty, sip-savor-enjoy, and a lovely medium/long finish and pleasant aftertaste. Thank you Derrald.

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• ankitmehra Likes this wine: 94 points

  February 9, 2024 - Four Decades of Left Bank Bordeaux with Friends (New York): I've been a skeptic when it comes to Château Lynch-Bages just purely out of the fact that the three modern vintages I've tried have never done it for me (2002, 2005, 2010). But, I wanted to dive into something older to really give it a fair shot. This bottle turned up on the night, holding its own against a 1968 Château Latour, 1970 Château Palmer and 1995 Château Haut-Brion. The nose was so unique as scents of brine, oak, a vegetal quality, light pepper and hints of dark cherries medlied together. The palate had an incredible upfront, boasting notes of blackcurrant and a rose petal-esque florality before the mid-palate brought in some weight and balance with tertiary qualities of forest floor and cedar wood. The finish gave this wine a youthful feel as cassis and pepper took the wine through an elongated finish. The best example of Château Lynch-Bages I've had to date.

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• mariow wrote: 91 points

  January 21, 2024 - initially greenish and tannic; after half an hour in the decanter the fruit shows up, good structure, pleasurable; drink up

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• dbkitc wrote: 87 points

  November 24, 2023 - Have not had a bottle in fifteen years. It’s still a sweet, plump Pauillac with a pure cassis personality. Has matured significantly. A bit swampy and herbal on the nose. The initial taste is lovely yet this bottle has started losing its magic. Falls off quickly - leaving bitter tobacco. I have a few more bottles and will open soon. Hope they are in better shape. (87)

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1986
• Type Red
• Producer Château Lynch-Bages
• Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Bordeaux
• SubRegion Médoc
• Appellation Pauillac
• UPC Codes 000008738028, 000009137073, 014100076629, 0400005643774, 041224152502, 072180692740, 078742374604, 087000326774, 204022504342, 206486002594, 3554770032428, 3760020131661, 3760020132361, 3760020132750, 3760020133436, 3760020133979, 400002298236, 649185961968

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• Pending Delivery 8 (0%)
• In Cellars 3,211 (59%)
• Consumed 2,222 (41%)

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