May 16, 2024 - Perhaps due to the vintage, this was ready to go after a 2 hour decant. Ripe blue/blackberries with a sturdy tannic structure that softened with the decant. Long, spiced cedar finish.
Positively surprised how drinkable this was.
February 24, 2024 - Ouvert puis carafé durant 2 heures.
Le fruit, cassis, disparaît très vite au profit d’autres arômes, épices, cèdre, cuir.
Beaucoup d’acidité et des tannins qui manquent un peu de finesse.
Toujours pas vraiment convaincu même si ça reste un très bon vin (mais pas mieux)
February 3, 2024 - 3rd Feb 2024
3rd Pauillac wine for the night…same profile…nondescript…
December 22, 2023 - In proper form and ready to go?
December 8, 2023 - Well isn't this a dynamite nose. And sublime palate. And super long finish. Absolutely outstanding.
November 12, 2023 - Still trying to have a value for money feeling about this wine. Decanted for a full day. The wine shows well but fails to impress. Like a decent Cru bourgeois or a powerfull haut medoc from a great vintage, this 5th cru Classé from Pauillac in an average millésime is far from its 100€ purchase Price. I undetstand.great.vintage have high price but average vintage should be at a reasonable price! The cru owners should market their wines differently if they want to survive in this challenging environment
June 21, 2023 - Drank at Mercato alongside a 2017 Pontet-Canet. Closed upon opening and very tannic. After about an hour, it started to open up and was very nice.
June 16, 2023 - Opened and decanted, then served 30 minutes later. Black fruit with roasted beef showing very good depth. Certainly still backward but nearly balanced and surprisingly approachable for a young Lynch-Bages. Better from 2027 or later, and I'd imagine even better from 2037.
April 30, 2023 - This wine is young, very young, tight, closed even. Decanted for five hours, not nearly enough. Cheeries on the nose. Black fruit that is closed mid pallet. Gone is the graphite minerality I associate with Lynch. Short finish. This puppy needs five to ten more years. I don’t like my chances but I love this wine.
April 7, 2023 - 92-93
Nose: Smoke, blackberry, wood spice
Body: Dense, polished and sleek
Palate: Dark purple currants, tart currants, subtle earthy spice, cassis. With air, some red raspberry. With even more air, a slight browned balsamic note.
Finish: Dusty tannin, slight bitter, med+ length. Picked up austerity after being open for a couple hours in decanter and tannins felt more coarse. Was best after an hour of air. Am not saying any to try tomorrow etc.