1990 Château Lynch-Bages

Community Tasting Notes (558) Avg Score: 94.3 points

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  4/21/2024 - Cailles wrote: 95 Points

  This wine continues to fire on all cylinders. Right from the start it showed strong with lots of wonderful tertiary aromas, a strong, fresh fruit core, an impeccable structure and perfect balance. When consumed 2 hours later in a restaurant it showed less complex and much younger. Still, it has all components of a great wine; the complexity, the precision, the elegance, freshness and a superb balance. 95pts for this bottle (rated up to 97pts in the past).
  
  Decanting: Double decanted for 30 minutes, consumed two hours later. Got younger with air. This vintages usually doesn’t need much air.

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  4/14/2024 - VINNICK Likes this wine: 99 Points

  Plainly put this is one of my favorite Bordeaux. Have had it multiple times and it’s just an absolute delight every time. On this night it completely outdid a 1990 Latour which we enjoyed over a five hour dinner with my wife side by side at Hotel Bel Air. Hard to believe considering I paid more than double for the bottle of Latour.

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  4/7/2024 - advinm41 Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Cork was wine stained and fell apart upon opening but wine was beautiful underneath. Decanted 2 hrs, nose of black currants, plums cherries, violets, caramel, notes of iron and truffles. Palate came together at the end of decant, smooth with no hard edges, still very plentiful and sweet dark fruit with rounded tannins although this wine can go on for at least 5 more years given their potency, secondary and tertiary aromas of forest floor, truffles, caramel, herbs, old cedar and peppery on the finish which is incredibly long. Outstanding!

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  3/16/2024 - djhammond Likes this wine: 97 Points

  This, along with the 1989, is a duo of the greatest wines ever produced from the estate, leaving the 1961,1982, and 2000 in the starting blocks. I can only assume that some of the lukewarm reviews is due to a lack of aeration. This needs a good 5 or 6 hours in the decanter to be appreciated at this stage of its life. Once it comes alive, it is an astounding wine. The nose is a classical mature Paulliac, with old leather, beef blood, blackcurrant and plum, with hints of violet. Some bottles are more developed at this stage in its development, and to be honest this was less evolved end palate and on the finish, with residual tannin; hence, the lower rating. This is a classic Bordeaux, and I do feel we have to give it that special attention with preparation and research, rather than just treat as another decent Bordeaux. A post script; I left a small glass overnight and it was transformative. In future, I will decant this for 24 hours.

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  3/13/2024 - MAC49 wrote: 94 Points

  Gorgeous nose, still a beautiful purple with little bricking. Fully integrated tannins and classic LB tasting notes. Powerful yet fully integrated and silky tannins. Feels like this can go another 20 years.

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