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Community Tasting Notes (858) Avg Score: 94.7 points

  • Decanted 30 minutes and enjoyed over dinner at a restaurant. This was great - really enjoyable with dark cool fruit, really nice secondaries, and a nice long finish. Incredible how dark and even primary the fruit is at this age. Will live for a long time. A

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  • Tremendous wine. Opened and aerated in bottle for an hour then decanted and drank over two hours. Cork almost fully soaked. Deep crimson red color, nose wafting with perfumed cassis, black currants, leather initially which morphed into cigar tobacco with more time in the decanter. Beautifully crafted wine, complex with secondary notes of mature delicious dark red and black fruits. Silky entry on the palate, expands beautifully mid palate with superb balance, finishes long with notes of coffee. As good as the 1982 if not better.

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  • Poured about 1 glass from the bottle upon opening and let the rest breathe in bottle. Drank over ~7 hours. Tight initially with notes of raspberry, cedar, and graphite. A bit of acidity and alcohol as well that airs out quickly.

    Around the 2 hour mark the next glass brings forth prominent cedar, blackberry, and mint notes.

    4+ hours after opening the wine has fully opened with the oak falling into the background and the fruit taking over. Medium in body with a long finish and fully resolved tannins. Drinking beautifully now and seems close to peak but still lively enough to hold for years.

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  • A terrific lung filling nose. Cassis, wet bricks, pencil lead, bitter chocolate and florals that follow onto the palate. It's expansive and deep yet graceful and finessed on the palate. Power and grace. Long on the back end. Drinking at absolute peak for me with time in hand. A great LB.

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  • Dedicated to my beautiful dog and best friend who passed away today, this was opened to remember him. At its relatively young age it can sometimes be reluctant to open up, but this was glorious. A fitting wine to remember my 52 kilo boy Sky.

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  • By John Kapon
    '24' in Bordeaux, 1/31/2010

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  • By Stephen Tanzer
    July/August 2002, IWC Issue #103, (See more on Vinous...)

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  • By Richard Jennings
    3/10/2012, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 93 points

    (Château Lynch-Bages) Dark ruby color; lovely, tart plum, Asian spice, tart black fruit, pencil lead, black fig nose; tasty, dense, tart black fruit, Asian spice, black fig palate; medium-plus finish
  • By Richard Jennings
    11/25/2011, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 94 points

    (Château Lynch-Bages) From 375 ml - very dark red violet color; tart currant, olive, pencil lead nose; elegant, pencil lead, tart currant, tart cassis palate; medium-plus finish
  • By Richard Jennings
    12/11/2004, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 95 points

    (Château Lynch-Bages) Plum, asian spice box nose; tasty, rich, plum, hoisin sauce, roasted fruit, asian spice box palate; medium-plus finish
  • By Richard Jennings
    6/25/2003, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 96 points

    (Château Lynch-Bages) Nose of olive and herbs; great entry, nicely balanced, great fruit

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