Community Tasting Note
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rocknroller wrote: 98 points
October 6, 2012 - Big Bordeaux IV: All 5 First Growths (including '96 Margaux, '95 Mouton and Latour, plus '89 Lynch Bages and more) (Rocknroller's (Kevin's)): Purple color. Decanted for 6 hrs, drank 1 glass over 2+hrs. This was another stunning wine with a truly complex and powerful nose and palate. A formidable wine to match against the '96 Margaux, falling just sort of matching it. The Lynch is more powerful than the Margaux, not quite showing that elegant side as much. The nose has violets, funk, creme de cassis, mulberry, spices, cedarbox. The palate is inky and dense, chewy, sweet black fruits of cassis and mulberry, richly layered fruit, graphite, oak and spice on a very long penetrating finish. The tannins are round and well integrated. Incredibly young for 23yrs old. This has a very long life ahead of it. My and group #2 WOTN with 7.5 of 10 2nd place votes.
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