Community Tasting Note
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sdr Likes this wine: 93 points
November 16, 2019 - Apparently there’s quite a bit of bottle variation regarding the state of maturity of the ‘89 Lynch Bages. This one is fully mature, even late mature. There’s an alarming brown note on the rim when decanting but it quickly merged with the healthy maroon color of the center when it’s in the glass. Amazingly beautiful fragrance of mature Bordeaux with very complex notes of blackberry, graphite, mineral, smoke and tobacco - very Pauillac indeed. Medium to full weight, excellent intensity, long finish. I would rate it even higher except it faded quite a bit after a hour. But marvelous during that golden hour.
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2 Comments
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g-man commented:
11/17/19, 2:13 PM - Interesting note. Have you had since release? I've opened 3 of mine in the last 2 years and it's taken 4 to 6 hours to open up to strut its stuff.
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sdr commented:
11/18/19, 7:58 AM - Hello g-man, this bottle was a fairly recent auction purchase. It looked pristine from the outside. Unfortunately, I foolishly neglected to buy any on release, never expecting it to be this good. Interesting you find such an extremely long decant to be helpful.