Community Tasting Note
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Cailles wrote: 94 points
December 20, 2021 - 11x Bdx & Bdx Blends from around the World: This was a rather disappointing showing of this legendary Lynch. At first it showed very sweet, not structured enough and with very little tertiary aromas. Rather difficult to digest and certainly not at a 94 pts level. Only after a long time in the glass this opened up beautifully and got closer to a bottle some time ago (rated 97 pts). This wine is not close to its peak but in a beautiful first mature stage. Pristine, well-stored bottles like this still need a lot of time in the decanter (4 hours at least). For consumption today, the 1990 Lynch is the better choice as it is more open and ready and especially more mature and at its peak.
TN: Expressive nose of medium-well defined dark berries, sweet sugary notes, tobacco. At first a bit muted the wine gets more expressive by the minute. On the palate this shows very sweet at first which is a downer, but then with time it got more balanced with more tobacco, truffles, wet earth, bright dark fruit taking the centre stage. The last glasses showed more classic mature Pauillac. Balanced, almost weightless, with ultra fine tannins and a good acidity and medium length.
Decanting: Decanted for 90 minutes, consumed 3 hours later. This was not enough. This still needs a lot of air (4-6 hours).4 people found this helpful 6,342 views
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djhammond commented:
12/20/21, 11:37 AM - Had a similar experience a month ago. This was nudging a perfect score for me a couple of years ago. It really needs a lot of air at the moment. I bought some additional bottles auction last week and I am intrigued to see if less than vigorous storage will make them more accessible than my merchant purchased stock.