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• whitmanlholt Likes this wine: 92 points

  April 27, 2024 - Popped and poured. This is a medium-red wine—the color and texture feel totally age appropriate for a 21-year-old Bordeaux—with some mild sediment cake throughout the bottle. On the rather serious nose, I get damp soil, stones, pencil shavings, and saddle leather. In the mouth, the wine is midweight and focused, showing light red fruit and leaving a lingering, chewy finish. Overall, this is classic Pauillac down the line; I didn’t notice any heat or other issues from the 2003 vintage. I found this wine open and enjoyable today, but it should easily continue to fly for another 10+ years. 92 points.

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• Turtlerider Likes this wine:

  April 27, 2024 - Very barnyardish on opening. I actually thought the wine had gone off, but that blew off in less than a minute. I’d call this classic Bordeaux. Some red fruit, leather, a little tanic. A great companion to the T-Bone steaks off the BBQ, roasted potatoes and roasted veggies and goat cheese. The wine was very good, which was great because I over cooked the steaks…Sadley, my last bottle.

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• CatCreptIntoCrypt wrote: 93 points

  February 10, 2024 - Fantastic, fully mature Bordeaux. Well-rounded, soft, smooth and sexy.
  You cannot go wrong with this!

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• Kevdog wrote: 94 points

  December 25, 2023 - This wine was at its peak... drank with 05 Lynch and 05 Leoville Poyferre, so I was expecting a relative poor showing due to hot vintage. Obviously it did lack power and fruit of 05s, but they both needed more time in my opinion (LP is a beast), and the 03 was hitting on all cylinders. It was elegant, but still backbone and complexity. Dark fruits still present, a little leather, a nice floral element... paired perfectly with bone marrow glazed prime rib for Christmas dinner. Opened two hours prior, but did not require decanter until time to serve. It opened up much faster than 05s.

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• NebHeadLA Likes this wine: 94 points

  November 22, 2023 - The wine showed beautifully after a 45 minute decant. My guests were thrilled with the wine as was I.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2003
• Type Red
• Producer Château Lynch-Bages
• Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Bordeaux
• SubRegion Médoc
• Appellation Pauillac
• UPC Codes 000004351122, 000008738028, 000009137073, 014100076629, 031259016894, 0400005643774, 041224152502, 072180692740, 078742374604, 087000336834, 204022504342, 206331002649, 206486002594, 3277034947138, 3388111072916, 346817202139, 3554770032428, 3760020131197, 3760020131661, 3760020133979, 400006110763, 649185961968, 715700175070

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• Pending Delivery 96 (1%)
• In Cellars 7,545 (66%)
• Consumed 3,874 (34%)

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