April 7, 2024 - Really singing and young. very enjoyable.
March 20, 2024 - WWC - CH (Fort Worth Club): Tasted blind - Tertiary nose, a blend of animal, sweat, and red fruit. Slight bricking in the glass, with pretty big tannins. Big red fruit flavors, mixed with some olive juice and earth. Called a left bank BDX. Tasty, but not as good as the Pavie in my opinion.
March 20, 2024 - WWC
February 17, 2024 - 2nd tasting. Decanting 2-3 hours ahead will help.
Pronounced nose intensity with notes of black fruits, spices, toast, vanilla, charr wood, smoke. Medium+ acidity and medium+ tannin. Tannin is fine and not harsh.
December 14, 2023 - Surprisingly little sediment. Very dark. Nicely structured and ready to drink, though the wine doesn't have the full piney expansiveness of the best of Lynch-Bages. No sweetness, but it still feels like a very big wine, and could almost be mistaken for one of the more restrained Napa cabernets. (I'm thinking of Corison in particular.)
November 25, 2023 - Dark ruby colour, aroma of strong black, peppery fruits, a hint of leather, classy and old fashioned! Rather deep on the palate, coated with rich black fruits, a mild touch of soi bois, and a lengthy finish! This is a very classical Lynch! May benefit from some short-term cellaring.
November 8, 2023 - One sniff and you can immediately tell that this is a classic Pauillac. The typical Pauillac nose of cassis, graphite and some capsicum; similar flavours on the palate, midbodied, elegant, balanced. Just hits the right spots. Good to drink now and in the short term.
October 14, 2023 - P2/3. Bourbon steak Nashville. LCB Bday. Drank with Leoville Barton of same year. Had some distant notes of smoke, red fruit and leather but never truly opened up.
September 15, 2023 - 2002 Lynch Bages
My local merchant was selling these from his personal cellar. What a lucky turn. He implored me to give this an hour of air, advice he is normally loathe to give.
He was right. An hour of air transforms this wine from a somewhat closed, acidic offering to a lush, black fruit-forward experience.
The nose shows classic Pauillac notes of graphite, sweet cedar, stewed plum, cassis, Christmas spice, and a hint of iron.
Palate is balanced, complex, and delicious. Tannins are soft and smooth. A gorgeous mix of softened black fruit, cassis, camphor, earth, red apple skin, and metal. Finish goes on for a lip-smacking minute.
If you’re wondering why my reviews skew towards the 90-point range, it’s because I tend not to write up wines that don’t deserve lengthy notes. Trying to change that though!
August 21, 2023 - Lovely Bordeaux. A little thin but enjoyable.