Bordeaux 2014, 10-years on tasted blind: Dark and brooding, earthy notes with dark fruit, with a touch of bell pepper. Clearly closed and not wanting to show anything. Medium+ palate, on the rustic side. Hard to assess today, definitely a wine to wait till 2030. 87-91. Group Rank 12/15
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Bordeaux 2014 - 10 Years On - 15 Reds: Fifteen red wines (14 left bank/1 right bank). All tasted blind. The 2014 vintage turned out to be good, but not exceptional. This vintage is characterized by a cool, classic style with an impressive expression of fresh fruit. The wines were rich in blue fruit, supported by a fine mineral backbone, without succumbing to overripeness or overbearing fruitiness. Contrary to expectations, the wines were not overly austere and showed good (excellent at the top) tannin structure, contributing to a classic Bordeaux experience. However, it's important to note that while these wines have commendable qualities, they lack the complexity and, to a lesser extent, the finesse and elegance characteristic of the most celebrated vintages. Many of the wines seemed a bit simplistic. I think they are likely to peak in the early rather than mature into 30, 40, 50-year wines as I don’t think there is enough fruit. My top three were a layered, blue-fruited Ducru Beaucaillou, a strawberry-laden, purity-driven Montrose (both rated 94pts), and an elegant Pichon Lalande (93pts), foreshadowing the great things this estate has produced in vintages since. The group winner was also the Ducru.
TN: Medium- expressive nose with green bell pepper at the core. On the palate there is not much fruit, but only minerality, herbs, earthy and green bell pepper notes. The tannin quality is good but the wine is not in a good phase right now and very backward, with all the fruit and necessary sweetness dormant. Today, not more than 86pts but with potential.
Decanting: Not decanted, it would have needed several hours.
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My first from a half case. New Year’s Eve. Vail. Upon the cork pull, it’s brooding and reserved. Drinkable and even gulpable, but there is clearly a lot hanging in reserve. It’s keeps on hitting new highs at every 30-minute interval in which I taste it. Four hours in, and this wine has revealed a good deal of its character. It’s slightly more red fruited than black fruited. It’s classical in nature and has cedar, graphite, and tobacco framing the Cabernet flavors, which have not of Pauillac green pepper…but not so much as to concern under-ripeness. Another 5-10 years will be rewarded…and instructive for the post-2010 Bdx fans. Drink or (better to) hold.
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Two hour decant. Fragrant. Black currant, blackberries, cedar and spice. Medium/full body. Smooth, polished with integrated grippy tannins and a long finish. Even better in a few years.
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From MAG, decanted. This showed really well at this early age. Classic vintage. Restraint but not thin or too tannic. Great Medoc aromas around forest floor, dark fruit, cedar, spices. Wonderful palate, perfect meat food wine. This will age gracefully.
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Bordeaux Visits - November 2023: Deep-ruby color. Darker fruited aromas of blackcurrant & blackberry, with graphite, anise, violets, leather, nutmeg, and cedar. Dense and impactful on the palate, with ample black fruit and emerging notes of tobacco and melted stone. Broad and expansive in the mid-palate, good acid balance and full round tannins leading to a big finish.
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opened & decanted for 1 hour prior to consuming... better than the '06 Clos l'Eglise we had just before (which I will give 92.5-93.0 points)... loads of black fruit with leather, mint, cedar, spices... full, juicy & rich on the palate it was so good we opened both bottles in my cellar. Beautiful to behold in the glass with an incredible fragrant bouquet. I think I paid ~$120 for these and that's a very fair price given the quality and drinking experience.
94+ --- outstanding wine
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Brief decant. Blackcurrants, cassis, blackberries. Bit of leather on the nose. Feels complex, nice structure, with layers unfolding in thr mouth. Long silky finish.
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Coravin fun - Lynch Bages (My place, Kent Street): From Coravin. Riper than the 2013 (obviously), showing blackcurrant, sweet spice, a little toasted oak, touch of brambles, plums in support. Juicy, fleshy black fruit and polished oak integrated, long, a little minty note here as well. Time but yum.
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Spices, pepper, smoke, black currant. Very concentrated. Approachable now but will improve over the course of the next 3-6 years. Tasted at the Chateau in August 2023.
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Mmm Bordeaux. Some of the finest wines in the world and many of them at a reasonable price. Trying to get back into Bordeaux after my Burgundy dalliances, so bought this on the secondary market from a highly reputable seller.
Popped and aerated a bit. Tasting note taken after the wine had been open for about 45 minutes, still a little cool.
Wine is a turbid purple-crimson with no signs of age. Not bright.
Oh, the nose. So good. Plums, cherries, dark chocolate, pencil graphite, olive.
On palate, wine is sound. High acid, tannins are softening but still have some grip, dry. The only ding I would give this wine is that the finish is pretty short, though it's clean. Palate is more textural than a flavor bomb but I do get a hint of my beloved Bordeaux "white rice" flavor (seriously I have no idea what to call it).
This is an excellent wine. I do think it needs a couple more years to be at its prime. I have one other bottle but it's in a case that I will not access until 2035 so I'll see my next one in a very different state (yes, I create cases for future years; call me weird, I don't care). Great stuff.
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Still quite youthful but showing a lot of depth for the vintage. Still somewhat unformed but excellent potential here. The tannins are quite smooth so I expect this to drink well on the young side as it might now with a very long decant. Tasted at the Chateau. 92+
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Tasting at Château Lynch-Bages. Along with 2016 Echo de Lynch Bages and 2015 Ormes de Pez. Toured the new modern and high tech wine facility completed in 2021. That in itself was a stunning experience.
Bottles were opened yesterday. Nose of dark fruits, aromas of complex toasted oak and dark chocolate. Silky. 69% Cab Sav, 26% Merlot, 3% Cab Franc, 2% Petit Verdot. Aged with 75% new oak barrels. On the palette, it’s well balanced, smooth with a complex finish. The terroir is beginning to show and it feels more mature. Enjoyed the silky tannins. With a long finish. Be better in 5-6 years. 94.
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Trinity Wines tasting (Stavros Niarchos): Tighter, more austere than 2015 Montrose, licorice, fruity, black currant and cherry Palate is very juicy, tight tannins, a few bitter notes, licorice, fresh, bitter even, full body, long finish
I said I'll revisit in 2025. I lied. But this time I did a long decant, and got some of the baby fat shed from it. This is a beautiful bottle filled with cassis, cedar and cigar box and some tobacco leaves. Very long and complex finish with still a large wall of tannins. Very, very good.
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Served blind. Vanilla, butterscotch, and dark cherry liqueur on the nose. Medium body with chunky tannins, and medium acid. Woody and primary, offering very dark fruits and cedar, a hollow mid-palate, and astringent tannins. Day 3 unblind -- remarkable transformation with attractive dark berries and spice on the nose, sweet raspberries, and finer grained tannins. So elegant, lovely. Score is average of two tastes. Give this one a long decant if drinking now.
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This is the continued discovery of 8 year old 2014 Bordeaux. The vintage that just released when I built this cellar.
As many of the 2014 wines have, This wine has evolved greatly from its infancy. Still a child, but gorgeous.
Another great example of what I believe will be an underrated vintage.
Coravin taste last night reading recent notes recommending 4-6 hour decant. Thought maybe I’d open it early, decant some and let the rest slow ox
I found my immediate impression to be this wine has opened up a lot since last tasted.
Medium to deep garnet. Nose for me is smoky but floral with an element that’s remotely medicinal. I love it. Still not fully developed but what I was hoping for.
Medium body. Quite acidic definitely some dark fruit and a pleasant long finish. Tannins actually pleasant.
Hard to say where this will go hopefully the acidity calms a bit before fruit and body fade and I am still letting it breath so not sure of score for now. But I am enjoying it and finding it difficult to drink slowly and knowing I have a bunch of these left.
Had this with nice hot fresh pizza and thought it would be too bold for that but no! Great pairing!! Also amazing with cheese. Not sure I know LB well enough to say if this can be a classic or not. Time will tell. 94 for now, potential 95-96 for me.
Glad I have enough 14-15-16 to follow along over the next couple of decades.
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An outstanding young wine worthy of its pedigree. Young but opens up after 3-4 hours of air, with dense crush black fruit, modern but with a lovely backbone of palette of graphic and earth.
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Vintage 2014 is only 4.3* at vivino. Should have been 4.4* if properly decanted. Tastingbook says 5hrs decanting time but i decanted it 6hrs (decanter) this time & it was perfect! Previously i followed 5hrs and it was not as good as tonight. No wonder JS rated it 96*👍
20 Vintages of Lynch Bages (1986-2017): All wines tasted blind. Not decanted. A few conclusions: 1) The overall quality of the wines surpassed my (and the groups) expectations slightly. There were good wines in all decades. 2) The style is very Cabernet, very Pauillac, quite classic, with a good grip, pleasantly high acidity and a good, not too ripe fruit core. 3) Most vintages don‘t have the depth of its neighbours and, until more recently, there are some quite angular tannins. 4) Lynch these days doesn’t reach the same elegance and complexity as both Pichons but plays in the same league as Pontet Canet, which, is less classically built. 5) Highest rating of 95 pts for 3 crowd favorites: of course for the 1990 and 2016, but rather surprising also for the 2017.
TN: I generally like the 2014 vintage and some really good wines on both sides but this Lynch didn’t shine tonight. Completly closed on the nose and palate with some rough edges. Maybe a long decant would have helped. I wouldn‘t write it off yet.
Decanting: I’m not the biggest fan of decanting young Bordeauxs as they can often close down. But this seems to need a lot of air. I would go for 4 hours in the decanter.
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Still too young. I'll revisit in 2025. This is already good, just needs more time, but will develop to something truly beautiful when it sheds the edge of its tannins.
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Lynch Bages vertical (1986-2017): Lynch Bages vertical spanning 20 vintage (1986-2017) hosted by a private collector. My key observations were: 1/ The “twin peaks” of 1989 and 1990 continue to perform well, 3/ among the younger vintages 2017 and 2016 stood out, 3/ mid- to late-90ies were unimpressive as a group, rustic with harsh tannins, 4/ 2000-2008 showed extracted fruit profiles, but with juicier palates, 5/ After 2009 the fruit turned brighter and more red in nature, less extracted and fruit-forward palates. Note the wines were not decanted and served blind in flights of 4.
Tasting note: A bit rustic and animal nose with dark cherry fruit and a bit of black coffee. Lacks precision and delineation. Searing acidity, drying tannin. there is substance and structure and definitely potential, but it seems it will take quite a few moons before this moves into the drinking window. This bottle felt even less ready than my last one about a year ago, but that one was decanted and consumed over 2 days with noticeable improvement on day 2.
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Coravin fun - Angelus & Lynch Bages (My place, Kent Street): From Coravin. Blackcurrant, slight plums, a little chalky minerality, sweet spice, cedar, slightly dusty with herbaceous notes, cream. On the palate, though it's a little sour and green on the palate, tannins are a touch hard and chalky, drying, fruit is quite muted. Hmm, I don't remember this being so unpleasant. Meh on this tasting
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The 2014 Lynch-Bages is full of promise, offering up a classic bouquet of rich but vibrant blackcurrant fruit mingled with with hints of loamy soil, cedar and vanilla pod. Full-bodied, deep and layered, with an abundance of ripe but youthfully assertive tannin, lively acids, and a long, resonant finish, it will hit its stride in ten to fifteen years. This is a more than merely good Lynch-Bages that represents especially good value in the contemporary marketplace.
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This bottle has been in my wine fridge for about four years and wasn’t very expressive upon opening.
Five hours later it stubbornly revealed a profile of cassis and fig with accents of furniture polish and bell pepper backed by firm tannins, good acidity and medium body.
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Decanted about 1h and not much more needed in my view. Initially plush, dark cherry, sous-bois and a bit of black truffles. But quickly diluted and becoming less expressive with the fruit turning more red all while some marginal, greenish off-notes sneak into the picture. Nice attack, but fading somewhat mid-palate. That said, well integrated and firm tannins provide for a solid structure. Feels like the beginning of the drinking window and very much enjoyable, easily shaking off the minor imperfections. On day two a more layered fruit profile and discernible pencil lead and iodine.
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Audozed for 4 hours, served non-blind. This was opened alongside the '14 Cos, and I mention that because I may have enjoyed this a little more if it had been opened by itself. Good, and quite obviously well-structured, this understated wine will likely begin its preferred plateau in another 3-6 years depending on one's palate preferences. HOLD. recommended
This was the first bottle from a recently purchased case. Four hours in a decanter was not enough to take the edge off, so we're going to hide the rest of the case for at least another 5 years.
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Deep dark purple. Aroma of damp forest, juicy cherry, maraschino cherry, dried fig and oak. Palate entry of strong but fine sweet tannin and leather. Mid-palate of juicy maraschino cherry, anise and parsley. Medium short finish of oak, cherry and plum. Fine tannin, juicy fruit bomb, the short finish was a let down, a little lacking in structure, will wait a couple more years to try again.
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Made from Cabernet Sauvignon (72 %), Merlot (20 %), Petit Verdot (2 %), Cabernet Franc (6 %).
Decent vintage on the left bank w. Cabernet on the front. It took however 24 hours before it really opened. Deep dark purple. Pure, med intense bouquet. Dry palate w. med(+) acid, med+ tannins, intensity and med(+) body. Not overwhelmingly heavy, but very juicy and rounded. Still young and will require much more time. Great potential.
From Coravin. slightly jammy blackcurrant, cassis, cream, toast, plenty of sweet spice, a slightly dusty oak quality, a little mint, vanilla. In the mouth it has medium plus intensity acidity, tannins and flavour...blackcurrant, cassis, toast, mint...Beautifully balanced and harmonious. Arguably slightly less, hmm, this isn't entirely fair but 'overwrought' than then 2010. Lovely
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Great expressive nose, dark currants, lead pencil, cedar, spice box, dried earth, great balance and intensity, medium + tannins, which are mouth coating at this point. I’d give this another 5 years before trying again.
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Stunning Wine; Subtle when opened, at first i thought it was a margaxu . Perfume, tabacco, silky, soft tannis. And it becomes spice after an hour. Fun to drink and very enjoyable. Regret i don't have more time to decant.
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Coravin fun - Old new and new old arrivals: From Coravin. Blackcurrant, spice, cedar, a little red berry and tobacco leaf, quite perfumed, polished oak as well. With time a little sweet plum and milk chocolate. On the palate it's juicy with rip black fruits a touch of alcohol warmth and fairly chunky, drying tannins that are chalky textured and persistent. Time for me (and quite a lot of it) to tame those tannins...
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Textbook Lynch, textbook Pauillac, and a textbook example of the 2014 vintage at its best - delivering all that personality on a frame that's lean in the best way, the figure streamlined and feminine even as the density and richness of material are just packed. The fruit is deep black cherry with a fresh, piercing snap, and it's loaded with Pauillac pencil shavings. The tannin which at first comes across cashmere-soft and loose-knit is deceptively strong and builds in grip over the course of the bottle, though it's not lost on me that some 2014s have started shutting down and this remains wide-open. The fruit, too, has a deceptively tongue-staining intensity. But all of this comes across in an effortlessly flowing fashion.
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I couldn't resist opening one of these once it arrived. Lots of black and red fruit, some green leaf tobacco, but the overall impression is of a wine that is quite taut at the moment. Did decant on opening and savored over two days, glad I have more that can rest peacefully for awhile.
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Yea! This wine needs to lay down and settle in, which it will. Not decanted. About 30 mins into it, it was opening up beautifully in the glass. Then about 20 mins later it completely shut down. This usually tells me that the age-ability for this wine is pretty strong. I'm excited to watch this develop over the years. Community drinking window of 2021 might be a little early. I probably won't touch this again until 2023.
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Wow, sehr harmonischer Wein, der ein wunderbares Potenzial erahnen lässt. Schöne Fruchtnoten nach Kirsche, Heidelbeeren, bereits rund, ohne Kanten, gut eingebundene Tannine, schöner Abgang.
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2014 Bordeaux Tasting/J&K Home - Outstanding - WOTN. So very young, but so much potential. It has a dark, inky purple/black color and nose of funk, florals, and dark berries. Tastes of currents, licorice, graphite, black coffee, and oak. Full bodied and mouth coating, excellent structure and balance with vibrant acidity, gritty tannins, ripe fruit, and alcohol. It's finish is very long . Great upside potential with a decade of cellaring (94-95).
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årgangen stråler vinen skikkelig med en drueblend på 69% Cabernet sauvignon, 26% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc, og 2% Petit Verdot. Vinen er modnet på barriques i 18 måneder derav på 75% nye fat.
Det er en tyngre maskulin Cabernet-frukt som kommer opp av glasset med intensitet og trøkk med solbær, et tungt røykpreg og et hint av vanilje. Selv med denne tøffheten oppleves vinen som veldig forførende! Dette er mann det!
Vinen er konsentrert, tung og kompleks med en tilstedeværende fin syre og faste tanniner. Bærene er nydelige med solbær, bjørnebær, pappas rulletobakk, tjære og har en fin og saftig lang utgang. Dette var en strålende vin fra Ch. Lynch-Bages som jeg synes kan variere litt fra årgang til årgang. Men i 14-årgangen leverer vinen strålende! 95 poeng. SPESIELT ANBEFALT. www.botti.no
No 13, medium garnet with a ruby core. Caramel, tobacco and rip plum. M+ sweet plum and hawthorn and tobacco. Medium+acidity, medium+ alcohol, medium+ body, medium+ ripe coating tannin. A medium+ tobacco and plum. (+)
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2017 New York Wine Experience Trip; 10/16/2017-10/25/2017 (New York City, NY): The 2014 version of Lynch-Bages is an opaque crimson blend of 69% Cabernet Sauvignon, 26% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot. Offering aromas and flavors of black currants, kirsch, melted licorice, graphite, tobacco and espresso, it is a full-bodied offering with mouth-puckering tannins. Freshly acidic and with nicely integrated alcohol, it has good mid-palate presence and closes with a lengthy finish that flashes some toasted oak. This has the makings of an outstanding wine but will require significant patience. Drink 2024-2050.
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Nose perfumed, dark fruit, some underlying cedar notes. Acidity consumes palate but fruit conveys smoothly over tongue with long, dry finish you can feel on inside of cheeks, chalky, lead pencil. Definitely not ready yet, but could not wait upon arrival as this was first classified Bordeaux for me. In my opinion, overrated. But I will continue to try others before my mind is completely made-up.
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Produced from 69% Cabernet Sauvignon, 26% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot, this classically styled Pauillac has bite, lift, fruit, tobacco, cassis and all the tannin and structure needed to age for decades.
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Produced from 69% Cabernet Sauvignon, 26% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot, this classically styled Pauillac has bite, lift, fruit, tobacco, cassis and all the tannin and structure needed to age for decades.
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UGC-Tasting 2014 Amsterdam March 6, 2017-Not a miracle, the Pauillac punch in the bouquet but what follows is a bit sturdy, missing the complexity of the Léovilles Poyferrré and Barton.
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Tasted alongside a 2014 Pichon Lalande and 2014 Clerc Milon.
Immediately more backward, muscular, and serious than either the PLL or Clerc. Beautiful minty blackcurrant aroma.
Good concentration. Loads of structure and acid. A few rough edges which keep it from really excelling now. Acid seems a bit piercing, astringent, and a touch out of balance. Should come together with 10-15+ years in bottle, but I'm not sure it will ever find full harmony. Still very good.
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If you are looking for a classic Pauillac that delivers lead pencil shavings, cedar and spicy cassis, you came to the right place. Exuberant, yet classic and reserved, there is plenty of ripe, round tannins and ample raw material, to make sure this should age quite nicely.
Similar to the Pichon Baron, though more forward and not quite the depth and structure; very pretty, has depth but elegance, brighter violet red fruit, good acidity, fine tannins.
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UGC Bordeaux (Drake Hotel - Chicago IL): Tasting, brief note. Massive and backward, while clearly demonstrating very powerful concentration. Backward, now patience will be required, but 92-93 point potential 2030 forward.
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Tasting Bordeaux from bottle in New York City (Cipriani in New York City): Unlike the Pichon Baron, which comes across rather closed, this wine shows a very smooth texture with much evident sap. A full on Pauillac, with power as well, but I get the feeling that the Lynch Bages has slightly more raw tannin, hence not as high a score. Give it time in bottle.
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UGC Bordeaux 2014 Vintage (Rittenhouse Hotel, Philadelphia): tasted at large walkaround tasting. deep tannic profile, with dark plum, black cherry, and wood notes. built to age, i had hoped for more, but this will take time to show what it has underneath today's brooding profile
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Tasted next to 2014 Grand Puy Lacoste. Less concentrated and polished in comparison. Powerful tannins, lots of depth and restraint on the palate, great acidity. Great persistence. Very promising. 93-94+
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dark meaty nose, plums and spice savoury, plenty of still rather raw tasting fruit quite light but not thin good acidity and length one to keep though seems like a relativey early drinking vintage
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Deep ruby in color with cassis, earth and blackberry in the nose which pops effortlessly. This wine is a full-bodied, ripe, concentrated mouth-filler loaded with sweet, black fruits, ripe, crisp tannins and a long, fresh, invigorating finish. Produced from 69% Cabernet Sauvignon, 26% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot, this wine is aging in 75% new, French oak barrels, reaching 13.73% alcohol, with a pH of 3.68. 92-94 Pts
2/23/2024 - Collector1855 wrote: 89 Points
Bordeaux 2014, 10-years on tasted blind: Dark and brooding, earthy notes with dark fruit, with a touch of bell pepper. Clearly closed and not wanting to show anything. Medium+ palate, on the rustic side. Hard to assess today, definitely a wine to wait till 2030. 87-91. Group Rank 12/15
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2/22/2024 - Cailles wrote: 86 Points
Bordeaux 2014 - 10 Years On - 15 Reds: Fifteen red wines (14 left bank/1 right bank). All tasted blind. The 2014 vintage turned out to be good, but not exceptional. This vintage is characterized by a cool, classic style with an impressive expression of fresh fruit. The wines were rich in blue fruit, supported by a fine mineral backbone, without succumbing to overripeness or overbearing fruitiness. Contrary to expectations, the wines were not overly austere and showed good (excellent at the top) tannin structure, contributing to a classic Bordeaux experience. However, it's important to note that while these wines have commendable qualities, they lack the complexity and, to a lesser extent, the finesse and elegance characteristic of the most celebrated vintages. Many of the wines seemed a bit simplistic. I think they are likely to peak in the early rather than mature into 30, 40, 50-year wines as I don’t think there is enough fruit. My top three were a layered, blue-fruited Ducru Beaucaillou, a strawberry-laden, purity-driven Montrose (both rated 94pts), and an elegant Pichon Lalande (93pts), foreshadowing the great things this estate has produced in vintages since. The group winner was also the Ducru.
TN: Medium- expressive nose with green bell pepper at the core. On the palate there is not much fruit, but only minerality, herbs, earthy and green bell pepper notes. The tannin quality is good but the wine is not in a good phase right now and very backward, with all the fruit and necessary sweetness dormant. Today, not more than 86pts but with potential.
Decanting: Not decanted, it would have needed several hours.
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1/3/2024 - up4wine wrote: 91 Points
Very mellow and smooth for such a youngin. Good fruit, but not sure it will sustain another decade.
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12/31/2023 - matlee89 wrote: 90 Points
Surprisingly thin on the palette. Classic cigarbox, violets and cassis on the nose. Perhaps a dumb phase?
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12/31/2023 - O'Meara Likes this wine:
My first from a half case. New Year’s Eve. Vail. Upon the cork pull, it’s brooding and reserved. Drinkable and even gulpable, but there is clearly a lot hanging in reserve. It’s keeps on hitting new highs at every 30-minute interval in which I taste it. Four hours in, and this wine has revealed a good deal of its character. It’s slightly more red fruited than black fruited. It’s classical in nature and has cedar, graphite, and tobacco framing the Cabernet flavors, which have not of Pauillac green pepper…but not so much as to concern under-ripeness. Another 5-10 years will be rewarded…and instructive for the post-2010 Bdx fans. Drink or (better to) hold.
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12/31/2023 - Eatmypixels Likes this wine: 95 Points
So good. Layers. Husky kind of. Tar-ish. Fruit. Leather. Layers. Finish. Everything. So good.
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12/26/2023 - mvande21 Likes this wine: 95 Points
Two hour decant. Fragrant. Black currant, blackberries, cedar and spice. Medium/full body. Smooth, polished with integrated grippy tannins and a long finish. Even better in a few years.
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12/6/2023 - Collector1855 wrote: 95 Points
From MAG, decanted. This showed really well at this early age. Classic vintage. Restraint but not thin or too tannic. Great Medoc aromas around forest floor, dark fruit, cedar, spices. Wonderful palate, perfect meat food wine. This will age gracefully.
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11/28/2023 - MattMauldin Likes this wine:
Bordeaux Visits - November 2023: Deep-ruby color. Darker fruited aromas of blackcurrant & blackberry, with graphite, anise, violets, leather, nutmeg, and cedar. Dense and impactful on the palate, with ample black fruit and emerging notes of tobacco and melted stone. Broad and expansive in the mid-palate, good acid balance and full round tannins leading to a big finish.
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11/27/2023 - brennan18 Likes this wine: 94 Points
opened & decanted for 1 hour prior to consuming... better than the '06 Clos l'Eglise we had just before (which I will give 92.5-93.0 points)... loads of black fruit with leather, mint, cedar, spices... full, juicy & rich on the palate it was so good we opened both bottles in my cellar. Beautiful to behold in the glass with an incredible fragrant bouquet. I think I paid ~$120 for these and that's a very fair price given the quality and drinking experience.
94+ --- outstanding wine
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11/3/2023 - ycyee Likes this wine: 95 Points
Brief decant.
Blackcurrants, cassis, blackberries.
Bit of leather on the nose.
Feels complex, nice structure, with layers unfolding in thr mouth.
Long silky finish.
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10/31/2023 - chatters wrote:
Coravin fun - Lynch Bages (My place, Kent Street): From Coravin. Riper than the 2013 (obviously), showing blackcurrant, sweet spice, a little toasted oak, touch of brambles, plums in support. Juicy, fleshy black fruit and polished oak integrated, long, a little minty note here as well. Time but yum.
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8/28/2023 - Philolesen Likes this wine: 92 Points
Spices, pepper, smoke, black currant. Very concentrated. Approachable now but will improve over the course of the next 3-6 years.
Tasted at the Chateau in August 2023.
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8/8/2023 - jmoon Likes this wine: 94 Points
Solid lovely quite lively a few rough edges but very enjoyable .
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7/12/2023 - penguinoid Likes this wine:
OenoMacrowine conference gala dinner at Château Luchey-Halde (Château Luchey-Halde, Mérignac, Bordeaux, France): Intense purple. Black plum, cassis, mulberry. Gooseberry. Tobacco. Menthol. Cedar. Medium(+) acidity, medium(+) tannins. Structural.
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6/17/2023 - tak4 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Mmm Bordeaux. Some of the finest wines in the world and many of them at a reasonable price. Trying to get back into Bordeaux after my Burgundy dalliances, so bought this on the secondary market from a highly reputable seller.
Popped and aerated a bit. Tasting note taken after the wine had been open for about 45 minutes, still a little cool.
Wine is a turbid purple-crimson with no signs of age. Not bright.
Oh, the nose. So good. Plums, cherries, dark chocolate, pencil graphite, olive.
On palate, wine is sound. High acid, tannins are softening but still have some grip, dry. The only ding I would give this wine is that the finish is pretty short, though it's clean. Palate is more textural than a flavor bomb but I do get a hint of my beloved Bordeaux "white rice" flavor (seriously I have no idea what to call it).
This is an excellent wine. I do think it needs a couple more years to be at its prime. I have one other bottle but it's in a case that I will not access until 2035 so I'll see my next one in a very different state (yes, I create cases for future years; call me weird, I don't care). Great stuff.
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5/23/2023 - merlotsmile wrote:
Bordeaux 23-05-23 (Left Bank): X
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4/16/2023 - dream Likes this wine: 92 Points
Still quite youthful but showing a lot of depth for the vintage. Still somewhat unformed but excellent potential here. The tannins are quite smooth so I expect this to drink well on the young side as it might now with a very long decant. Tasted at the Chateau. 92+
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1/21/2023 - KAT9 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Nice dark fruits on the noses very earthy and very bdx. High tannin, medium acidity’s very nice wine. Enjoyable. With some food, the tannin subsidedz.
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1/21/2023 - edjBoca Likes this wine: 93 Points
Still compact and tight....needs time in the cellar
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1/17/2023 - winemanintheden Likes this wine: 94 Points
Tasting at Château Lynch-Bages. Along with 2016 Echo de Lynch Bages and 2015 Ormes de Pez. Toured the new modern and high tech wine facility completed in 2021. That in itself was a stunning experience.
Bottles were opened yesterday. Nose of dark fruits, aromas of complex toasted oak and dark chocolate. Silky. 69% Cab Sav, 26% Merlot, 3% Cab Franc, 2% Petit Verdot. Aged with 75% new oak barrels. On the palette, it’s well balanced, smooth with a complex finish. The terroir is beginning to show and it feels more mature. Enjoyed the silky tannins. With a long finish. Be better in 5-6 years. 94.
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1/2/2023 - ayalao3 wrote: 94 Points
94 points starting to show some tertiary flavors.
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11/7/2022 - kostaslonis wrote:
Trinity Wines tasting (Stavros Niarchos): Tighter, more austere than 2015 Montrose, licorice, fruity, black currant and cherry
Palate is very juicy, tight tannins, a few bitter notes, licorice, fresh, bitter even, full body, long finish
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10/3/2022 - dera Likes this wine: 96 Points
I said I'll revisit in 2025. I lied. But this time I did a long decant, and got some of the baby fat shed from it. This is a beautiful bottle filled with cassis, cedar and cigar box and some tobacco leaves. Very long and complex finish with still a large wall of tannins. Very, very good.
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9/3/2022 - timothynbond Likes this wine: 89 Points
Served blind. Vanilla, butterscotch, and dark cherry liqueur on the nose. Medium body with chunky tannins, and medium acid. Woody and primary, offering very dark fruits and cedar, a hollow mid-palate, and astringent tannins. Day 3 unblind -- remarkable transformation with attractive dark berries and spice on the nose, sweet raspberries, and finer grained tannins. So elegant, lovely. Score is average of two tastes. Give this one a long decant if drinking now.
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9/3/2022 - Triforwine Likes this wine: 95 Points
This is the continued discovery of 8 year old 2014 Bordeaux. The vintage that just released when I built this cellar.
As many of the 2014 wines have, This wine has evolved greatly from its infancy. Still a child, but gorgeous.
Another great example of what I believe will be an underrated vintage.
Coravin taste last night reading recent notes recommending 4-6 hour decant. Thought maybe I’d open it early, decant some and let the rest slow ox
I found my immediate impression to be this wine has opened up a lot since last tasted.
Medium to deep garnet. Nose for me is smoky but floral with an element that’s remotely medicinal. I love it. Still not fully developed but what I was hoping for.
Medium body. Quite acidic definitely some dark fruit and a pleasant long finish. Tannins actually pleasant.
Hard to say where this will go hopefully the acidity calms a bit before fruit and body fade and I am still letting it breath so not sure of score for now. But I am enjoying it and finding it difficult to drink slowly and knowing I have a bunch of these left.
Had this with nice hot fresh pizza and thought it would be too bold for that but no! Great pairing!! Also amazing with cheese. Not sure I know LB well enough to say if this can be a classic or not. Time will tell. 94 for now, potential 95-96 for me.
Glad I have enough 14-15-16 to follow along over the next couple of decades.
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8/30/2022 - Hazeo wrote: 93 Points
An outstanding young wine worthy of its pedigree. Young but opens up after 3-4 hours of air, with dense crush black fruit, modern but with a lovely backbone of palette of graphic and earth.
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7/23/2022 - Iti Bun-an Likes this wine: 96 Points
Vintage 2014 is only 4.3* at vivino. Should have been 4.4* if properly decanted. Tastingbook says 5hrs decanting time but i decanted it 6hrs (decanter) this time & it was perfect! Previously i followed 5hrs and it was not as good as tonight.
No wonder JS rated it 96*👍
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5/28/2022 - ayalao3 wrote: 94 Points
Somewhere in the 94-95 point area. Definitely 93+ right now. Classic Pauillac graphite and red fruit.
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3/22/2022 - Cailles wrote: 88 Points
20 Vintages of Lynch Bages (1986-2017): All wines tasted blind. Not decanted. A few conclusions: 1) The overall quality of the wines surpassed my (and the groups) expectations slightly. There were good wines in all decades. 2) The style is very Cabernet, very Pauillac, quite classic, with a good grip, pleasantly high acidity and a good, not too ripe fruit core. 3) Most vintages don‘t have the depth of its neighbours and, until more recently, there are some quite angular tannins. 4) Lynch these days doesn’t reach the same elegance and complexity as both Pichons but plays in the same league as Pontet Canet, which, is less classically built. 5) Highest rating of 95 pts for 3 crowd favorites: of course for the 1990 and 2016, but rather surprising also for the 2017.
TN: I generally like the 2014 vintage and some really good wines on both sides but this Lynch didn’t shine tonight. Completly closed on the nose and palate with some rough edges. Maybe a long decant would have helped. I wouldn‘t write it off yet.
Decanting: I’m not the biggest fan of decanting young Bordeauxs as they can often close down. But this seems to need a lot of air. I would go for 4 hours in the decanter.
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3/15/2022 - dera wrote: 95 Points
Still too young. I'll revisit in 2025. This is already good, just needs more time, but will develop to something truly beautiful when it sheds the edge of its tannins.
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3/14/2022 - sirpat00 wrote: 90 Points
Lynch Bages vertical (1986-2017): Lynch Bages vertical spanning 20 vintage (1986-2017) hosted by a private collector. My key observations were: 1/ The “twin peaks” of 1989 and 1990 continue to perform well, 3/ among the younger vintages 2017 and 2016 stood out, 3/ mid- to late-90ies were unimpressive as a group, rustic with harsh tannins, 4/ 2000-2008 showed extracted fruit profiles, but with juicier palates, 5/ After 2009 the fruit turned brighter and more red in nature, less extracted and fruit-forward palates. Note the wines were not decanted and served blind in flights of 4.
Tasting note:
A bit rustic and animal nose with dark cherry fruit and a bit of black coffee. Lacks precision and delineation. Searing acidity, drying tannin. there is substance and structure and definitely potential, but it seems it will take quite a few moons before this moves into the drinking window. This bottle felt even less ready than my last one about a year ago, but that one was decanted and consumed over 2 days with noticeable improvement on day 2.
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12/23/2021 - chatters wrote:
Coravin fun - Angelus & Lynch Bages (My place, Kent Street): From Coravin. Blackcurrant, slight plums, a little chalky minerality, sweet spice, cedar, slightly dusty with herbaceous notes, cream. On the palate, though it's a little sour and green on the palate, tannins are a touch hard and chalky, drying, fruit is quite muted. Hmm, I don't remember this being so unpleasant. Meh on this tasting
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11/3/2021 - steinersing wrote: 93 Points
Four hour double decanted from half. A good drink. Dark fruits, blackberries, hints of cigar. Well made.
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10/5/2021 - steinersing wrote: 91 Points
better with decant and air.
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9/30/2021 - William Kelley Likes this wine:
The 2014 Lynch-Bages is full of promise, offering up a classic bouquet of rich but vibrant blackcurrant fruit mingled with with hints of loamy soil, cedar and vanilla pod. Full-bodied, deep and layered, with an abundance of ripe but youthfully assertive tannin, lively acids, and a long, resonant finish, it will hit its stride in ten to fifteen years. This is a more than merely good Lynch-Bages that represents especially good value in the contemporary marketplace.
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9/19/2021 - steinersing wrote: 89 Points
Perhaps mistake to pop and pour. Quite intense tannins and fruit in the background. Next one I will try with a lot of air.
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4/24/2021 - poppacork wrote: 91 Points
This bottle has been in my wine fridge for about four years and wasn’t very expressive upon opening.
Five hours later it stubbornly revealed a profile of cassis and fig with accents of furniture polish and bell pepper backed by firm tannins, good acidity and medium body.
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3/6/2021 - sirpat00 wrote: 93 Points
Decanted about 1h and not much more needed in my view. Initially plush, dark cherry, sous-bois and a bit of black truffles. But quickly diluted and becoming less expressive with the fruit turning more red all while some marginal, greenish off-notes sneak into the picture. Nice attack, but fading somewhat mid-palate. That said, well integrated and firm tannins provide for a solid structure. Feels like the beginning of the drinking window and very much enjoyable, easily shaking off the minor imperfections. On day two a more layered fruit profile and discernible pencil lead and iodine.
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11/22/2020 - Tim Heaton Likes this wine:
Audozed for 4 hours, served non-blind. This was opened alongside the '14 Cos, and I mention that because I may have enjoyed this a little more if it had been opened by itself. Good, and quite obviously well-structured, this understated wine will likely begin its preferred plateau in another 3-6 years depending on one's palate preferences. HOLD. recommended
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6/7/2020 - talbot61 wrote:
This was the first bottle from a recently purchased case. Four hours in a decanter was not enough to take the edge off, so we're going to hide the rest of the case for at least another 5 years.
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2/23/2020 - wihong wrote: 90 Points
Deep dark purple. Aroma of damp forest, juicy cherry, maraschino cherry, dried fig and oak. Palate entry of strong but fine sweet tannin and leather. Mid-palate of juicy maraschino cherry, anise and parsley. Medium short finish of oak, cherry and plum. Fine tannin, juicy fruit bomb, the short finish was a let down, a little lacking in structure, will wait a couple more years to try again.
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12/24/2019 - tobyc Likes this wine: 91 Points
Made from Cabernet Sauvignon (72 %), Merlot (20 %), Petit Verdot (2 %), Cabernet Franc (6 %).
Decent vintage on the left bank w. Cabernet on the front. It took however 24 hours before it really opened. Deep dark purple. Pure, med intense bouquet. Dry palate w. med(+) acid, med+ tannins, intensity and med(+) body. Not overwhelmingly heavy, but very juicy and rounded. Still young and will require much more time. Great potential.
Keep.
My notes: Blackcurrants, plums, stones, pencil lead, herbs, slate, roasted coffee.
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11/10/2019 - chatters wrote:
From Coravin. slightly jammy blackcurrant, cassis, cream, toast, plenty of sweet spice, a slightly dusty oak quality, a little mint, vanilla. In the mouth it has medium plus intensity acidity, tannins and flavour...blackcurrant, cassis, toast, mint...Beautifully balanced and harmonious. Arguably slightly less, hmm, this isn't entirely fair but 'overwrought' than then 2010. Lovely
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9/27/2019 - pakabear Likes this wine: 94 Points
Great expressive nose, dark currants, lead pencil, cedar, spice box, dried earth, great balance and intensity, medium + tannins, which are mouth coating at this point. I’d give this another 5 years before trying again.
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1/6/2019 - pudding Likes this wine: 93 Points
Stunning Wine; Subtle when opened, at first i thought it was a margaxu . Perfume, tabacco, silky, soft tannis. And it becomes spice after an hour. Fun to drink and very enjoyable.
Regret i don't have more time to decant.
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12/4/2018 - chatters wrote:
Coravin fun - Old new and new old arrivals: From Coravin. Blackcurrant, spice, cedar, a little red berry and tobacco leaf, quite perfumed, polished oak as well. With time a little sweet plum and milk chocolate. On the palate it's juicy with rip black fruits a touch of alcohol warmth and fairly chunky, drying tannins that are chalky textured and persistent. Time for me (and quite a lot of it) to tame those tannins...
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11/26/2018 - Keith Levenberg Likes this wine: 95 Points
Textbook Lynch, textbook Pauillac, and a textbook example of the 2014 vintage at its best - delivering all that personality on a frame that's lean in the best way, the figure streamlined and feminine even as the density and richness of material are just packed. The fruit is deep black cherry with a fresh, piercing snap, and it's loaded with Pauillac pencil shavings. The tannin which at first comes across cashmere-soft and loose-knit is deceptively strong and builds in grip over the course of the bottle, though it's not lost on me that some 2014s have started shutting down and this remains wide-open. The fruit, too, has a deceptively tongue-staining intensity. But all of this comes across in an effortlessly flowing fashion.
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3/29/2018 - skifree wrote: 92 Points
I couldn't resist opening one of these once it arrived. Lots of black and red fruit, some green leaf tobacco, but the overall impression is of a wine that is quite taut at the moment. Did decant on opening and savored over two days, glad I have more that can rest peacefully for awhile.
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3/25/2018 - Two Winos Likes this wine: 92 Points
Yea! This wine needs to lay down and settle in, which it will. Not decanted. About 30 mins into it, it was opening up beautifully in the glass. Then about 20 mins later it completely shut down. This usually tells me that the age-ability for this wine is pretty strong. I'm excited to watch this develop over the years. Community drinking window of 2021 might be a little early. I probably won't touch this again until 2023.
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2/10/2018 - Sir-Harrie wrote: 93 Points
Wow, sehr harmonischer Wein, der ein wunderbares Potenzial erahnen lässt. Schöne Fruchtnoten nach Kirsche, Heidelbeeren, bereits rund, ohne Kanten, gut eingebundene Tannine, schöner Abgang.
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1/27/2018 - Endodr Likes this wine: 93 Points
2014 Bordeaux Tasting/J&K Home - Outstanding - WOTN. So very young, but so much potential. It has a dark, inky purple/black color and nose of funk, florals, and dark berries. Tastes of currents, licorice, graphite, black coffee, and oak. Full bodied and mouth coating, excellent structure and balance with vibrant acidity, gritty tannins, ripe fruit, and alcohol. It's finish is very long . Great upside potential with a decade of cellaring (94-95).
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11/29/2017 - Andre Brattland Likes this wine: 95 Points
årgangen stråler vinen skikkelig med en drueblend på 69% Cabernet sauvignon, 26% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc, og 2% Petit Verdot. Vinen er modnet på barriques i 18 måneder derav på 75% nye fat.
Det er en tyngre maskulin Cabernet-frukt som kommer opp av glasset med intensitet og trøkk med solbær, et tungt røykpreg og et hint av vanilje. Selv med denne tøffheten oppleves vinen som veldig forførende! Dette er mann det!
Vinen er konsentrert, tung og kompleks med en tilstedeværende fin syre og faste tanniner. Bærene er nydelige med solbær, bjørnebær, pappas rulletobakk, tjære og har en fin og saftig lang utgang. Dette var en strålende vin fra Ch. Lynch-Bages som jeg synes kan variere litt fra årgang til årgang. Men i 14-årgangen leverer vinen strålende! 95 poeng. SPESIELT ANBEFALT. www.botti.no
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11/24/2017 - pipetree Likes this wine:
No 13, medium garnet with a ruby core. Caramel, tobacco and rip plum. M+ sweet plum and hawthorn and tobacco. Medium+acidity, medium+ alcohol, medium+ body, medium+ ripe coating tannin. A medium+ tobacco and plum. (+)
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10/20/2017 - La Cave d'Argent Likes this wine: 94 Points
2017 New York Wine Experience Trip; 10/16/2017-10/25/2017 (New York City, NY): The 2014 version of Lynch-Bages is an opaque crimson blend of 69% Cabernet Sauvignon, 26% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot. Offering aromas and flavors of black currants, kirsch, melted licorice, graphite, tobacco and espresso, it is a full-bodied offering with mouth-puckering tannins. Freshly acidic and with nicely integrated alcohol, it has good mid-palate presence and closes with a lengthy finish that flashes some toasted oak. This has the makings of an outstanding wine but will require significant patience. Drink 2024-2050.
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10/1/2017 - theguy Likes this wine: 93 Points
Smooth. Funky upon opening. Very nice after two hours. Long finish. Very nice with grilled lamb chops.
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8/4/2017 - Chris Reppert Likes this wine: 91 Points
Nose perfumed, dark fruit, some underlying cedar notes. Acidity consumes palate but fruit conveys smoothly over tongue with long, dry finish you can feel on inside of cheeks, chalky, lead pencil. Definitely not ready yet, but could not wait upon arrival as this was first classified Bordeaux for me. In my opinion, overrated. But I will continue to try others before my mind is completely made-up.
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6/25/2017 - Jeff Leve wrote: 93 Points
Produced from 69% Cabernet Sauvignon, 26% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot, this classically styled Pauillac has bite, lift, fruit, tobacco, cassis and all the tannin and structure needed to age for decades.
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3/28/2017 - Jeff Leve wrote: 93 Points
Produced from 69% Cabernet Sauvignon, 26% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot, this classically styled Pauillac has bite, lift, fruit, tobacco, cassis and all the tannin and structure needed to age for decades.
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3/25/2017 - Philippe_C wrote: 94 Points
Very nice nose of black fruit, bacon... taste of bacon, loads of silky tannins, good lenght... my WOTN Bordeaux 2014!!
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3/11/2017 - FransS wrote: 91 Points
UGC-Tasting 2014 Amsterdam March 6, 2017-Not a miracle, the Pauillac punch in the bouquet but what follows is a bit sturdy, missing the complexity of the Léovilles Poyferrré and Barton.
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3/6/2017 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 90 Points
Amsterdam UGCB Tasting and Winemakers' Dinner (Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky / Café De Klepel): Tasting, brief note. Dry on the nose, liquorice, some sweet fruit on the palate, but the finish is very drying. A question mark.
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2/10/2017 - Tiesface wrote: 93 Points
Tasted alongside a 2014 Pichon Lalande and 2014 Clerc Milon.
Immediately more backward, muscular, and serious than either the PLL or Clerc. Beautiful minty blackcurrant aroma.
Good concentration. Loads of structure and acid. A few rough edges which keep it from really excelling now. Acid seems a bit piercing, astringent, and a touch out of balance. Should come together with 10-15+ years in bottle, but I'm not sure it will ever find full harmony. Still very good.
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2/1/2017 - Jeff Leve wrote: 93 Points
If you are looking for a classic Pauillac that delivers lead pencil shavings, cedar and spicy cassis, you came to the right place. Exuberant, yet classic and reserved, there is plenty of ripe, round tannins and ample raw material, to make sure this should age quite nicely.
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1/27/2017 - alanr wrote: 92 Points
Similar to the Pichon Baron, though more forward and not quite the depth and structure; very pretty, has depth but elegance, brighter violet red fruit, good acidity, fine tannins.
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1/25/2017 - Burgundy Al wrote:
UGC Bordeaux (Drake Hotel - Chicago IL): Tasting, brief note. Massive and backward, while clearly demonstrating very powerful concentration. Backward, now patience will be required, but 92-93 point potential 2030 forward.
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1/25/2017 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
This does not suck. Too young.
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1/24/2017 - PanosKakaviatos Likes this wine: 93 Points
Tasting Bordeaux from bottle in New York City (Cipriani in New York City): Unlike the Pichon Baron, which comes across rather closed, this wine shows a very smooth texture with much evident sap. A full on Pauillac, with power as well, but I get the feeling that the Lynch Bages has slightly more raw tannin, hence not as high a score. Give it time in bottle.
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1/22/2017 - ews3 wrote: 91 Points
UGC Bordeaux 2014 Vintage (Rittenhouse Hotel, Philadelphia): tasted at large walkaround tasting. deep tannic profile, with dark plum, black cherry, and wood notes. built to age, i had hoped for more, but this will take time to show what it has underneath today's brooding profile
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1/13/2017 - theeagle03 wrote: 94 Points
Good weight. Coffee, roasted flavour. Chunky tanning on the fininsh, some smoke. Good length as well
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10/19/2016 - rossi.wine wrote: 94 Points
Tasted next to 2014 Grand Puy Lacoste. Less concentrated and polished in comparison. Powerful tannins, lots of depth and restraint on the palate, great acidity. Great persistence. Very promising. 93-94+
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6/1/2015 - henrygjeffreys Likes this wine:
dark meaty nose, plums and spice
savoury, plenty of still rather raw tasting fruit
quite light but not thin
good acidity and length
one to keep though seems like a relativey early drinking vintage
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4/14/2015 - Jeff Leve wrote: 93 Points
Deep ruby in color with cassis, earth and blackberry in the nose which pops effortlessly. This wine is a full-bodied, ripe, concentrated mouth-filler loaded with sweet, black fruits, ripe, crisp tannins and a long, fresh, invigorating finish. Produced from 69% Cabernet Sauvignon, 26% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot, this wine is aging in 75% new, French oak barrels, reaching 13.73% alcohol, with a pH of 3.68. 92-94 Pts
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