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Community Tasting Notes (369) Avg Score: 91.7 points

  • Decanted 5 hours. Butterfly Wicklow spring lamb on the bbq. The perfect match. Brick on rim, vegetal, dry , long finish. Still some way to go

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  • This is one of the first "serious" bottles of wine I ever purchased, as a poor grad student in NYC. It has rested virtually untouched for over 25 years and may have rested another 25 if I didn't pick up another bunch at a good price at auction. This newfound bounty prompted me to check in on my small existing cache since the last bottle I opened was a decade ago. I know the consensus is that '95s will take a long time to come around (if at all in some peoples' opinions) and this fits squarely in that mold. This really only began to open up on day 3, and I should probably have decanted. By the last glass this was showing cassis, pencil lead, cherry and some leather notes. Still has a wall of tannins that threaten to overshadow the fruit, but they began to recede a bit with air and time. Lots of upside here, but still needs another decade at least.

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  • Excellent - dry - straight - extraordinary

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  • Lovely dark fruit, asphalt, graphite and touch of earth. Full, round and well balanced. Love the creamy texture.

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  • The two bottles we opened were absolute tannic monsters...a wine that takes no prisoners. I've never been convinced by this vintage, it might be worth hanging on to a couple of bottles to see what they are like in a decade or so, but otherwise find some high-fat meaty dish to go with it and let it rip..

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Vinous

  • By Neal Martin
    Passing the Baton: Lynch-Bages 1945-2018 (Jul 2023), 7/1/2023, (See more on Vinous...)

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Vinous

  • By Stephen Tanzer
    May/June 1998, IWC Issue #78, (See more on Vinous...)

    (Chateau Lynch Bages Pauillac) Login and sign up and see review text.
  • By Stephen Tanzer
    1995 and 1994 Bordeaux (May 1996), 5/1/1996, (See more on Vinous...)

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RJonWine.com

  • By Richard Jennings
    7/26/2010, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 92 points

    (Château Lynch-Bages) Very dark red violet color; musty nose initially, that changed to pencil lead and cassis nose; velvety textured, tasty, tart cassis, herbaceous, mineral palate with the beginning of some maturity; medium-plus finish 92+ pts.
  • By Richard Jennings
    5/17/2008, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 93 points

    (Château Lynch-Bages) Dark red violet color; lovely, big Bordeaux nose with mushroom; tasty, tart cassis, leather, tobacco and coffee palate; medium finish 93+ pts.

Rockss and Fruit

  • By Lyle Fass
    5/3/2006, (See more on Rockss and Fruit...)

    (Lynch Bages) Beautiful nose of tabac, flowers, kirsch and minerals. Palate has loads of sweet fruit with beautiful restraint and great finish with sweet tannin. Great sense of finesse. Very impressive and I believe the first time I have had '95 Lynch.

RJonWine.com

  • By Richard Jennings
    6/5/2004, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 91 points

    (Château Lynch-Bages) Prune, truffle nose; drying, cedary palate with high tannin level; medium-plus finish
  • By Richard Jennings
    5/22/2004, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 91 points

    (Château Lynch-Bages) Tight, simple berry nose; very tight on palate, cassis, berry; medium finish
  • By Richard Jennings
    3/18/2004, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 93 points

    (Château Lynch-Bages) Nice but tight nose; good body, coffee, mocha fruit; medium nice finish

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