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  • Country ranking ?

    1 374
  • Producer ranking ?

    29
  • Decanting time

    2h
  • When to drink

    2020-2035

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The Story

The power and elegance of a great Pauillac. Daring, innovative and known for often being the last to harvest, Jean-Charles Cazes defined the style of Lynch-Bages in the 1930's. The wine's distinctive character earns it its place amongst Pauillac's greatest. It combines structure, finesse and elegance. It is generous in its youth and develops more complex aromas with bottle age.

Outstandingly consistent quality

The estate’s reputation as ...

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Wine Information



Ageing: Wooden barrels for 15 months (65% new wood)
Blend: 72 % Cabernet Sauvignon, 23 % Merlot, 3 % Cabernet Franc, 2 % Petit Verdot
Production: 66% of the harvest

« The Rite of Spring »
2011 was a curious year with a remarkably warm and dry spring. Consequently, flowering took place early and in fine conditions.
July was cool and saw some rain, while August was mixed, cooler than average overall but with some heat spikes and some ...

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Latest Pro-tasting notes

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Tasting note

color

Medium, Purple and Clear

ending

Long, Gentle and Spicy

flavors

Mint, Pepper, Smoky, Cedar, Earthy and Truffles

nose

Complex

recommend

Yes

taste

Average in Acidity, Warming, Medium tannin, Perfectly balanced, Developing, Medium-bodied, Round, Elegant, Dry and Silky tannins

Verdict

Excellent and Fine

Written Notes

Good looking normal size bottle and in an perfect condition. Colour is ruby red, and looking clear and medium. On the nose it is complex. The taste is round, elegant, and dry, warming, with medium tannin, with silky tannins, and average in acidity, medium-bodied, with perfectly balanced structure and developing. On the palate it is layered and has smoky, earthy, pepper, truffles, cedar and mint flavours. The finish is long and gentle. This wine is excellent. I paid around 100-200€ a bottle. Perfectly stored bottles are still very worthy and will last well for another 10-15 years. Good value for money. I do recommend. 

  • 93p

The colour is a little bit evolved on the rim. The nose is fresh and fruity. Just notice a small lack of structure in the mid palate with high acidity. An elegant wine indeed

  • 94p

Very captivating nose of lack fruit, aromatic, tasty, fruity, very adorable, velvety on the palate, great balance. Heartbreaker wine. Not the big science and concentration here, but it smiles all over the place. Same rating now and then - 92p.

  • 92p

The medium-bodied 2011 Lynch Bages possesses a saturated ruby/purple color as well as beautiful creme de cassis notes, a generous, concentrated, well-made, medium to full-bodied style and supple tannins. A successful effort in 2011, it should be drinkable in 3-4 years and last for 15+. It is a sleeper of the vintage.

  • 90p
2% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot are found in the blend, which reached 13.2% alcohol and will be aged in 75% new oak. Yields were 45 hectoliters per hectare. Deep in color with a perfumed filled with coffee, blackberry, chocolate and tobacco, there are ample fresh and bright cassis flavors found in the finish. 91-93 Pts
  • 92p
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Origin

Bordeaux, Pauillac
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