Chateau Lynch Bages 2009
- Producer Chateau Lynch-Bages
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Blend
4% Cabernet Franc
76% Cabernet Sauvignon
18% Merlot
2% Petit Verdot - Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- Appellation Pauillac
- UPC 0 15643 25370 6
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Item# 1644-09
James Suckling
96pt
Wine Enthusiast
96pt
Wine Spectator
96pt
Wine Advocate
96pt
Tasting notes
Very powerful and well-balanced. The colour is deep and the nose reflects the sunny growing season with remarkable ripeness and overtones of blackcurrant and black fruit. The wine starts out unctuous and straightforward on the palate with impressively concentrated, elegant tannin accompanied by plenty of body.
Vintage
Things are looking extremely auspicious for the 2009 vintage: good rainfall levels, plenty of sunshine, cool nights alternating with warm days, a superb September, and lovely fine weather during harvest. The maturity and sanitary state of the grapes were perfect, and the wines are rich and concentrated but well balanced. These all point to a vintage at least equal to or even better than that of 2005, perhaps even approaching the great vintages of the 40s...
Ageing
French oak barrels for 15 months (70% new wood)
