Chateau Lynch Bages2016
RED WINE
- Producer Chateau Lynch-Bages
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Blend
4% Cabernet Franc
75% Cabernet Sauvignon
19% Merlot
2% Petite Verdot - Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- Appellation Pauillac
- UPC 0 15643 54838 3
Reviews
James Suckling 97
Very rich and exotic with blackberry, black-tea, graphite and lead-pencil aromas. Full-bodied, dense and structured with lots of ripe tannins and a long, flavorful finish of currants and forest floor, combined with fresh mushrooms and bark. Needs four to five years to show its true potential.
by JS, James Suckling , 2019
Wine Enthusiast 95
Rich, jammy and powerful, this wine is all about concentration and firm tannins. Ripe black-currant flavors add great juiciness at the end. The wine has magnificent potential.
by RV, Wine Enthusiast , 2019
Wine Spectator 97
This is built for the cellar, with a generous core of kirsch, raspberry paste and plum preserve flavors waiting to unfurl. Will take time, due to the licorice snap, roasted apple wood and sweet tobacco elements draped over the fruit. Should meld with age, as the structure is invigorating in feel, showing both acidity and tannins in lockstep with the fruit.
by JM, Wine Spectator , 2019
Wine Advocate 97+
Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2016 Lynch Bages comes charging out of the gate with pronounced cassis, chocolate-covered cherries, mulberries and menthol notions, backed up by scents of garrigue, tilled soil and a waft of tapenade. Medium to full-bodied, rich and fantastically concentrated, the generous fruit is superbly framed by firm, ripe, grainy tannins with tons of pepper, cinnamon and cloves layers coming through on the finish. Truly, a legendary Lynch Bages!
by LP, Wine Advocate , 2018