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Vintage | Wine 1999 |
Classification | Médoc - 5ème Cru Classé |
Region | Bordeaux |
Appellation | Pauillac |
Colour | Red |
Volume | 0.75 l |
Country | France |
Château | Château Lynch Bages |
Country | France |
Château Lynch-Bages produces fifth classified growths of Médoc in the 1855 classification and a second wine called Echo de Lynch-Bages which is not classified. Under the Pauillac appellation, the Château Lynch-Bages vineyard covers more than 1,200 hectares.
The wine of Chateau Lynch-Bages is in line with the great Pauillac. Composed mostly of Cabernet Sauvignon, it combines structure and finesse, elegance and longevity. It is also distinguished by its wealth. Generous in his youth, he played in his maturity to more flavor and complexity. The style of wine Chateau Lynch-Bages refined over the years, gaining flexibility and softness, while regular wine settles in time.
Until today, Chateau Lynch-Bages is characterized by its extraordinary standard of quality. Powerful, sleek and open, the wine vintage after vintage acquires greater accuracy, combining the distinction in nature, which bases its hedonistic personality.
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(06-2009) Tasted blind and decanted. Dark color, evolved, clean nose, precise, pure, very fruity. Mouth sweet, fruity, tasty, medium body, but particularly well balanced. Very tasty, the wine finishes on a normal length, but especially with a real impossibility to spit it so much it is well adjusted to the mouth. A great success of the property.
(04-2002) This dense rubypurple-colored 1999 is a modern day clone of this estate's wonderful 1962. The 1999 reveals forward, open-knit notes of creme de cassis and earth. It is fleshy, medium to full-bodied, and succulent, with supple tannin, excellent balance, as well as a long, pure, ripe finish.
(06-2009) Blind tasted and decanted. Dark, evolved color. Clean, precise, pure, very fruity nose. Soft, fruity, tasty palate, medium body, but particularly well balanced. Very tasty, the wine ends with a normal length, but above all with a real impossibility to spit it out as it is so well adjusted to the mouth. A great success of the property.
(05-2001) One is rarely disappointed; indeed I usually have a tingle of anticipation. Typically spicy fruit.