1983 CHÂTEAU LYNCH BAGES 1983

(12-2019) Ripe ruby with a subtle orange rim. Intense nose, smells of tobacco, cedar and ripe, red cherries, raisins, and chocolate. Nice pressure on the palate, shows some meat on the bone, appears ripe but still shows good fruit, the tannins are largely integrated, the acidity is right. Ends long-lasting with complex retro flavors and just a little more than a mild hint of animalism. Nobly matured and currently nice to drink. I like it very much and could definitely keep the level for a few more years.

(10-1994) Impressive finesse for the vintage, with beautiful, fresh tobacco, cedar and coffee aromas and flavors. Full-bodied and very silky with a fine, long finish.

Information on the 1983 vintage in red Bordeaux : I usually link in my mind the 1983 and 1981 vintages. They certainly have quite a bit in common, in style and weight for example. Both are, or at least were, considered more characteristic of Bordeaux than the widely different and somehow 'un-English' 1982 claret, by which I mean the sort of claret which we liked to drink.