chateau lynch bages 5eme cru classe pauillac

Château Lynch Bages

Château Lynch Bages, 5ème Cru Classé, Pauillac, 2003

Name: Château Lynch Bages, 5ème Cru Classé, Pauillac
Brand: Château Lynch Bages
Price: 1433.47 GBP

87/100

Vinous

92/100

Inside Bordeaux

94/100

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

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2003
12x75cl
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£1,433.47
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Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Lynch has performed well again this year, offering a wine that is structured, balanced, and classy. The nose is warm and inviting, the wine has good weight, and it brims over with fruit, dark and sweet among the firm tannins that surround it. The finish is ripe and fine, with mineral complexity and plenty of length. Very Pauillac for this vintage. 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot.

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Critic Reviews

87/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2003 Lynch Bages has a precocious bouquet with bold, perhaps slightly monolithic licorice-infused black fruit, touches of camphor and pencil shavings that emerge with time. The palate is dense and powerful with weighty, slightly glossy black fruit. Not a complex Lynch-Bages, it is missing a bit of freshness and tension that urges you back for another sip. Drink over the next decade. Tasted at the château.

drinking window 2023 - 2033

date of review 08/2023

92/100

Jane Anson,

Inside Bordeaux

Retaining a deep ruby colour even at 19 years old, impressive from a such a hot vintage. The tannins are a little sombre, but this has plenty of Pauillac signature, with clear graphite, slate, cassis, and an enjoyably juicy finish. I've found a few 2003s that are tasting great in this corner of the Médoc, which is not the case all over Bordeaux, and this is one to enjoy now and over the next decade. 70% new oak.

drinking window 2022 - 2032

date of review 04/2022

94/100

Robert Parker,

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

A healthy, youthful dark plum/ruby/purple color is followed by a bouquet of smoke, barbecued meats, black currants and new saddle leather. With full body and sweet tannin, this 2003 is strutting its stuff. Although it is not as fine as the 1989, 1990, or 2000, it is a complex, classic Pauillac to enjoy over the next decade.

drinking window 2014 - 2024

date of review 08/2014

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