chateau lynch bages 5eme cru classe pauillac

Château Lynch Bages

Château Lynch Bages, 5ème Cru Classé, Pauillac, 2011

Name: Château Lynch Bages, 5ème Cru Classé, Pauillac
Brand: Château Lynch Bages
Price: 554.74 GBP

94/100

Inside Bordeaux

92/100

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2011
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Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Jean-Charles Cazes describes 2011 as a 'challenging year' - refreshingly honest - much like his wines. He explained that some berries suffered sunburn during the extreme heat at the end of June and rot was a threat during a rather wet August'. We don't know what his trick is, but it has worked, the whole range is sensational. Tannin levels are close to those in 2009 and 2010 and there is no lack of ripeness. This is a blockbuster Lynch Bages: brooding, powerful, masculine, mineral and handsome. One can really taste the dry extract here, it coats the mouth and grips the taster. Huge swathes of crème de cassis and inky black fruits caress the mouth, before the substantial tannins reveal themselves. The tannins deserve further mention as they are massive and impressive, but one is left with lingering flavours of pure cassis and gravel on the finish. One of the largest scale wine of the vintage and very impressive it is too. 72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot.

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Critic Reviews

92/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2011 Lynch-Bages has a well-defined nose with tightly-wound black fruit laced with mint and graphite. This certainly needs time in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with supple, fleshy tannins. It's open and generous with black cherries, wild strawberries and touches of orange rind. There's good substance, and it's fleshy on the finish. The 2011 is quite a delicious Lynch Bages. Tasted at the Lynch Bages vertical at the château.

drinking window 2021 - 2025

date of review 07/2023

94/100

Jane Anson,

Inside Bordeaux

Young, poised black fruits, blackberry and bilberry that are ripe but still laced with fresh acidities, giving a slight angularity to the tannins. This is good quaility, with signature Lynch Bages confidence, but does not expand through the palate as the vintages on either side do, holding itself back. I suggest waiting for another few years before drinking to really allow things to soften up. 65% new oak, with an optical sorter used for the first time in this vintage, and 65% of overall production making it into the 1st wine.

drinking window 2024 - 2044

date of review 04/2022

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