Château Lynch Bages

Echo de Lynch Bages, Pauillac, 2022

Name: Echo de Lynch Bages, Pauillac
Brand: Château Lynch Bages
Price: 195 GBP

92/100

Inside Bordeaux

87-89/100

The Wine Independent

90-92/100

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2022
6x75cl
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£195.00

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Echo feels more vibrant and energetic (than Haut Batailley) with plenty of purple fruit, cooling plums, mixed with fennel, heather and dried herbs. There's lots of potential here and definition, but it will need some time to resolve and find harmony. Not in the top echelon of second wines this year, but a very solid performance. 64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 31% Merlot and 5% Cabernet Franc.

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Critic Reviews

90-92/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2022 Echo de Lynch Bages, aged for 14 months in one-year-old oak, has a slightly timid nose at first. Very pure blueberry and cassis fruit emerge with time in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy black fruit, fine acidity, quite compact on the mid-palate with a touch of pencil lead toward the finish. This is a fine, quite sturdy Deuxieme Vin that will need 4-5 years.

drinking window 2028 - 2045

date of review 05/2023

87-89/100

Lisa Perrotti-Brown,

The Wine Independent

A blend of 64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 31% Merlot, and 5% Cabernet Franc, the 2022 Echo de Lynch-Bages is deep garnet-purple in color. It tumbles from the glass with open-knit scents of plum preserves, mince pie, and Indian spices, with hints of menthol, rose oil, and dusty soil. The medium-bodied palate delivers a firm, chewy texture and oodles of freshness to support the baked berries and exotic spice layers, finishing long. pH 3.69, TPI 91.

drinking window 2026 - 2038

date of review 05/2023

92/100

Jane Anson,

Inside Bordeaux

A serious Echo that gives a good entry into the main wine. There are a ton of tannins here, and it has the inky, slate, crushed rock character of Pauillac. Carefully-extracted cassis and bilberry fruit, this is measured, one to look out for, needs a few years to relax. 3.69ph, 10% new oak.

drinking window 2028 - 2044

date of review 05/2023

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