Wine Details
| Bottle Size | 750ml |
| Vintage | 2014 |
| Varietal | Bordeaux Blend |
| Producer | Chateau Lynch-Bages |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Appellation | Pauillac |
| Color | Red |
| Country | France |
| Featured | No |
| Price | $81.00 |
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A huge, dense wine, the 2014 Lynch-Bages rips out of the glass with layers of intense fruit. Huge swaths of tannin provide the framework for a decidedly extroverted…
| Bottle Size | 750ml |
| Vintage | 2014 |
| Varietal | Bordeaux Blend |
| Producer | Chateau Lynch-Bages |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Appellation | Pauillac |
| Color | Red |
| Country | France |
| Featured | No |
| Price | $81.00 |
| Weight | 3.5000 lbs |
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A huge, dense wine, the 2014 Lynch-Bages rips out of the glass with layers of intense fruit. Huge swaths of tannin provide the framework for a decidedly extroverted, boisterous Pauillac. Hints of dark red and purplish-hued fruit, spices, new leather and cedar gradually open up, but it is the wine’s explosive personality that speaks most loudly at this stage. I don’t quite see the finesse of the very best Pauillacs. It will be interesting to see if that develops in the coming years. The blend is 69% Cabernet Sauvignon, 26% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot. At present, the 2014 is aging in 75% new barrels. — 90-93, Antonio Galloni, Vinous Media.
Offers lovely weight and feel, with a big core of plum, blackberry and black currant fruit that manages to show refinement, while ample charcoal and warm stone notes flow underneath. This is displaying terrific depth and purity today.—J.M.
The Château Lynch Bages 2014 is a blend of 69% Cabernet Sauvignon, 26% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot matured in 75% new oak. Yields were a respectable 40 hectoliters per hectare, although that figure is less than Jean-Charles Cazes predicted earlier in the season. The nose is well defined with veins of graphite infusing the black fruit: quite strict for Lynch Bages, a little reserved at this early stage. The palate is medium-bodied with chalky tannin, racy acidity although the pH is around 3.7, linear and a little austere on the finish. This is tightly coiled at the moment, gritty in the mouth but I like the Pauillac typicité here – not a million miles away from Grand Puy Lacoste in style. This deserves respect and I suspect it will age with the style of Jean-Charles’s father, who turned 80 on the day of my visit.
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