2019 Lynch-Bages, Pauillac
100
Jeb Dunnuck
Review Date: 04/2022The 2019 Château Lynch-Bages is stunningly good, and it's going to be interesting to compare this to the 2018 over the coming decades. Based on 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 24% Merlot, and the balance Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot, brought up in 75% new French oak, its dense purple hue is followed by an incredible bouquet of pure crème de cassis, freshly sharpened cedar pencil, spring flowers, smoke, and graphite, with an almost liqueur of rocks-like minerality. A massive, incredibly concentrated Lynch-Bages, Jean-Charles has hit a home run in the vintage, and this sensational wine has building, perfect tannins, insane purity, and a finish that won't quit. It has the purity, finesse, balance, and depth to offer pleasure not only today but to evolve for 40 to 50 years. Smart money will hide these for a good 7-8 years, but wow, what a wine. Bravo.
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$190
Product Availability
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Professional Reviews
99
Vinous
Review Date: 02/2022
97
Decanter
Review Date: 10/2023
97
Jane Anson
Review Date: 03/2022
Staff Reviews
K&L Buyer
Review Date: 10/2024
Notes
97 points Neal Martin for Vinous: "The 2019 Lynch-Bages has an outgoing bouquet, the new oak not as well integrated as its peers at the moment, more inchoate by comparison. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy black fruit, quite saline with black pepper, controlled and focused towards the classy finish. It oozes sophistication and feels extraordinarily long. Wondrous." (02/2023)
Product Details
Origin: Pauillac, Bordeaux, France
Type/Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon and Blends
SKU: #1480735