Château Lynch Bages, 5eme Grand Cru Classe, Pauillac, Bordeaux, 2010
76% Cab Sauvignon, 18% Merlot, 4% Cab Franc & 2% Petit Verdot.
"The 2010 blew me away on each occasion I tasted it during my two week sojourn in Bordeaux. Tannic and concentrated, this huge Pauillac boasts an inky / purple colour as well as impressive notes of creme de cassis, smoke, graphite and spring flowers. This dense, seriously endowed, monstrous Lynch Bages is reminiscent of some of the wines made at this estate in the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s'." - R Parker 96/100 wineadvocate.com
"Black cherry fruit – opulent, pure, defined, modern. Lovely tannic structure – very svelte, and entirely drinkable now. Gorgeous and moreish, with the concentration to develop much further." Richard Hemming MW 17.5/20 jancisrobinson.com