1994 Château Lynch-Bages
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The 1994 Lynch Bages has a respectable, slightly rustic, ferrous bouquet that still has charm. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannins. It's a little soft in the center, savory and leather, and it attenuates on the finish. Bottles should be drunk in the near future. Tasted at the château.
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Deep ruby-colored with a purple center, this wine displays ripe blackcurrant fruit, with no vegetal or weedy notes. Medium to full-bodied and ripe, with surprising softness, fatness, and precociousness for a wine from this vintage, Lynch-Bages' 1994 possesses well-integrated toasty oak, as well as an attractive, hedonistic style that should please the followers of this corpulent Pauillac. It should drink well now and over the next 12-15 years.
Gorgeous. Medium- to full-bodied, with well-integrated tannins and nuances of violet, berry, toasted oak and mineral. Long, caressing finish. Better in 1999. 35,000 cases made. James Suckling,Wine Spectator 1997
About the producer
Ch. Lynch-Bages is one of the largest and best properties in Pauillac, in the Médoc. While officially classified as a Fifth Growth estate, it regularly competes with the First and Second Growths when it comes to quality and ageability.