Château Lynch Bages 2021

ADRIAN VAN VELSEN - VVWINE.CH

VERTDEVIN

The nose is fresh, elegant, precise, delicate and reveals a nice purity of fruit, a fine controlled concentration. We find notes of pulpy boysenberry, juicy blackcurrant and more slightly fleshy/pulpy cherry combined with fine touches of violet, graphite, pulpy berries as well as discreet hints of nutmeg, sweet spices and a subtle touch of vanilla. The palate is fruity and offers freshness, a nice minerality, an acidic backbone, good definition, an airy balance, a little stretch and a certain purity of fruit. On the palate this wine expresses notes of pulpy blackberry, fleshy/crushed blackcurrant and more slightly pulpy red berries combined with hints of fleshy strawberry, chocolate, toastiness, a discreet hint of toasted hazelnut, a subtle hint of mocha, smoke and a subtle hint of salinity. The tannins are elegant and racy.

Decanter Magazine

Sweet blackcurrant fruit on the nose, softly jammy and expressive. You can really feel the ripeness here, grapes got full maturity and this is plush, mouthfilling and plump with chewy tannins - more opulent and perfumed than others also with more power and body. Tannins are mouthfilling and you get the stone minerality and the Cabernet freshness that really takes over giving this a sense of tension and grip. A really characterful and expressive Pauillac where the tannins and acidity perfectly compliment each other with the muscular and concentrated fruit also giving a multi-faceted dimension. 3% Cabernet Sauvignon completes the blend. 3.72pH. Ageing 75% new barrels.

JEAN-MARC QUARIN

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The second vintage vinified in the Caze family's new winery, the 2021 Lynch-Bages unwinds in the glass with aromas of minty cassis, sweet berries, loamy soil, black truffle and cigar wrapper, framed by nicely integrated new oak. Medium to full-bodied, concentrated and muscular, it's a serious, layered, powerful, youthfully structured wine that will come together beautifully with maturation in barrel.

James Suckling

This is really cool to smell, with lead pencil shavings, iron filings and oyster shells. Blackcurrants, too. Full to medium body with layers of firm tannins, but a dusty and powdery texture, too. Lovely finish. 67% cabernet sauvignon, 25% merlot, 5% petit verdot and 3% cabernet franc.