Château Lynch-Bages - Pauillac 2012 (750ml)
Price: $165.00
| Producer | Château Lynch-Bages |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Subregion | Pauillac |
| Varietal | Bordeaux Blend |
| Vintage | 2012 |
| Sku | 1005106 |
| Size | 750ml |
The wine of Château Lynch-Bages is part of the lineage of the great Pauillac wines. Blended mostly from Cabernet Sauvignon it blends structure and finesse with elegance and longevity. It is further distinguished by its opulence. Generous right from its youth it develops more flavours and greater complexity as it matures.
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Wine Enthusiast: 94 Points
The wine is very dry layered tannins giving a major sense of structure. It will always have this dry dense character very firm solid and powerful.
James Suckling: 92 Points
Aromas of blackcurrants blueberries and lemons follow through to a full body firm tannins and a fresh clean finish. A little tight now but excellent. Precision to this. Back ended. Better in 2018.
vWine Spectator: 92 Points
This has a very solid core of dark plum crushed black currant and blackberry fruit with lightly firm flesh and good drive through the finish where alder and iron notes fill in. Shows excellent energy and depth while harnessing the austere edge of the vintage. Best from 2018 through 2025. ? JM
Vinous: 91+ Points
"The 2012 Lynch-Bages comes across as a bit bombastic and ripe. Mocha plums dark cherry blackberry licorice tar and new oak are all evident in this slightly four-square Lynch Bages. Today the 2012 comes in as somewhat disjointed and not fully put together. It will be interesting to see what further time in bottle brings. The blend is 71% Cabernet Sauvignon 26% Merlot 2% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot. Because of heat stress yields were unusually low in 2012 and that may be the reason why the wine is a bit clumsy today. I would give the 2012 a few years to come together."
