 | 2020 Ch. Lynch Bages - Pauillac GCC | € 114,00 (€ 137,94) |
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IN DE PERS 96 Neal Martin – vinous.com (Februari 2023) The 2020 Lynch-Bages, the first vintage vinified at the new winery, has a beautifully-defined bouquet with a strong estuarine influence, brine and seaweed infusing the black fruit. It's almost understated at first, but it opens wonderfully in the glass - quintessentially Pauillac. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, quite concentrated that is counterbalanced by a fine bead of acidity. The saline note on the finish is superb, lingering in the mouth. What an absolutely delicious Lynch-Bages for the long-term. Drink 2027-2055. 94-96 Neal Martin – vinous.com (Mei 2021) The 2020 Lynch-Bages contains proportionately more Merlot in the blend this year (31%) and will be aged for 18 months in 75% new oak. It has an intriguing bouquet, quite complex and classic in style, featuring tightly wound black fruit mixed with cedar, mint and touches of the estuary. One sniff and you know that the vines are in close proximity to the sea. The palate is medium-bodied with impressive weight on the entry, the tannins almost immediately coating the mouth (the IPT is 93, fairly high). But everything remains balanced thanks to the fine acidic thread, and it begins to firm up, becoming quite structured and, dare I say, reminiscent of Latour toward the finish. This is a Lynch-Bages that clearly will deserve long-term aging because there is real substance to this wine, and that will only increase during élevage. This is a great Lynch-Bages. The Cazes family should build a new winery to celebrate. Drink 2027-2055. 95+ Antonio Galloni – vinous.com (Februari 2023) The 2020 Lynch-Bages is a real powerhouse. Elevage appears to have amplified the virile, brooding qualities that were present in barrel. In so many vintages, Lynch-Bages is a wine of elegance and finesse. Those qualities may emerge here too, in time. Black cherry, plum, expresso, licorice and lavender add to an impression of brooding intensity. Formidable tannins will take years to soften. The 2020 is a gorgeous wine, but it is also a very atypical Lynch. Drink 2030-2060. 93-95 Antonio Galloni – vinous.com (Mei 2021) The 2020 Lynch-Bages is deep, polished and so sensual. Dark cherry fruit, lavender, spice, leather and pipe tobacco fill out the layers. In 2020, Lynch-Bages is a bit darker and more virile in feel than is typically the case. There is plenty of weight and substance, though. I can't wait to taste it from bottle. My impression is that the 2020 will be a very long-lived wine. Drink 2025-2050. 96 Jane Anson – decanter.com (Mei 2021) The lowest amount of Cabernet Sauvignon in the blend on recent record but the signature of Lynch Bages is very much in play here - tons of liquorice, grippy and charismatic cassis and blueberry fruit with a velvety texture layered with blackcurrant pastilles and rich dark chocolate. This is easily one of the best Pauillacs that I have tasted in the vintage, totally gorgeous. The 22hl/ha yield meant I was worried that it would be too concentrated, but it pulls it off, although you've got to assume that they will need to be careful over ageing. Lower alcohol than both 2018 and 2019, a more classical balance in fact. 4% Cabernet Franc completes the blend. 3.73pH, 75% new oak, 18 months in barrel. Drinking Window 2030 - 2048 95+ William Kelley - robertparker.com (April 2023) The vintage that inaugurated the estate's new state-of-the-art winery, the 2020 Lynch-Bages has turned out very nicely, offering up aromas of crème de cassis and blackberries mingled with notions of pencil shavings, spices and classy new oak. Medium to full-bodied, deep and layered, with good concentration, ripe, powdery tannins and a seamless, integrated profile for such a young Lynch-Bages, it shows considerable promise. The blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 31% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc and 5% Petit Verdot incorporates more Merlot than usual, reflecting relative yields in the vintage more than any stylistic shift. Drink 2030-2065. Lynch-Bages's new winery came into effect for the 2020 vintage, permitting precision winemaking, with smaller tanks for parcel-by-parcel selection. And given that Lynch-Bages comprehends more or less 250 different parcels that were recently the subject of an in-depth soil study, that must be a real advantage. The same studies, incidentally, are informing work in the vineyards, with parcels cultivated differently depending on their properties, and organic trials are underway in holdings near dwellings. If the 2020 exhibits a touch more polish than might have been the case in a year like this in the past, however, Lynch-Bages's DNA remains unchanged, delivering robust, dark-fruited wines, carrying a generous patina of new oak in their youth but which age with remarkable consistency. 94-96 Lisa Perrotti-Brown – robertparker.com (Mei 2021) The 2020 Lynch-Bages is a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 31% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc and 5% Petit Verdot, aging for around 18 months in French oak barriques, 75% new. It has an alcohol of 13.41%, a pH of 3.73 and an IPT (tannin index) of 93. Opaque purple-black in color, it leaps from the glass with notes of crushed blackberries, cassis and boysenberries, plus touches of garrigue, red roses and cedar chest with hints of graphite and black olives. The medium-bodied palate has a rock-solid frame of ripe, grainy tannins and plenty of freshness supporting the tight-knit black fruit and earthy flavors, finishing long and mineral laced. Drink: 2027 – 2050. 99 James Suckling – jamessuckling.com (December 2022) 98-99 James Suckling – jamessuckling.com (April 2021) Blackcurrants, orange peel, flowers and tar with hints of graphite. Full-bodied with a creamy texture of exquisitely polished tannins. It goes on and on. Intense flavors at the end, too, with lead pencil and lots of blackberry. Very classic and precise. 17+/20 Jancis Robinson – jancisrobinson.com (Mei 2021) Full bottle 1,315 g. Cask sample taken 16 April. 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 31% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot and 4% Cabernet Franc. Merlot was picked from 14 September (nine days earlier than in 2019) over five days. Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot were picked 21 to 29 September. This is the first vintage to be made in Lynch-Bages' new winery. 18 months' ageing in barrel (75% new) is envisaged. Very deep, dense blackish purple. Suave, flattering nose with good freshness and precision. Marked tannins underneath (more so than its stablemate Haut-Batailley). This is less the old, spicy, comfortable pair of slippers Lynch-Bages and seems to be heading in a deliberately purer, 'cooler' direction. Impressive undertow and persistence, but with interesting top notes such as tobacco leaf. Very ambitiously dry on the finish. 13.4% Drink 2031 – 2049 94-96 lefigaro.fr (Mei 2021) 95-97 Yohan Castaing - anthocyanes.fr (Mei 2021) 96-97 Terre des Vins (Mei 2021) Lynch BagesLynch Bages hoeft geen inleiding. Het is één van die wijnen die jaarlijks uw aankoop waard zijn. Dit illuster Château bevindt zich ten Westen dan de Route du Vin (D2), onder het saai stadje Pauillac, op het toepasselijk genaamd “Plateau de Bages”. De wijngaard ligt halverwege tussen Lafite en Mouton in het Noorden, en tussen Latour en de twee Pichons in het Zuiden. Lynch Bages is een oud domein, waarvan de geschiedenis teruggaat tot de XVIde Eeuw. Het Château draagt de naam van Thomas Lynch en zijn Ierse familie die het Château bezat in de XVIIde XVIIIde Eeuw. In 1855 werd Lynch Bages gecatalogeerd als Cinquième Grand Cru Classé, terwijl het vandaag eerder aanzien worden als Deuxième of Troisième Grand Cru Classé. CazesJean-Michel Cazes is een bijzonder aimabel man die gestudeerd heeft in de Verenigde Staten en een carrière wist uit te bouwen bij IBM, voor hij naar de Médoc terugkeerde. Deze wereldburger zoekt open, heerlijke, moderne wijnen, vertolkt de klasse en het karakter van Pauillac en is als voorzitter van de Commanderie du Bontemps de beste ambassadeur van de hedendaagse Médoc. Lynch Bages is op vandaag één van de meest herkende en erkende Médocwijnen wereldwijd en een essentiële Pauillac door het toedoen van Jean Michel Cazes. Vandaag wordt hij opgevolgd door zijn capabele zoon Jean Charles Cazes. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||