Château Lynch-Bages - Pauillac 2019 (1.5L)
Price: $345.00
| Producer | Château Lynch-Bages |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Subregion | Pauillac |
| Varietal | Bordeaux Blend |
| Vintage | 2019 |
| Sku | 9356 |
| Size | 1.5L |
Jeb Dunnuck: 100 Points
The 2019 Château Lynch-Bages is stunningly good and it's going to be interesting to compare this to the 2018 over the coming decades. Based on 70% Cabernet Sauvignon 24% Merlot and the balance Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot brought up in 75% new French oak its dense purple hue is followed by an incredible bouquet of pure crème de cassis freshly sharpened cedar pencil spring flowers smoke and graphite with an almost liqueur of rocks-like minerality. A massive incredibly concentrated Lynch-Bages Jean-Charles has hit a home run in the vintage and this sensational wine has building perfect tannins insane purity and a finish that won't quit. It has the purity finesse balance and depth to offer pleasure not only today but to evolve for 40 to 50 years. Smart money will hide these for a good 7-8 years but wow what a wine. Bravo.
Vinous: 99 Points
The 2019 Lynch Bages is every bit as magnificent from bottle as it was from barrel if not moreso. What a wine! Towering and vertical in its bearing the 2019 is a total stunner. There is plenty of Lynch Bages charm but what distinguishes the 2019 most is its spine of tannin and energy. Time in the glass brings out sweet red cherry plum blood orange and pomegranate and mint. The 2019 is a great great great Lynch Bages. It reminds me of the epic 1989 but with the youthful grip of this vintage. A towering Pauillac the 2019 Lynch Bages will make a great addition to any cellar. - By Antonio Galloni on January 2022
James Suckling: 97 Points
Fantastic blackberries blackcurrants lead pencil and violets. So Pauillac on the nose! Full-bodied with a dense layered palate and tight yet plush tannins that give the wine layers and gravitas. Compact. Long finish. Silky. Reminds me of a modern classic version of something like the wonderful 1985 Lynch. Try after 2026.
The Wine Independent: 97+ Points
The 2019 Lynch-Bages is composed of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon 24% Merlot 3% Cabernet Franc and 3% Petit Verdot. Deep garnet-purple in color it gallops out with bold notions of warm cassis stewed black cherries and boysenberry preserves followed by hints of tar violets and star anise. The medium to full-bodied palate is intense and nuanced with firm grainy tannins and great tension finishing long and layered. Classic great Pauillac.
Decanter: 97 Points
Intense deep and dark aromatics - such wonderful Cabernet notes on the nose. This is incredibly impactful from the very first taste it grips the mouth and courses with power but in a well balanced harmonious way. Mouthwatering fruit juice is backed by tannins that although fill the mouth entirely come across as quite ripe and soft with a backbone of menthol cooling freshness that goes from
Jane Anson: 97 Points
Tight black fruits run through with espresso cocoa bean and bitter black chocolate shavings. Brilliant quality with tannic heft and precision. Takes a jump halfway through the palate and lifts right off. I have tasted this several times over the past few months and it consistently performs. 75% new oak Eric Boissenot consults.
twiWine Enthusiast: 97 Points
The wine's power is important and impressive. Behind this lies a solid structure along with powerful black fruits allowing the succulent nature of the Cabernet Sauvignon to shine. The wine will develop slowly over many years. Drink from 2027. ? Roger Voss
Wine Spectator: 96 Points
Gorgeous from the start with lush and caressing cassis dark plum and blackberry compote flavors that are substantial in feel although they seem to glide through carried by a very refined structure that lets in alluring black tea worn alder floral and savory details along the way. Features a vibrant authoritative bolt of iron through the finish to keep it all grounded. Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. Best from 2025 through 2045.
Wine Advocate: 96+ Points
A true classic from this estate the 2019 Lynch-Bages has turned out brilliantly unwinding in the glass with aromas of cassis and sweet blackberry fruit mingled with licorice mint cigar wrapper and loamy soil. Full-bodied rich and concentrated it's a deep multidimensional wine built around a chassis of rich powdery tannins and succulent balancing acids. The last vintage produced in Lynch-Bages old winery it will be interesting to compare this benchmark wine with subsequent vintages over the coming years. Lynch-Bages' recently unveiled new winery is an imposing construction and will certainly permit precision winemaking with smaller tanks permitting parcel-by-parcel selection. And given that Lynch-Bages comprehends more or less 250 different parcels recently the subject of an in-depth soil study that will 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. Yet the old winery has delivered a compelling swan-song vintage in the form of the 2019 Lynch-Bages a superb wine that merits comparison with the likes of the 2010 and 2000 in quality (and which is closer to the latter than the former in style). It's a terrific effort from the Cazes family and their technical team.
