This is a focused and tight Lynch with beautiful blackcurrants, slate, graphite and lead pencil. Medium to full body. Very fine tannins and brightness. Linear line of tannins that runs nicely through the wine. A blend of 70% cabernet sauvignon, 24% merlot, 4% cabernet franc and 2% petit verdot.
This leans toward the austere side of Pauillac, with a slightly bracing iron and chalk frame around a core of red and black currant fruit, liberally laced with savory and cedar notes. Exhibits ample length and cut, showing really pure and beautifully defined currant flavors. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. Best from 2024 through 2040
95 / 100
A blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 24% Merlot, and the rest Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot, brought up in 75% new French oak, the 2017 Chateau Lynch-Bages sports an inky color as well as a powerful, full-bodied style. Rocking blackcurrants, chocolate, smoked tobacco, and obvious minerality all emerge from this beautiful, concentrated wine that has building tannins, the more elegant, silky style of the vintage, a great mid-palate, and a blockbuster finish. It's going to hit the ground running in about 5-7 years and cruise 20 years or more in cool cellars.
Deep crimson. Very heady and layered and obviously superior on the nose. Sweet, ripe fruit but good fine tannin too. Grown-up wine! Richer than most Pauillacs but with the stony quality on the end too.
Couleur sombre, intense et belle. Nez intense, fruité, accompagné d'une belle odeur de fruits noirs, de crème fraiche et de cassis. Charnu à l'attaque, juteux, très fruité, le vin se développe savoureux et gras. Il prend son envol entre le milieu et la finale et il s'achève long, avec de l'éclat dans le goût. Tannicité très bien enrobée. Assemblage : 70 % cabernet sauvignon, 24 % merlot, 4 % cabernet franc, 2 % petit verdot. Degré d'alcool : 13°06, pH : 3.75, IPT : 73.
Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2017 Lynch Bages sashays out of the glass with flamboyant scents of baked blackcurrants, blackberry preserves and mulberries plus touches of lavender, dark chocolate, star anise and unsmoked cigars. Medium to full-bodied, the palate has bags of class and finesse with firm, finely-grained tannins and seamless freshness, finishing long and fragrant.
De couleur grenat-pourpre profond, le 2017 Lynch Bages sort du verre avec des parfums de cassis, de confiture de mûres avec des touches de lavande, de chocolat noir, d'anis et de cigares. Moyennement à pleinement corsé, le palais présente une finesse avec des tanins fermes et fins et une fraîcheur sans faille, pour une finale longue et parfumée.