Château Lynch-Bages: Tasting & Drinking
Before I finish up this profile of Château Lynch-Bages, I should return to the thoughts expressed in my opening paragraphs. Although my tasting colleagues of old faithfully put their money into “Lunch-Bags” in every vintage, my tastings of more recent vintages – particularly during the early part of the first decade of the 21st century – suggested something different to me. I recognised that while quality here was very high, the ultra-reliability my fellow Bordeaux fans perceived seemed to have faded a little. Yes, there were good wines here, with appropriately favourable scores, and they would stand up well in a comparative tasting with other Pauillac estates ranked as fifth growths. But in my opinion they were not comparable with the two Pichons, which were performing very well, let alone the first growths, and there are other estates ranked at the same level that are ahead of Lynch-Bages.
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