Chateau Lynch-Bages, 1970 Red Wine
Pauillac, 5th Growth Classification
92 Points Wine Spectator
Top shoulder / Bin soiled labels
Bottle size: 75cl
ABV: 12%
Price:
$251.99 USD
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Description
*** 92 Points Wine Spectator ***
I drank a lot of this in Paris when I lived there in the mid-1980s. And I had a bottle this summer as well. Always outstanding. Shows intense aromas of prune and licorice. Full, velvety and long. This is a beautiful Bordeaux. (JS, Web Only-2007)
**** 91 Points Robert Parker ****
The 1970 is an old style Lynch Bages with plenty of dry tannin in the finish. Compellingly aromatic, it offers aromas of cedar wood, spice box, tobacco, earth, black currants, and new saddle leather. Spicy, concentrated, and burly, with mouth-searing tannin, this big, thick wine is a terrific example of Lynch Bages made in an older style. (RP)
The Chateau draws its name partly from the plain upon which it is sat (Bages) and partly from 75 years of ownership by the Lynch family. Although the wine has lost some of its fruitiness over the years, it is still very drinkable.
Condition
Top shoulder / Bin soiled labels