Γευστικά χαρακτηριστικά

Στην μύτη αρώματα φραγκοστάφυλου, βατόμουρου, μολυβιού, με νότες καπνού και γλυκόριζας. Στο στόμα θα βρείτε ισορροπία, ιδανική οξύτητα που δίνει φρεσκάδα και φρουτώδη μακρά επίγευση.

Οινοποίηση

Cabernet Sauvignon 72%, Merlot 19%, Cabernet Franc 6%, Petit Verdot 3%.. Χειροκίνητη συγκομιδή και αυστηρή επιλογή ρογών. Η ζύμωση πραγματοποιείται σε δρύινες μεγάλες δεξαμενές (Foudres) σε ελεγχόμενη θερμοκρασία, με διαβροχή.

Ωρίμαση

Σε νέα γαλλικά δρύινα βαρέλια για 18 μήνες με 75% καινούργιο βαρέλι. Το κρασί περνά επίσης μερικούς μήνες στην φιάλη.
Τα κρασιά μπορεί να παλαιώσουν για 20-30 χρόνια.

Βαθμολογία

Jancis Robinson 18 (2020), Falstaff.98 (2020), Robert Parker The Wine Advocate.95 (2020), Wine Searcher avg.95, Vivino 4.3 (2020)

Jancis Robinson 18 pt
60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 31% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot, 4% Cabernet Franc. 75% new oak.
Deepest crimson. Dark, rich and pure-fruited aroma of black fruit. There’s also a darkly oaky note but it’s surprisingly well integrated in such a young wine – shows the quality of the fruit. Dark, dense, chewy and almost savoury on the palate, dark fruit, dark spice, intense but not heavy. Really gorgeous without being voluptuous. Refined and long. (JH)
James Suckling 99 Pt
A beautifully layered red with blackcurrant, hazelnut and lead-pencil character and fine, velvety tannins. Full-bodied and reserved. It’s like a tightly knit ball of polished tannins that are cashmere in texture. So very long and impressive. Give this time. A terrific Lynch.
Wine Enthusiast 98 Pt
Bold black fruits and dense, textured tannins are very much in the style of the estate. What is new in this vintage is the extra precision that lifts the wine, bringing together the beautiful black currant flavors of ripe Cabernet Sauvignon with a refined texture of sophisticated tannins. This is an impressive wine, sure to age over many years. Barrel Sample.
Jeb Dunnuck 96 Pt
The 2020 Chateau Lynch-Bages brings even more density and depth and is another vin de garde in the vintage. A blend of 61% Cabernet Sauvignon, 31% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot, and the rest Cabernet Franc, aged in 75% new barrels, this inky hued beauty boasts a ripe, powerful, full-bodied style that carries serious concentration as well as building, ripe, velvety tannins. While it doesn’t have the elegance of the 2019, it brings beautiful cassis and blackberry fruit, lots of spice, graphite, and lead pencil aromatics, terrific balance, and a blockbuster finish. It’s going to need at least a decade and will have 40-50 years of prime drinking.
Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate 95+ Pt
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. Best after 2030.