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2012 Château Lynch-Bages, Pauillac, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Cabernet Sauvignon (71%), Merlot (26%), Cabernet Franc (2%), Petit Verdot (1%)
Ready - youthful (Drink 2024 - 2063)
Jancis Robinson MW
16.5/20
Robert Parker
87-89/100
Robert Parker
87/100
James Molesworth
91-94/100
Product: 20128004817

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2012 Château Lynch-Bages, Pauillac, Bordeaux

Description

One of our all-time favourite properties, Ch. Lynch-Bages has not only has been playing out of its skin since 2006, but when you are lucky enough to actually drink a fully mature vintage, it makes you purr like a kitten. The 2012, is certainly not a kitten though, more of a brooding lioness showing real volume, weight and substance that few can match.

The nose has dark fruits, cassis and licorice whilst the palate exudes rich, silky and sublime density, sweetness and glycerol. The expression and volume build in the mouth with freshness, focus and texture followed by a bright and lifting finish. Unquestionably one of the weightier wines of the week, it is continually expressive onto the finish where an explosion of flavours takes over as if roaring to all in the Savannah!

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Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2012
Maturity Ready - youthful (2024 - 2063)
Grape List Cabernet Sauvignon (71%), Merlot (26%), Cabernet Franc (2%), Petit Verdot (1%)
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château Lynch-Bages

Critics reviews

Jancis Robinson MW 16.5/20
Blackish purple. Lots of minerals on the nose. Tight and taut and almost painfully tart but there is energy here certainly!
Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com (Apr 2013)
Robert Parker 87-89/100
Some of Lynch Bages's tell-tale cedary, black currant, earth and spice characteristics are present in the 2012's moderately intense bouquet. This wine exhibits good purity, a healthy dark ruby/purple color and medium body. There is a slight deficiency in the mid-palate, but it recovers sufficiently and offers up a decent finish that tails off ever so slightly. This good to excellent wine could use more fat and charm in the mid-section. Cellar it for a couple of years and drink it over the following 12-14 years.
Robert Parker, Wine Advocate (Jan 2013)
Robert Parker 87/100
The 2012 Lynch-Bages is deep ruby/purple with tell-tale cassis notes. Medium-bodied, but somewhat foursquare and monolithic, it has well above average concentration, impressive purity and nicely integrated tannins and wood. Nevertheless, there is something bland and one-dimensional about Lynch-Bages in 2012, making it somewhat of a disappointment. Drink it over the next 12-15 years.
Robert Parker, Wine Advocate (Apr 2015)
James Molesworth 91-94/100
Pure and racy, delivering a core of violet, cassis and cherry, well-framed by a sleek, iron-coated structure. Features a long, taut, focused finish. Shows the austerity of the vintage, but this remains long and pure, with fine cut.
James Molesworth, WineSpectator.com (Apr 2013)

About this wine

Cabernet Sauvignon

The most famous red wine grape in the world and one of the most widely planted.
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Pauillac

Pauillac

The aristocrat of the Médoc boasts 75 percent of the region’s First Growths, with Grand Cru Classés representing 84 percent of production. Pauillac's First Growths each have their own unique characteristics: Ch. Lafite Rothschild produces the region’s most aromatically-complex and subtly-flavoured wine, while – with its high percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon – Ch. Mouton Rothschild can produce a decadently rich, fleshy and exotic wine.
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Chateau Lynch-Bages

Château Lynch Bages, a 5ème Cru Classé, is one of the best-known Médoc estates and has always had a particularly strong following on this side of the English Channel. Since 1973 it has been owned by the enigmatic Jean-Michel Cazes and is now run by his son, Jean-Charles.
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