Put together a 4 bottle vertical of Lynch Bages last night with a few friends to celebrate my birthday.
Started the afternoon with some Andre Clouet rosé (because it’s awesome). All reds were open and sat in the cellar for about 4 hours before tasting.
• 2020 – Vibrant and expressive, with strong dark fruit notes and a vanilla backbone. Obviously very young but this was a beautiful wine that I came back to several times later in the night to finish the mag.
• 2015 – Initially muted, almost asleep, but started to evolve after several hours. I guess I didn’t record anything noteworthy but I think it definitely needs more time to fully reveal its character.
• 2009 – The crowd favorite. Incredibly aromatic, balancing more mature Pauillac characteristics, tobacco / cedar, with very present fruit and mellowing tannins.
• 2005 – My personal favorite. Noticeably higher acidity than the others, with beautifully developed tertiary notes of tobacco, forest-y complexity. Elegant but still very powerful. IMO, nearly a perfecto wine.
by notdanieljones
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How would you rate 09 and 05 relative to what you think their “peak drinkability” period might be?
Had a 2000 recently. Fantastic nose, but the acid was a touch low. Still a great wine, but a little disappointing.