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Château Lynch-Bages Grand Cru Classé Pauillac Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2006 (375ml)
1988 or 1995-ish in style, rather than 1996, which seems to be the vintage several 2006s recall, this dense purple-colored wine displays sweet notes of creme de cassis, tobacco leaf, licorice, and some cedar and graphite. The wine has plenty of structure a la 1995 and a backward, muscular personality, but beautiful fruit on the attack and alluring purity and a nicely textured mouthfeel. The finish suggests cellaring for 3-5 years and drinking over the following two decades. Robert Parker
Ratings on Delectable
David Kline 
Cherry compote, black currant and smoky mulberry; light leather and English tea notes. Lavender and cassis. Black currant dominates a palate rife with smoky blackberry and dark tobaccos, bakers chocolate and dark raisins. Decidedly rich and adumbral. #chateaulynchbages #lynchbages #pauillac #grandcruclasséde1855 #appellationpauillaccontrôlée
Cherry compote, black currant and smoky mulberry; light leather and English tea notes. Lavender and cassis. Black currant dominates a palate rife with smoky blackberry and dark tobaccos, bakers chocolate and dark raisins. Decidedly rich and adumbral. #chateaulynchbages #lynchbages #pauillac #grandcruclasséde1855 #appellationpauillaccontrôlée
9.4
David T
Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator
Third course with the 06 Lynch Bages, Duck Confit with Pommes Landsies. The body is full. The tannins round but still big. The fruit is very dark; blackberries, dark cherries, black raspberries with ripe strawberries. More earthier than the others so far. Dry stones, crush rocks, tobacco leaf, some graphite, underbrush, cigar aftertaste, saddle-wood, tough leather, dark red dry flowers. Good acidity. The finish leans earth. It just needs more time in bottle...at least five years+.
Third course with the 06 Lynch Bages, Duck Confit with Pommes Landsies. The body is full. The tannins round but still big. The fruit is very dark; blackberries, dark cherries, black raspberries with ripe strawberries. More earthier than the others so far. Dry stones, crush rocks, tobacco leaf, some graphite, underbrush, cigar aftertaste, saddle-wood, tough leather, dark red dry flowers. Good acidity. The finish leans earth. It just needs more time in bottle...at least five years+.
9.1Axel de Legge
Vin agréable sans défaut. Note de framboise, explosion de fruits rouges en bouche. Ne m'a pas donner plus de frisson que ça.
Vin agréable sans défaut. Note de framboise, explosion de fruits rouges en bouche. Ne m'a pas donner plus de frisson que ça.
7.5Tobin Trevarthen
Yum. Black cherry. Musty nose.
Yum. Black cherry. Musty nose.
9.2
Jeff Sidwell
Owner Bon! Gourmet
Young and tight tannins
Young and tight tannins
9.2
Florian Schnabel
Vintage 2006
Vintage 2006
9.5
Richard Young
Wine Specialist Christie's
Pop and pour
Pop and pour
9.4
Tom Riley
Every time we have this or something similar I ask myself, "why don't we drink more Bordeaux?"
Every time we have this or something similar I ask myself, "why don't we drink more Bordeaux?"
9.2
Steve Dummer
A fav 2006 - tasted recently lovely but a couple of more years may be
A fav 2006 - tasted recently lovely but a couple of more years may be
9.8
Patrick O Driscoll
Fantastic wine full bodied, shaped and ready to enjoy, the nose is full of instal and lingering aromas
Fantastic wine full bodied, shaped and ready to enjoy, the nose is full of instal and lingering aromas
9.7
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