2021 Chateau Lynch Bages - Grand Cru Classe Pauillac AC

Decanter.com – 95 pts – GH: *Sweet blackcurrant fruit on the nose, softly jammy and expressive. You can really feel the ripeness here, grapes got full maturity and this is plush, mouthfilling and plump with chewy tannins - more opulent and perfumed than others also with more power and body. Tannins are mouthfilling and you get the stone minerality and the Cabernet freshness that really takes over giving this a sense of tension and grip. A really characterful and expressive Pauillac where the tannins and acidity perfectly compliment each other with the muscular and concentrated fruit also giving a multi-faceted dimension. 3% Cabernet Sauvignon completes the blend. 3.72pH. Ageing 75% new barrels.* - 04/2022

Falstaff Magazin – 93 pts – PM: *Tiefdunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. Feines Edelholz, ein Hauch von dunklem Nougat, schwarze Herzkirschen, zarte Nuancen von Lakritze. Komplex, saftig, zart nach Cassis, tragende Tannine, gute Länge und Frische, sicheres Reifepotenzial.* - 05/2022

Vinum Magazin – 17,5/20 pts: *Viel Eiche, dann fruchtig, von beeindruckender Tiefe und Rasse, erstklassiges Tannin grosser Dichte mit pfeffrigem Schliff, ungemein fruchtiges Finale; gehört zu den grossen LB, abgefüllt 18 Punkte wert.*

WeinWisser – 18,5/20pts – GL, TW: * 67 % Cabernet Sauvignon, 25 % Merlot, 3 % Cabernet Franc, 5 % Petit Verdot, 13.14 Vol.-%, pH 3.72, IPT 90. Komplexes Bouquet, edle Cassiswürze, zarte Fliedernote und Graphit, dahinter Burleytabak, weißer Pfeffer und Lakritze. Am geradlinigen, sehr präzisen Gaumen mit seidiger Textur, vibrierender Rasse, engmaschigem Tanningerüst und durchtrainiertem Körper. Im konzentrierten Finale schwarze Johannisbeere gepaart mit tiefschürfender Terroirwürze und fein körniger Adstringenz. Da ist richtig laute Musik drin, das Thema zum aktuellen Jahrgang passt daher perfekt: Rock and Roll! Auch hier gab es eine feierliche Kellereinweihung.* – 04/2022

Vinous.com – 94 pts – AG: *The 2021 Lynch-Bages is rather somber today. Black fruit, mocha, licorice and chocolate are all amplified in this decidedly muscular wine from a cool year. This is a distinctly cool-climate Lynch-Bages built on power, with less of its usual flash.* - 12/2023

Vinous.com – (94-96) pts – NM: *The 2021 Lynch-Bages, picked at 34hL/ha and matured in 75% new oak for a planned 18 months, has an outstanding bouquet, beautifully-defined and sensual, a mixture of black and blueberry fruit, very fragrant. The palate is medium-bodied with grippy tannins, good body and density, quite precise with a tensile finish. This fans out nicely on the finish. A very classy Lynch Bages with echoes of Jean-Michel Cazes' classics from the late eighties. 13.14% alcohol.* - 04/2022

Thewinecellarinsider.com – 94 pts – JL: *Smoke, cedar, cigar box, cassis, spearmint, and spice nuances set the perfume where it needs to be. The palate, with its layers of vibrant, sweet, fresh, energetic, chewy fruits leaves a lasting impression. There is concentration, depth of flavor, chewiness, and length here that would make this a serious wine in a top vintage. But, with 2021, this is a tremendous success that exceeds the vintage. The wine blends 67% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot and 3% Cabernet Franc. The yields were low at 34 hectoliters per hectare. Drink from 2027-2050.* - 03/2024