Lynch-Bages 2010 (12 Bottles)

 Vineyard

Owner:  The Cazes Family 

ABV: 13.5%

Vineyard Surface area: 90 Hectares

Location: Pauillac, France

The Wine

Grape Varieties:  Bordeaux Blend Red 79% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc & 1% Petit Verdot 

Ageing: French Oak barrels for 15 months (70% New wood)

Tasting Notes

Still a saturated ruby-black in hue, the 2010 Lynch-Bages offers up aromas of rich cassis fruit mingled with hints of pencil shavings, loamy soil and cigar wrapper. Full-bodied, deep and muscular, its rich and layered, with concentrated core of fruit thats framed by firm, powdery tannins and lively acids. The most brooding, backward Lynch-bages of decade and one of the real successes of the vintage, this is a vibrant, tightly wound wine that is still an infant at age 10. Readers with bottles in their cellars might try one now out of curiosity, but this 2010 wont begin to hit its stride until age 20. 2027-2067

- William Kelley 97/100 

Pairs well with

Beef, Game (Deer, Venison), Poultry, Lamb