Château Lynch-Bages 2010 (RP:96)

Château Lynch-Bages是Pauillac的頂級葡萄酒，以Cabernet Sauvignon為主，它有結構、順滑、優雅和韌力。它的豐富味道令人一試便認得它，即使即時享用，它會慷慨展現優雅味道，如果繼續陳年的話，會得出更好的複雜度。

此酒的風格隨年變得更柔和，同時也得統一。時至今日，Château Lynch-Bages的特徵就是令人讚歎的優質統一性。強勁、優雅、盛放，此酒一年比一年準確，為享受主義錦上添花。

Château Lynch-Bages 暱稱為”靚茨伯”。

The wine of Château Lynch-Bages is part of the lineage of the great Pauillac wines. Blended mostly from Cabernet Sauvignon, it combines structure and finesse, elegance and longevity. It is further distinguished by its opulence. Generous right from its youth, it develops more flavours and greater complexity as it matures.

The style of the wines has refined over the years, gaining suppleness and softness, whilst their consistency has been established over time. Then as now, Château Lynch-Bages has been characterised by its extraordinary qualitative homogeneity. Powerful, elegant and open, vintage after vintage, the wine has acquired greater accuracy, adding distinction to the hedonistic character that made its reputation.

The year began with a mild winter which brought an adequate amount of rain, and there followed a relatively unremarkable spring in which flowering progressed smoothly and was all finished by May. The summer was extremely warm with temperature frequently exceeding 30°C throughout June, July and August. The fruit began to change colour somewhat earlier than usual, a response to the warmth of the vintage.

Appellation:
Grand Cru Classé Pauillac, Bordeaux

Country of Origin:
Bordeaux, France

Type:
Red/Rouge (Still)

Grape Varieties:
(2010)79% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc, 1% Petit Verdot

Ageing:
French oak barrels for 15 months (70% new wood)

Tasting Notes:

2010 Vintage(Robert Parker's rating: 96 points):
The 2010 Lynch Bages is an absolutely brilliant wine, and somewhat reminiscent at this stage in its development of the profound 1989. Jean-Charles Cazes, who took over for his father a number of years ago, has produced a magnificent wine with the classic creme de cassis note intermixed with smoke, graphite and spring flowers. It is a massive Lynch Bages, full-bodied and very 1989-ish, with notable power, loads of tannin, and extraordinary concentration and precision. This is not a Lynch Bages to drink in its exuberant youth, but one to hold on to for 5-6 years and drink over the following three decades.