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Bottle of Château Lynch-Bages Grand Cru Classé Pauillac on a gold background with the title "1990 Lynch Bages" and a William Kelley quote
Bottle of Château Lynch-Bages Grand Cru Classé Pauillac on a gold background with the title "1990 Lynch Bages" and a William Kelley quote
The 1989 and 1990 were the vintages that put Pauillac’s Chateau Lynch Bages very much on the radar of collectors around the world. Showing First Growth quality from a Fifth Growth Estate, these have become two of Bordeaux’s most famous and collectable wines. They are still drinking beautifully.
The ’90 is a classic example of what makes Pauillac so revered. William Kelley picks out “rich aromas of blackberries and crème de cassis mingled with cigar wrapper” on the nose and “Full-bodied, broad and fleshy, it’s unctuous and enveloping, with a generous core of fruit, sweet but still present tannins and a long, expansive finish”. For him, it’s “an immensely seductive, hedonistic wine that’s very hard to resist”. Like all top Pauillac, it’s also benefiting hugely from plenty of time in bottle.

97 points William Kelley

The 1990 Lynch-Bages continues to drink brilliantly at age 32, bursting from the glass with rich aromas of blackberries and crème de cassis mingled with cigar wrapper, loamy soil, burning embers, nori and subtle hints of sweet leather. Full-bodied, broad and fleshy, it’s unctuous and enveloping, with a generous core of fruit, sweet but still present tannins and a long, expansive finish. I have always tended to compare the 1990 and 1989 Lynch-Bages, and both wines are among the finest produced in Bordeaux in those years, embarrassing several of the first growths; if I had to choose, I’d likely opt for the 1989 for its greater depth and staying power, but the 1990 is an immensely seductive, hedonistic wine that’s very hard to resist. (2023) www.robertparker.com Drink now-2050

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