Critic Notes
This is quite wonderful with a beautiful balance of ultra-fine tannins and pretty fruits from currant to blueberries. Full-bodied. Delicious to taste. Deft winemaking here for the vintage. jamessuckling.com
Score: 93-94/100James Suckling
This has nice weight and intensity, with a solid core of plum, blackberry and cassis that's offset by a racy, spicy frame. Very sleek through the finish, with latent depth in reserve. James Molesworth, WineSpectator.com
Score: 92-95/100Wine Spectator
The 2011 Lynch Bages has a fine nose of liqueur fruit and creme de cassis. This is a big mouthful with terrific energy and harmony. High-toned and extrovert. Perhaps finishing just a tiny bit dry but barely. Very good.
Score: 17.5-/20FINE+RARE
72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot are found in the blend, which reached 13.2% alcohol and will be aged in 75% new oak. Yields were 45 hectoliters per hectare. Deep in color with a perfumed filled with coffee, blackberry, chocolate and tobacco, there are ample fresh and bright cassis flavors found in the finish.theWineCellarInsider.com
Score: 91-93/100Jeff Leve
Fine density of blackcurrant Cabernet fruit, very good natural richness and very ripe tannins. Drink 2016-2030. Decanter.com
Score: 17-/20Decanter
The 2011 Lynch Bages is a blend of 72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot raised in 75% new oak. It has an elegant, understated bouquet compared to its peers, with pure blackberry and cedar aromas, linear and focused. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, a gentle but firm grip, with a harmonious crisp quintessential Pauillac finish with graphite lingering on the aftertaste. This is a stylish Lynch Bages, born to be drunk and enjoyed. Neal Martin, eRobertParker.com
Score: 90-92/100Neal Martin
This is a very dense Lynch Bages with firm, generous tannins which have been very well handled. Flavours are polished and layered with a fairly long finish. Flavours of blackberries, plums and fresh Chinese red dates mingle here. This wine will require several years for the tannins to soften but it shows good ageing potential. AsianPalate.com
Score: 90-91/100Jeannie Cho Lee MW
The medium-bodied 2011 Lynch Bages possesses a saturated ruby/purple color as well as beautiful creme de cassis notes, a generous, concentrated, well-made, medium to full-bodied style and supple tannins. A successful effort in 2011, it should be drinkable in 3-4 years and last for 15+. It is a sleeper of the vintage. Apr 2014, www.robertparker.com
Score: 90-/100Robert Parker
Extremely sweet dark fruit, more damson than cassis. Firm, dry, grippy tannins seem to overwhelm the fruit. Need to prize your mouth apart on the finish. Needs a lot of time and I hope the flesh will emerge. Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com
Score: 16-/20Jancis Robinson
