1989 Chateau Lynch Bages 5eme Cru Classe, Pauillac 1x750ml

Vinous 98

The 1989 Lynch-Bages is arguably the pinnacle of a fecund era for the Pauillac estate. The aromatics bowl you over with their intensity and precision, complex and brimming with personality: black fruit laced with graphite and blood orange. It would shade many a First Growth. The palate is medium-bodied with gorgeous, multi-layered black fruit on top of graphite and tobacco with just a faint touch of meat juices towards the entrancing finish. Frankly, there is nothing more that you could wish from a Pauillac that is audacious and utterly charming. Tasted at the chateau both in bottle and double-magnum formats. [Neal Martin, 18/07/2023]

Anticipated maturity: 2023-2045

Robert Parker 99

One of the all-time great vintages for this chateau is the 1989 Lynch-Bages, a striking wine that offers up pure and intense aromas of cassis, pencil shavings, spring flowers and hints of cigar wrapper. Full-bodied, deep and multidimensional, it’s seamless and concentrated, with a rich core of fruit, ripe tannins and a beautifully defined finish. Still an infant at age 32, it surpasses all three of Pauillac’s first growths in 1989. [William Kelley, 31/10/2021]

Anticipated maturity: 2020-2060