2001 Chateau Lynch Bages 5eme Cru Classe, Pauillac 1x750ml

Vinous 92

The 2001 Lynch-Bages has a complex bouquet, well defined with a melange of red and black fruit mixed with freshly rolled tobacco, sage and cedar. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy black fruit. It’s sweet and candied with veins of orange peel and hints of sloes and fig towards the finish. I appreciate the harmony here, plus the persistence. Very fine, though on this occasion, it is just pipped by its millennial counterpart. Tasted blind at the Lynch Bages vertical at the chateau. [Neal Martin, 18/07/2023]

Anticipated maturity: 2021-2038

Robert Parker 88

The fully mature 2001 exhibits aromas of tapenade, bay leaf, licorice, red and black currants, damp earth and new saddle leather. Medium-bodied and atypically elegant and charming for a Lynch Bages with soft, fully resolved tannin and a moderately long finish, it is much lighter than a great vintage such as 2000. [Robert M. Parker, Jr., 31/08/2011]