Château Lynch-Bages 1982

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WineMine Description

MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 934; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 1982 which is 920. The average score for Château Lynch-Bages is 886, making this an above average effort for the producer.

When people talk about wines from Château Lynch-Bages they use words like Fruit, Cassis, Black, Full, Tannins, Purple, Ripe, Dense, Classic, Long, Dark, Sweet, Ruby, Rich, Firm. The 1982 shares most of these characteristics. It normally takes wines from Château Lynch-Bages around 8 years to be ready to start drinking, and 16 further years to decline.

It represents good value compared to Château Latour 2009, Château Latour 2003, Château Margaux 2009, Château Mouton Rothschild 2008, Château Latour 2006; but better value alternatives would be Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Palmer 2012, Château d’Issan 2005, Les Forts de Latour 2005, Les Forts de Latour 2006.

MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers very low value for money when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score. This wine is in the bottom 10% of wines by value; you might very well be paying for the name, rather than the wine.

Similarity Score	Wine	Price Difference
26	Château Palmer 2012	-33%
26	Château d’Issan 2005	-66%
24	Château Margaux 2009	305%
24	Château Léoville-Poyferré 2006	-86%
23	Château Langoa-Barton 2006	-92%
23	Château Margaux 2008	-8%
23	Château Branaire-Ducru 2010	-83%
23	Château Cos d’Estournel 2005	-29%
22	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005	-59%
22	Château Potensac 2005	-90%
22	Château Haut-Brion 2008	-73%
22	Château Cheval Blanc 2004	1%
22	Château Cheval Blanc 2012	23%
22	Château du Tertre 2004	-92%
22	Château Cos d’Estournel 2008	-75%
22	Château Léoville-Poyferré 2010	-59%
22	Château d’Angludet 2000	-89%
22	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2001	-81%
21	Château Giscours 2010	-75%
21	Château Labégorce 2010	-88%
21	Château Haut-Brion 2011	-20%
21	Château Haut-Brion 2009	82%
21	Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2009	78%
20	Château Palmer 2008	-60%
20	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010	-54%
20	Château Haut-Brion 2010	162%
20	Vieux Château Certan 2008	-74%
20	Château le Tertre Rôteboeuf 2006	-68%
19	Château Clos Fourtet 2009	-43%
19	Vieux Château Certan 2005	-47%
17	Château Margaux 2001	44%
17	Château de Fonbel 2010	-95%
15	Château La Dame de Montrose 2003	-89%
15	Château Montrose 2005	63%

Date	Currency	Price
2016-01-17	gbp	269