WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 991; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 1985 which is 894. The average score for Château Lynch-Bages is 884, 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 1985 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 1985 but no other wine from Château Lynch-Bages: Corpulence, Luxurious, Anise, Leaves, Decant, Immense, Winner, Silkiness, Citrus, Watershed. The wine has roughly a similar level of alcohol for the producer (13% vs 12.78%); it has broadly similar levels of alcohol for the region in 1985 (13% vs 12.75%). The wine has been ready to drink for 14 years (since 2002) and has been past its best for 4 (since 2012). 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 Cos d’Estournel 2005, Château Batailley 2010, Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005, Château Margaux 2006, Château Latour 2003; but better value alternatives would be Les Forts de Latour 2005, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009, Château Talbot 2005, Château Haut-Brion 2008, Château Pontet-Canet 2005.
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, 80% of wines are better value.
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Prices & Deals for Château Lynch-Bages 1985
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-17 |
gbp |
188 |
| 2016-01-05 |
gbp |
133 |