WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 951; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 1988 which is 879. The average score for Château Lynch-Bages is 885, 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 1988 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 1988 but no other wine from Château Lynch-Bages: Grilled, Astringency, Harsh, Herbaceous, Raspberries. 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 Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010, Château Cos d’Estournel 2005, Château Batailley 2010, Château Latour 1996; but better value alternatives would be Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012, Château Haut-Brion 2008, Château Léoville-Poyferré 2004.
MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers below average value for money when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score, 70% of wines are better value.
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Prices & Deals for Château Lynch-Bages 1988
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-05 |
gbp |
100 |