WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 912; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 1998 which is 886. 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 wine has significantly lower levels of alcohol than this producer normally outputs (12% vs 12.89%); it has significantly lower levels of alcohol for the region in 1998 (12% vs 12.66%). 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 Margaux 2012; but better value alternatives would be Château Rauzan-Ségla 2014, Château Lynch-Bages 2007, Château Pichon-Longueville Baron 2014.
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 1998
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2015-08-16 |
gbp |
140 |