WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 878; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 1999 which is 879. The average score for Château Lynch-Bages is 886, making this a below 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 1999 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 1999 but no other wine from Château Lynch-Bages: Underrated. The wine has been ready to drink for 12 years (since 2004) and should be consumed within the next 4 years (by 2020). 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 Les Forts de Latour 2008, Château Palmer 2012, Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Les Forts de Latour 2005, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005; but better value alternatives would be Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012, Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château d’Issan 2009, Château Haut-Brion 2008.
MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers average value for money when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score.
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Prices & Deals for Château Lynch-Bages 1999
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-05 |
gbp |
82 |