WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 785; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2011 which is 854. The average score for Château Lynch-Bages is 888, 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 2011 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2011 but no other wine from Château Lynch-Bages: Stable, Vanillin, Aftertaste, Gentle, Suffered, Grippy, Ponderous, Thoughtful, Broody, Vibrancy. The wine has significantly higher levels of alcohol than this producer normally outputs (13.5% vs 12.75%); it has broadly similar levels of alcohol for the region in 2011 (13.5% vs 13.13%). The wine will be ready to drink in 3 years (in 2019) and should be consumed within the next 19 years (by 2035). 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 Mouton Rothschild 2007, Château Haut-Bailly 2009, Château Lafite Rothschild 2005, Château Mouton Rothschild 2005, Château Léoville-Las Cases 2010; but better value alternatives would be Château Clerc-Milon 2010, Château Pichon-Lalande 2005, Château Clerc-Milon 2005, Château Langoa-Barton 2010, Château d’Armailhac 2009.
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 2011
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-16 |
gbp |
77 |
| 2016-01-05 |
gbp |
64 |
| 2015-11-09 |
gbp |
85 |