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- 1985
- 750ml
- France
- Bordeaux
- Medoc
- Bordeaux Red Blend
- Red
Lot 6
1985 Chateau Lynch Bages Pauillac - 1 bottle(s)-750ml
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This lot is comprised of 1 bottle(s) of 1985 Chateau Lynch Bages Pauillac - 750ml. Estimate for this lot is between $320 - $440 with a BUY IT NOW price of $380. The wine in this lot belongs to collection 10815.
Please note the following bottle conditions in this lot - Top Shoulder.
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A collector since university, more than 30 years ago, this consignor was on his school’s wine tasting team in England and was fortunate to have access to the university’s cellars to taste and learn about fine wines. He developed an appreciation for age worthy wines and began to purchase and carefully store them. Later in life he became friends with winemakers in old and new world regions and was able to purchase highly allocated wines through them. He also buys wine from agents and the LCBO and occasionally from auction and all bottles go directly to storage at Iron Gate.
The rating for 1985 Chateau Lynch Bages Pauillacis 95 points from Robert Parker and the tasting note - Tasted single blind at the 1985 Bordeaux horizontal, the 1985 Château Lynch Bages was pitted against two other wines, both First Growths, and it more than held its own. In many ways it is a forerunner for the brilliant 1989 and 1990 that Jean-Michel crafted, though the 1985 has always been more elegant and comely in style. The nose is impressive after three decades with melted tar, a touch of peppermint and delineated black fruit that seem to gain intensity with each passing moment in the glass. Strangely those secondary notes of bay leaf and dried herbs make way for more primal fruit-derived scents with aeration! The palate does not disappoint. Medium rather than full-bodied, beautifully defined tannins and supremely well-judged acidity, this Lynch-Bages is just so well balanced. Hints of black truffle and sandalwood unfold towards the finish that has disarming purity and great persistence. If you want to know why the 1855 Classification screwed up placing Lynch Bages as a Fifth Growth - taste the wonderful 1985 and then the 1989 and 1990 (though the latter pair have greater longevity). Tasted July 2015.