1966 Château Lynch-Bages

Community Tasting Notes (47) Avg Score: 92 points

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  1/14/2024 - wgilbert3 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  blossomed over time but had hints of red fruit at the beginning even though color was dark brown red (but more red than other 1966 Bordeaux opened at the same time). Fruit really showed up after a few hours in the decanter. Very impressive and a great example of good breeding. Complex red fruit, dried fruit, hint of tobacco. Funky notes mainly blew off.

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  11/19/2023 - llink wrote: 95 Points

  Mouton vs Lynch-Bages 1989, 1986, 1966 and 1961 vintages (A collector's home): Decanted for 2 hours, served single blind in a flight of 4 wines. Wine E, My 1st ranked wine, groups 1st. This was a great bottle, performing well above expectations and a surprise flight winner. Smokey nose, showing tar, cured meats, cassis and mocha. Very complex nose and the palate doesn't disappoint showing firm, beautiful fruit, complex layers of intense red and black fruits. Shortish finish but otherwise a great wine. To me Wine E and Wine H were too close to call for wine of the flight, I went with E because of the complexity. Turned out to be the Lynch in a surprise.

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  12/28/2022 - dchain wrote: 93 Points

  With Jamey. Deep red. Looks like a wine from the 80s! Amazing drink, black cherry, tobacco, super fresh. Delicious and amazing!

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  2/18/2022 - Wr1233 wrote: 93 Points

  Had 2 bottles of 1966 last night. Both tasted different and looked different. Nonetheless, both were absolutely delicious. Was nervous about decanting for too long (and so started to drink after 20 minutes) but stayed the course and on reflection I would have left a little longer before drinking as continued to open up along the way. Fantastic that this wine is drinking so well after 56 years.

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  1/2/2022 - martin_e Likes this wine: 93 Points

  It’s still full of life! Pale-ruby color, but clean, not cloudy; fine red fruit on the nose; flavors of cassis and dry fruits with pronounced notes of tobacco and spices; structured with racy acidity, but lively, not the type found in declined old wines. Overall, a pleasant surprise

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