Performing even better from bottle than it did from barrel, this appears to be the

finest Lynch Bages since the 2000, 1990 and 1989. According to the chateau, the

2009 has the highest level of polyphenols ever measured as well as high alcohol

(nearly 13.5%). A blend of 75% Cabernet Sauvignon and the rest largely Merlot

with touches of Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot, it is an expressive, voluptuously

textured effort with unctuosity and powerful, juicy, succulent blackberry

and black currant flavors, low acids, a layered, massive mouthfeel, but no sense

of heaviness or fatigue. This exquisite Lynch Bages should drink well for 30+

years. /RP /Feb 2012