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1970 Lynch Bages, 2005 Chave Hermitage
I grilled wild boar tenderloins from D'Artagnan last night and opened
my last bottle of 1970 Chateau Lynch Bages. The wine looked quite young and was still dark purple with just a hint of brick. Plenty of typical Pauillac aromas with lead pencil, cedar and leather. Plenty of cassis on the palate and still a bit tannic. The wine showed well with the boar. A dinner guest brought a bottle of 2005 Chave Hermitage Rouge and opened it to go with the boar....I had opened the LB just before dinner. The Chave was brilliantly reddish purple and a bit thick in the glass. Bacon fat, smoke and blueberries dominated the nose. The wine was initially a monster on the palate but it smoothed out after an hour or so in the decanter showing a ton of black fruits, tar and black pepper spice. I thought it was infanticide but it wasn't my call. A solid "B=" on the LB and an "A" on the Chave. |
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1970 Lynch Bages, 2005 Chave Hermitage
On Jul 19, 8:59�am, "Bi!!" > wrote:
> I grilled wild boar tenderloins from D'Artagnan last night and opened > my last bottle of 1970 Chateau Lynch Bages. �The wine looked quite > young and was still dark purple with just a hint of brick. �Plenty of > typical Pauillac aromas with lead pencil, cedar and leather. �Plenty > of cassis on the palate and still a bit tannic. �The wine showed well > with the boar. �A dinner guest brought a bottle of 2005 Chave > Hermitage Rouge and opened it to go with the boar....I had opened the > LB just before dinner. �The Chave was brilliantly reddish purple and a > bit thick in the glass. �Bacon fat, smoke and blueberries dominated > the nose. �The wine was initially a monster on the palate but it > smoothed out after an hour or so in the decanter showing a ton of > black fruits, tar and black pepper spice. �I thought it was > infanticide but it wasn't my call. �A solid "B=" on the LB and an "A" > on the Chave. I've had variable '70 Lynch Bages (very good to so-so), but understandable due to storage/shipping issues. Chave is just not affordable any more. |
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