2023 Echo de Lynch-Bages, Pauillac, Bordeaux
- Red
- Dry
- Medium Bodied
- Merlot (55%), Cabernet Sauvignon (43%), Cabernet Franc (2%)
- Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW
- 87-89/100
- Neal Martin
- 88-90/100
- William Kelley
- 89-90/100
- Antonio Galloni
- 90-92/100
- Jeb Dunnuck
- 90-92/100
- James Suckling
- 92-93/100
- Jane Anson MW
- 92/100
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Description
71% Cabernet Sauvignon; 24% Merlot; 3% Cabneret Franc; 2% Petit Verdot.
This is a very expressive and elegant Echo this year. The palate is softly textured and juicy, perhaps due to more Merlot in the blend than last year, with plenty of cassis and bramble coming through. The wine has seen 14 months in a mixture of new oak and one-year old barrels, giving an added richness to the wine. There is a serious structure to the wine, much like the Grand Vin.
Our score: 16.5/20
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Critics reviews
Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2023 Echo de Lynch-Bages springs from the glass with vivacious notes of redcurrant jelly and crushed blackcurrant giving way to wafts of dried herbs and crushed rocks. The medium-bodied palate is lively and savory, with lightly chewy tannins and an invigorating lift on the finish. The blend is 55% Merlot, 43% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 2% Cabernet Franc.
Drink 2027 - 2037
The 2023 Echo de Lynch-Bages has a high-toned bouquet of cassis and floral notes that will appeal to those seeking a more hedonistic Pauillac in this vintage. The palate is medium-bodied and fleshy with succulent tannins and a cashmere-like mouthfeel. The finish is ripe and quite long. Drink it over the next six to eight years.
Drink 2026 - 2036
Aromas of cassis, dark berries and creamy new oak introduce the 2023 Echo de Lynch-Bages, a medium to full-bodied, fleshy and layered wine with a succulent core of fruit framed by youthfully chewy tannins.
The 2023 Echo de Lynch-Bages is a potent second wine. It’s really the Cabernets that drive the wine's flavor profile and overall feel. The Echo is not as juicy or succulent as it can be, rather it is a wine that will need a year or two post-release to show at its best.
Drink 2027 - 2043
Graphite, tobacco, spicy herbs, and both red and black fruits all emerge from the 2023 Echo De Lynch-Bages, a medium to full-bodied second wine that has plenty of tannins, good balance, and outstanding length. The tannins aren't as polished as the Grand Vin, but this has real character.
A balance of blackberry, chocolate and stone with a medium body, creamy texture and a soft finish. The length and depth are very pretty, while the juicy, velvety tannins are so attractive.
Rich and deep, cocoa bean, slate and espresso, so intense that you have to look twice to see that it is a 2nd wine. Tannins layer up through the palate, not drying but certainly chewy and firm, with lashings of blackberry and cassis fruit, held in place by espresso-laced tannins. Mix of new and one year old barrels for ageing, 3.63ph. Out to impress.
Drink 2028 - 2040
About this wine
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