TN: 1985 Château Lynch-Bages - (Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac)

[Brian_G_r_a_f_s_t_r_o_m]

• 1985 Château Lynch-Bages - France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac (8/29/2009)
  – popped and poured –
  – tasted non-blind over a couple hours –

NOSE: tons of graphite and spearmint; cherry; hint of leather.

BODY: crystalline amber-ruby color of medium to medium-deep depth; medium bodied.

TASTE: great earthiness; loads of tobacco; kirsch; chalk; weak rear palate; ready now; 12.5% alc…

B: 50, 5, 11, 16, 7 = (89 pts.)

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[Steve_Saxon]

@Brian G r a f s t r o m

• 1985 Château Lynch-Bages - France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac (8/29/2009)
  – popped and poured –
  – tasted non-blind over a couple hours –

NOSE: tons of graphite and spearmint; cherry; hint of leather.

BODY: crystalline amber-ruby color of medium to medium-deep depth; medium bodied.

TASTE: great earthiness; loads of tobacco; kirsch; chalk; weak rear palate; ready now; 12.5% alc…

B: 50, 5, 11, 16, 7 = (89 pts.)

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All that and only 89 points…your tough.

[Phillip_F_r_a_n_k_s]

I love the 85 LB. Last time I had it I would easily give it 94+

[ToddFrench]

The spearmint is intriguing to me.

To what might that be attributed, with a wine having some age on it like this?

[Brian_G_r_a_f_s_t_r_o_m]

Your guess is as good as mine, Todd. I could maybe see others describing it as “herbal,” but, to me, the spearmint really stood out. Reading others’ TNs on CT has me believing that our bottle may have been a bit off b/c I certainly wouldn’t say it was lush or fruity – this was more austere, earthy, and minerally … it just seemed a bit tired.