Lynch - Bages

[Daveyjones1]

I just had a customer open a bottle from her cellar. It took forever to open up probably about 2 hr or 3 hrs. When it did it spilled forth the most amazing black raspberry and currant fruit and a briary quality. It was great I don't think I could truly take it all in because I was working after all. From nose to finish it was definitely FA. Good thing she gave another bottle to take home.

[winoweenie]

Non-Vintage? WW [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb/wink.gif[/img]

[Innkeeper]

What WW was trying to ask, what is the vintage?

[TheEngineer]

Nice customer Dave! Sounded good but next time, give me a call too [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb/smile.gif[/img] For things like Lynch Bage..... yeah I'm there.

[Kcwhippet]

Yeah, well I didn't get any of it either, Mike.

[Daveyjones1]

It was 2002

[Bucko]

2002 was not a great vintage year for left bank reds, but Lynch-Bages was one of the stars of the vintage.

[Daveyjones1]

How long should I hold the other bottle. What was is the window. If you could give me a clue that would be awesome.

[winoweenie]

Tuesday should do it. [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb/wink.gif[/img] WW

[TheEngineer]

hahah.... (I just split tea over my laptop...sitting in Toronto Hilton's lounge looking over the city...very sophisicated room and people, until I nearly spit out the contents of my mouth, lurching over the computer, desparately trying to swallow before I laugh....... first time I got attention from women while I was sitting at the bar.....) [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb/smile.gif[/img]

Dave, other's will know better but this is now 6 years after the vintage so it should be starting to drink okay but no rush for the next few years, probably consume this over the next few years.

[hotwine]

The CellarTracker "community" assessment for the '02 L-B is 2008-2018. I have only a few of the '99 and plan to leave 'em alone for a while yet.

[Daveyjones1]

Yeah this wine was in credibly tight. I think I am going to wait a while. Thank everybody