Taste of old Pauillac...

[Caesar]

A friend asked me over to try a bottle of wine he had bought the other night. Imagine my suprize when I discovered a bottle of 1996 Lynch Bages open on the counter when I arrived. After informing him he really should have waited a few years, we proceeded. As you can probobly guess, the wine was so big and tannic, it was almost undrinkable. The next day, however, the tannins and "lead-pencil" tastes were in the background of all the current and cedar. I realize this is no substitute for proper aging, but having never tasted a great Bordeaux that's been properly cellared, can anyone tell me how this may compare and what I could really expect?(The Bages was really good the next day, but unbalanced and a little gangly.)

thanks!Caesar.